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MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE

August 29, 2017 by Jessica 3 Comments

By: Coach Dane Fernandez Dane Fernandez at Innovative Results

WHAT IS MOVEMENT

We have been living in a civilized society for thousands of years, and only up until recently have we seen a decline in of our populations physical abilities. There are few who have excelled at getting their body to its maximum ability and potential, but for the vast majority of the civilized world we have let our immediate environment take over causing physical evolutionary change.

It’s funny to think we live in a society that needs to count their steps in order to meet the suggested physical recommendations for daily exercise. Surrounding environments play a big factor in dictating a routine or habit. When living in a modern environment we feel the need to create things like the “10,000 step a day rule”. We also create modified movement facilities like weight gyms.

Jennifer Lifting with Kettlebell

As a culture we have learned that in order for us to live in the modern world we need to take part in physical activity to up keep one’s health. Gyms and sports are a means to fun physical activity in hopes of improving oneself in dimensions of speed, agility, quickness, power, and strength.

GOOD MOVEMENT vs. BAD MOVEMENT
Are we creating healthy individuals or are we taking people farther from true healthy movement? With generalized and sport specific training we are developing the bodies abilities, but are we doing it correctly and safely? Doing a gym workout is believed to replace the physical activity that we’d normally take part in if we were still living in pre-modern times. Being in a gym setting is probably not the most ideal way to express excess energy but it works with our modern society and culture.

Sport specific and generalized training are great for personal development, they provide essential skills for mind and body awareness. It takes phenomenal strength and control to perform these types of activities. We can all agree that any type of body training is going to be beneficial compared to remaining stagnant. Education, discipline, and time are a few factors when looking at developing a healthy human body.

HEALTHY MOVEMENT vs. UNHEALTHY MOVEMENT Master Coach Aaron with his daughter Hannah
When training is done correctly it can be extremely beneficial as one takes part in their daily lifestyle. The more your mind and body are trained the better they will respond when called upon. It is important to train ‘’the right way” on a daily basis.
Movement in our daily life comprises of multiple movement patterns. When we get stuck in a repetitive day-to-day routine it’s hard for most of us to practice healthy movements. Our movements become repetitive and unhealthy becoming harmful to one’s health.

Healthy movements can be tough to identify with all the misconceptions out in today’s health industry. Stick to the basics and master them, this is key. Once you’ve owned the basics only then can you start doing all the fun and cool movements and workouts.

Healthy movement starts with where the movement takes place. Moving in all three planes of motion will allow your body to be optimally trained. Movement in the Sagittal (Forward-Back/Up-Down), Frontal (Left-Right), and Transverse (Rotation)planes of motion will put a halt to the day to day routine.
Moving correctly takes time and dedication to the basics. Learning to control you body through it’s proper movement patterns becomes essential for optimal human health.

Control has to be one of the most underlooked components to a healthy body. Proper stabilization and mobilization of your body needs to be addressed before performing SAQ, Power, Strength, and Endurance activities or workouts. Capabilities and abilities improve when mobilization and stabilization are performed on a daily basis.

With mobility and stability improving you will be setting yourself up for successful training protocol and workouts. Addressing strength, power, speed, agility, quickness, endurance, and aerobic capacity will be much easier. Focusing on how to train the correct energy pathway for the given workout will be the main concern instead of correcting bad form and posture.

SMART ACTIVE RECOVERY active stretching
Performing movements and workouts will place stresses on your body’s bones, joints, and soft tissues. We’d all like to go day-to-day without any aches and pains and by starting a recovery protocol you will help ensure a healthy body. Succeeding in your workouts are very important for one’s health, but paying attention to how you treat your body after a workout has huge implementations as will.

By doing multiple active recovery techniques your body will start to notice faster adaptations to the stresses placed on it. Placing an emphasis on how your body heals and regenerates itself post exercise is an important part of a great training protocol. Emphasis can be placed on two types of recovery; active and passive recovery.

Usually many different theories arise as to how to do recovery and what methods to use. When dealing with post exercise protocol, one of the first things that should be implemented is an active decompression. This can be considered to be a short jog or locomotion technique to help circulate blood flow in the body, thus improving overall recovery. Other types of active recovery are self myofascial releases along with tissue and joint decompression stretches.

Passive recovery is something that you do without exerting any effort like a hot/cold contrast bath, epsom salt bath, and massage or physical palpation. Passive recovery is commonly mistaken as “my recovery day” which consist of lying on the couch all day doing nothing at all (this is not what we want to do). Using proper passive recovery techniques can provide insights to body awareness and healing. By adding multiple recovery disciplines into your daily workout progression you are supercharging your bodies recovery cycle thus making you a healthier individual.

Add up all the smart movement strategies and start to implement them into your daily regime. If you are still unsure about how to apply there techniques into a fitness program please don’t hesitate to visit a local “smart gym”. Make sure that they go through proper programming and recovery in their day to day progressions.

It’s time to get out there and make your own medicine out of movement.

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How to Increase IQ and EQ with Movement

February 3, 2016 by IR Staff 2 Comments

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Movement is fast becoming a way to fully integrate our brains, making IQ (intelligence quotient) and EQ (emotional quotient) vastly improved for those involved in daily exercise.

At first I was skeptical, but the more I studied brain function, emotions, and movement the more it pointed toward holistic health: cognition, emotion, and motion.

How to Increase IQ and EQ?

The simple version is that when we move during play or exercise, we are forcing our brain to integrate left hemisphere (linear, language, order) with right hemisphere (creativity, body senses), and lower brain function (sensory, instinctual) with higher brain function (cognition, critical thinking).

Even more…

When we do cross-patterning or contralateral movements such as crawling, walking, running, and VersaClimber, we increase the hemispheric communication to a higher level.

Why this is important?

Many people think they should only study or read books to get smarter, but
more and more evidence is pointing to regular activity and exercise for peak brain function and intelligence. Also, IQ (Intelligence Quotient) is important, but without EQ (Emotional Quotient), we will probably be doing intelligent things alone. Emotional quotient is what helps us work better together, and better understand, use, and be okay with our feelings.

Try this out:

  • brea personal trainerIf you are stuck in a mental rut and can’t focus, go for a walk, jog, or just crawl up and down your office’s hallways–not only will this break up the monotony of the office humdrum, provide entertainment to your coworkers, but it will break sharpen your cognitive edge, allowing you to crush that project that takes deep thought and focus.
  • When your child is flipping out in the grocery store, play a quick game of tag, chase, or just dance out the tantrum. This should do two things: calm them down and allow your lengthy conversation as to why “we don’t tantrum in the store” to be understood.
  • If you keep crying every time the hallmark commercial comes on, or you’re not saddened by The Notebooks ending, run in place until your out of breath, so you can process those emotions with your whole brain.

I am not saying these are perfect solutions to your problems, but your daily movement routines are crucial for complete use of your brain’s capacity.

And lets face it, every time you drive to work, and your on the road with “those idiots”, you realize much of our population could use some extra brain capacity.

We might not be able to fix “them,” but we can choose higher IQ and
EQ for ourselves.

With improved brain function, and the ability to fully integrate our brain into our daily lives, we will connect with others deeper, experience life more vividly, and live out our purpose more completely.

(for more on movement and learning check this link out: http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/104013/chapters/Movement-and-Learning.aspx)

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Trouble Losing Weight? Blame it on the Voices in Your Head!

February 25, 2010 by ptpt 2 Comments

Its not always about the right workout, number of reps, sets, machines vs dumbells, yoga, pilates, classes, gym memberships, workout videos, no carbs, protein, supplements, fad diets, cleansing, surgery or other. If that isn’t it…what is the number one factor for losing weight, getting ripped, and developing the body of your dreams?

It’s about how you think…that little voice in your head…

What does yours say all day?

Is it positive or negative?

Is it encouraging and excited or does it criticize and complain about everything?

How about when you think of losing weight, working out or eating better foods?

What does that voice say about that stuff?

Write it down or just be conscious of it.  That little voice is running your life.  It controls your thoughts, which become your emotions, your actions, your speech and eventually how others view you and treat you on a daily basis.

You have control over your thoughts

Start small. Practice a smile and a happy thought all day. Start your day with an inspirational story, video, prayer or book.

Every time your thoughts go to negative, remind yourself to smile and think of something that makes you happy. Fake it. Force it. Trick yourself. Do whatever it takes to break the cycle that is keeping you from achieving happiness and gratefulness. Once you are starting to take control of your thoughts, begin to speak life into your world. Then it is time to act on those words. After action, watch as the world will begin to see you in a new light. Look for it purposefully, and see that you are gifted, and achieving your desires and dreams.

There are definite actions, goals, and measurements that need to be set in place, but it has to start somewhere. And while it is nice to be able to blame everything else. This only leaves you out of your own life.

Want to lose weight, get ripped, and develop the body of your dreams?  Start thinking, talking, acting and looking at your life and world in a positive way. Your relationship with yourself and those around you are what are keeping you in your current situation. If your relationships don’t change your life, then you need to change your relationships in your life. It all starts with you!

So, smile!

You are surrounded by amazing things, amazing places and amazing people!

Be thankful everyday for the things you have in your life and you will be happier, healthier and have more fun along your way!  Have a great week!

Filed Under: Blog, Mental - Mindset Tagged With: fitness, fitness goals, focus, get in shape, getting in shape, losing weight, mental health, positive thinking, positive thoughts, visualizing success, weight loss

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