by Tanya | Dec 31, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Torque simply means rotational force. Simple, yet complicated, yet simple. LOL! Our body is a system of levers that move in all different directions. Your hip and shoulder joints are ball and socket joints so they can move in all directions. Think, “loosey...
by Tanya | Dec 30, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Such a complicated group of words for a simple concept. Load order sequencing teaches you how to create tension and organize your body into a good position to avoid movement errors (doing it wrong). Basically, the joint you move first will carry the biggest share of...
by Tanya | Dec 29, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle, Video
Often you will hear me say “tighten your core” or “tuck your butt under”. That’s my version of BRACING. It all means the same thing: aligning your spine and the rest of your body so that you can create a strong foundation from which to...
by Tanya | Jul 27, 2016 | Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition
Before I left Boston in 2009, a client gave me a book called Omnivore’s Dilemma byMichael Pollan. It was an absolutely amazing read!! Since we were opening the Pizza Barn, it was perfectly timed! Michael Pollan is MY food guru about revolutionizing how we think...
by Tanya | Jul 25, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
Throughout a day we have many conversations. Do you ever leave a conversation wondering what the point was or if the person really understood what you were saying? Do you ever talk to someone who won’t look you in the eye or try to talk to someone who is facing...
by Tanya | Jul 25, 2016 | Functional Training, Healthy Lifestyle
At last year’s conference they “announced” that the abdominal muscles aren’t for flexion of the spine (bending over). The abdominal muscles were now considered anti-rotation muscles. This was an entirely new training philosophy for me, at the...
