Coaches Rob and Eric discuss the planes of motion for biomechanical function. Many use the planes and train in certain planes, but one needs to respect the planes of motion for optimal performance.
Coach Rob and Eric discuss the stigma that the lats and pecs get as a muscle group. They often get blame for many issues, but that is not the case. Learn the functions of these muscle groups and how important they are to train and work.
Following up on our episode on shin splints and stress injuries. Coach Eric sits down with marathoner and runner Michelle Priess who has dealt with many injuries through her running career and shares insight on how to recover from those injuries and train through them. Learn the inside on how to deal with stress injuries and be able to keep running.
Shin splints is a common overuse injury and happens to athletes constantly. Coach Rob and Eric explain why your shins create a pain sensation and what to do about it. Traditional care will not fix the underlying postural issue. The key to addressing overuse injuries is understanding tension, compression, and decompression.
Coach Rob and Eric dive into the mechanics of the upper body, especially the thorax. Many people are diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet (inlet) syndrome, and upper cross syndrome, and have a hard time understanding the treatment and cause of such issues. Learn how one can get into these situations and also help manage them.
Coach Rob and Eric break down training from the three P's, patterns, posture, and position, and how that can make or break an exercise. This concept get overlooked many times as people think an exercise is just targeting one muscle or just strengthening. Learn how to integrate techniques into your workouts to help pain, improve posture, or performance.
With the 2024 Olympics having some controversy of competitors and doping issues, coaches Rob and Eric sit down and discuss doping and genetics and how it falls into sports and life.
Coach Rob and Eric sit down and discuss inverse relationships of movement in the body, and how compensatory patterns throw this out of sync. The human body is not set in specific patterns and every person will present with different movement options. They break it down so you can understand movement patterns and the jobs of muscles to help enhance optimal movement.
Following the episode on the lower body muscles that get a bad reputation, Coaches Rob and Eric dive into the upper body musculature that gets blame and targeted in treatment. When treatment doesn't work you need to look beyond the muscle to find the answer. They dive into how to help improve your performance and movement of the upper body.
In this episode, Coaches Rob and Eric discuss why people are afraid to train the hip flexors and why they get a bad reputation. They get this reputation from being tight but they take the blame for most of it. There are no bad muscles they only become an issue when the system locks up and patterns become off.
Rotation happens in every movement that we make, and it is the one thing many people miss or do not understand when it comes to exercise and movement. We all need to rotate, we all need to turn. Coach Rob and Eric break down how we need rotation and how we have to build it into our programs. And if we lose the ability to rotate then it becomes problematic.
Coach Rob and Eric talk about building a "why" and how that why can lead you to your success. Everyone needs a why, and these days many people are losing their why, or do not even have one. If you have no why that can lead to poor decisions and poor mental health. Find your why and get to where you want to be.
Coach Rob and Eric sit down to talk about an in-depth topic in today's culture and one that is hitting people hard when it comes to their mental state. Addiction is a serious behavior issue, in this episode Coach Rob shares his own fight and how he went above and beyond. Now he is leading a successful healthy life. It affects many but there are solutions.
Nowadays people do not want to hear the words consistency, hard work, and self control. Those are staples for people who are successful in life. Coach Rob and Eric discuss how to be consistent and what it takes to get there. Its not an easy process, it takes time and mental bandwidth but it will pay off in the end.
Many people have a goal of getting lean and losing body fat. We get this question often from people seeking to increase their health and fitness. There are some simple things that you can start doing today that will help you get lean and lose fat. Learn how to do those simple things day in and day out to optimize your routine and health.
Have you been the person who has a hard time putting on lean muscle mass, or finding the program that increases muscle? Coach Rob and Eric dive into how to put muscle mass on, and what reps and sets to use. They dive into the things that are done in workouts that do not lead to increasing muscle mass and potentially hurting your progress.
Coach Rob and Eric sit down with founder of Perch, Jacob Rothman. Perch is leading the industry in velocity based training and uses the latest technology to measure and record athletes. This allows coaches to produce better athletes and optimize the training. The world of training is shifting to a more VBT-based approach and if you are looking to improve athletic performance you should be using VBT.
In part three of the understanding biomechanics series there is an in-depth look at exercises using the principles from part two. The body moves in specific ways and the system needs to time up with movement or else it can cause compensatory actions that can lead to malposition and mal performance and pain. Understanding how to perform exercise for the best health and longevity is the name of the game.
In part two of the understanding biomechanics Rob and Eric discuss how the human body should move and how it should be aligned. We are asymmetrical beings by nature and there is no such thing as a perfect posture, but we need to be able to put ourselves in positions that allow proper movement and function of the system. They discuss the importance of internal and external rotation of bones and joints and where things should be positioned.
In this episode Rob and Eric sit down with Elyse Shunkweitz who is a therapist who treats the dysregulated nervous system. From her own experiences with her system locked up she helps her clients know themselves and tune their nervous system to function optimally. We all can use these techniques to help performance and the nervous system. She also dives into her holistic approach for nutrition and the things you can do to help your nutrition and nervous system. You can find her at Elyse D. Schunkewitz, LCSW (elyseschunkewitzlcsw.com) Elyse Schunkewitz, LCSW (@neurdy_therapist) • Instagram photos and videos Check out her discounts Below RNA ReSet ReMag Magnesium Code: neurdy for 10% off Plant People Code: ELYSE for 15% off (Elyse loves the WonderSleep gummies!) 88 Acre Code: ELYSE20 for 20% off Relax Infrared Saunas Code: ELYSE for $100 off Sensate NEURDYTHERAPY for 10% off Mendi MendiElysev