You remember the hit TV show from the '80's - Bird Dog & Plank?!!

Me neither, so let's get after our core while streaming your favorite '80's TV show. If you were born in the '90's or 'Aughts (?) you should enjoy the history lesson of an old time TV show and appreciate strengthening your core all the same.

Get in motion and make it a beautiful day!

2020 everybody! keeping up with some clips from yesteryear. Let's get to the core of it.

Inspired by the folks at Functional Patterns we're using some momentum and making an extra effort keep that core cranking. Toe tapping that med ball over your head and rolling all the way through a squat, bottoms up as we progress our way to the end a workout with core medicine. 

Get in motion and make it a beautiful day!
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Hey everybody. Hip to the Bosu to help support a little side stride. Capture the core and hips one rep at a time. Get in motion and make it a beautiful day!

Pump it out, one step at a time!

Always trying to side step responsibility and push things away. Sound familiar? I hope not! Showing up today for my wife, colleagues, clients, family and friends may take some extra effort every now and then but we shouldn't seek to avoid people or push them away with our expectations and attitude. This is not a learn to love moment. It is taking a moment to learn to recognize the how and why I think it would be easier to side-step and push away. Usually fear pops up. Sometimes annoyance because people aren't doing what I would rather them do or how I would rather them do it.

That's on me. And for me it is a daily necessity to get in motion and take action. So if I am thinking about side-stepping and pushing away why not make to my benefit! Band up the feet for extra glute activation and pick up a plate...of weight and get to stepping and pressing. With each step, back and forth keep the core tight breathing through the motions not with the rep. Steady in and steady out.

If we take action to improve our physical well being our mental well being has a better chance of staying positive. Get in motion and make it a beautiful day!

Christmas in...August when sleigh bells ring are you listening. Missing the sledding season - not so much but spending the off season moving a sled is gift that will keep on giving.  Inspired by a lateral sled push video that I have since lost track of (and will do my best to find it in my twitter feed) I set up a resistance band between the sled posts. 

Keeping the hips square, core engaged, shoulder, elbow and wrist stable we move that sled forward and walk it back with a front crossover step. 

Step by step - get in motion and make it a beautiful day.

It's a great attitude and work ethic whether you find yourself in Michigan or Minnesota or wherever... 

We are going to do the "rowing" with kettle bells while keeping that core engaged in a boat or as some un-yoga types still refer to it, a V-Sit. I like using the kettle bells to maintain my forearm, wrist and grip strength. A lot of my clients spend some time throughout their day typing while seated, so guarding against the carpal tunnel syndrome like a New Jersey governor while also captivating their core tends to be  a worthy cause. 

Coming close to the end of another Summer lacrosse season where my forearms get their work snapping my 6 foot defensive pole at crafty shorties trying to find space to put it in the back of the net. What I'm saying is being old and active takes some extra training AND is totally worth it.

Get in motion and make it a beautiful day!

Wrist pain. I get it. I don't have it but some folks I train do.

To aid in their comfort but not let up on some foundation core, shoulder and back strength exercises we made a minor adjustment. We stabilize our forearm / elbow on a Rogue box or a bench. I have found that putting that attention on the forearm, not digging the elbow in, and keeping the shoulder above the elbow has been most beneficial.

​So, stable up and give those dumbbells a row with these Pirate Row Planks.

Get in motion and make it a beautiful day!