Why do you need to stretch? | Functional Patterns

Seeing more and more progress week after week from this guy. Been doing Personal Training/Strength and conditioning in Solana Beach, CA with this guy for a month now, and it’s unreal how much more effecient his body is getting. Looking at getting him in the ring in the new coming months. Stay tuned!!!

Date – 4/21/2011 Location – San Diego, CA Service – Personal Training Method – Corrective Movement I thought I would show what I routinely use for my clients before we start their exercise routine. I use prehab exercises to ensure that a client isn’t going to be recruiting the wrong muscles systems during our workouts. [...]

Date: 4/19/2011 Location: San Diego, CA Service: Personal Training/Physical Rehab John Sadler is by far one of the most inspiring people I have met in my life, and I’m proud to say i ever got to assist him in the process of getting his life back on track. I have never met a person so [...]

Date: 4/16/2011 Location: San Diego, CA Service: Strength and Condition/Personal Training Have been seeing unbelievable progress with Mike in the last few weeks. His Anterior Pelvic tilt and thoracic spine mobility seem to be progressing, and it’s definitely showing in his mechanics. I will be having him doing some sparring very soon at Victory MMA [...]

Date: 4/16/2011 Location: San Diego, CA Method: Postural correction through Myfascial Release. Tool: Lacrosse Ball Although I release several muscle groups when correcting someone’s posture, the Pecs and Lats are the foundational muscle-groups I focus on first. Often times, therapists address shoulder and neck problems at a symptomatic level, working straight into the rotator cuff [...]

Date: 4/15/2011 Location: San Diego, CA Service: Strength and Conditioning Method: Center of Gravity Training When it comes to athletics, a center of gravity is probably the most crucial of all skill sets. Your center of gravity will determine the efficiency of every movement you make. If your center is off, you will get mis-compensation [...]

Date – 4/14/2011 Location – San Diego, CA Service – Personal Training Method Discussed – Primal Pendulum Exercise Today I was training my client Candice how to do two of the most basic primal movements you can do, a walking lunge and a squat. I have found that just doing these exercises alone, without external [...]

Date – 4/13/2011 Location – Solana Beach, CA Method – Boxing Focus mitt training I have been giving myself an off-season to my boxing routines for 3 months and have decided to jump back into it. In this video I have Jen Peters and Marcus Heliker working out with me. They are both world-class personal [...]

Date: 4/12/2011 Location: San Diego, CA Service: Boxing and Personal Training Boxing I have been finding that boxing happens to be one of the best ways to train people how to use their fast twitch muscle fibers. Boxing is not the traditional type of cardiovascular exercise, it incorporates fast twitch muscle fiber use at the [...]

Date: 4/9/2011 Location: San Diego, CA Service: Strength and Conditioning/Holistic Movement I really wish I would have posted these videos from where we started originally, because we have had major improvements on many levels since then. The most important aspects I have been covering with Mike have dealt with the muscular imbalances pulling his posture [...]

Date: 4/7/11 Location: San Diego, CA Service: Personal Training Today, I was doing personal training with my client Candice. Her goals are based around maintaining low body-fat levels. Based upon her genetics we have discovered that her body is primarily composed of slow twitch muscle fibers. People with slow twitch muscle fibers generally have a [...]

A technique utilized to make muscle tissue that is bound up, unbind.  Some muscle tissues in the body begin to develope a webbing called fascia as a result of poor movement.  The longer a movement is constricted, the harder it is to move it.  Myofascial release is a fantastic technique that can get to the [...]

If practiced enough with the right strategy, static stretching can become a very useful tool in the re-alignment process.  The problem I see most with people utilizing static stretching, is stretching muscles that don’t need to be stretched.  For instance, most people who stretch their hamstrings all the time may not understand that the root [...]