Adding rotation to pull exercises is a natural progression to the movement pattern as we rotate from our thoracic spine. Check out our official website at: https://functionaltraininginstitute.com
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FTI: Movement Prep for Optimal Function: Shoulder Mobility || Foundation Drills to Improve Push & Pull
Foundation Drills to Improve Push & Pull Tightness in your Pecs and Upper Traps can jam your scapular and cause a rounded and elevated shoulder position. This restriction causes a dysfunction push and pull pattern, leading to a lurching shoulders and/or winging scapular Try these drills to free your shoulder for push and pull patterns.Continue reading “FTI: Movement Prep for Optimal Function: Shoulder Mobility || Foundation Drills to Improve Push & Pull”
Rotation Series || Swing Variations
Change up the classic swing and add rotation into your hinge with these dynamic variations. Check out our official website at: https://functionaltraininginstitute.com
Rotation Series || Rotational Deadlifts
We hinge and rotate simultaneously so regularly in everyday life as we pick things up, so it’s important to train our bodies to be strong in a rotational hinge! Try these Deadlift variations. Check out our official website at: https://functionaltraininginstitute.com
FTI – Stories with Coach Tarek and David Smethurst
Coach Tarek, founder of FTI interviews recently graduated MRC student David Smethurst about his experience with FTI and how it has transformed his coaching abilities. Check out our official website at: https://functionaltraininginstitute.com
Movement Prep for Optimal Function: Lower Body || Foundation Drills to Free Valgus Knees
If you have a valgus knee, the most common cause is that your adductors are over-active and dominant, while your glute medius is inhibited and not firing optimally as you move, leaving your hip to fall into excessive internal rotation. Check out our official website at: https://functionaltraininginstitute.com
Movement Prep for Optimal Function: Lower Body || Advanced Drills to Free Valgus Knees
Eliminating knee cave and ensuring your hips are free to allow knees to track in line with your 3rd toes is vital to ensure knee and hip joint health and optimise your squat, lunge, gait and even deadlift pattern. The most common cause of valgus knees (or knee cave) is over-active and tight adductors coupledContinue reading “Movement Prep for Optimal Function: Lower Body || Advanced Drills to Free Valgus Knees”
Movement Prep for Optimal Function || Advanced Drills to Eliminate Posterior Pelvic Tilt
Advanced Drills to Eliminate Posterior Pelvic Tilt Excessive Posterior Pelvic Tilt (aka. Butt Wink) puts the spine in a very vulnerable position under load, putting you at risk of injury, hindering your deadlift and squat pattern and is a common cause of lower back pain. Try these advanced drills to free your posterior chain andContinue reading “Movement Prep for Optimal Function || Advanced Drills to Eliminate Posterior Pelvic Tilt”
Movement Prep for Optimal Function || Advanced Drills to Control Anterior Pelvic Tilt
Advanced Drills to Control Anterior Pelvic Tilt Excessive anterior pelvic tilt leads to lumbar hyperlordosis, putting a sheering force on the lumbar spine. When the hips are stuck in an anterior tilt your ability to brace your core and activate your glutes is severely compromised. Check out our official website at: https://functionaltraininginstitute.com
Movement Prep for Optimal Function || Foundation Drills to Control Anterior Pelvic Tilt
Excessive anterior pelvic tilt leads to lumbar hyperlordosis, putting a sheering force on the lumbar spine. When the hips are stuck in an anterior tilt your ability to brace your core and activate your glutes is severely compromised. Try these foundation drills to free your front line and your spinal alignment Check out our officialContinue reading “Movement Prep for Optimal Function || Foundation Drills to Control Anterior Pelvic Tilt”
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