How to Talk to Your Trainer
I begin each of my training sessions by posing a simple question to my clients: “Is there anything special you would like to work on today?” With new clients, their answers …
What You Don’t Know About Upper-body Strength
Last time, we talked about wrists; for many of you, it opened up a whole new range of motion, eliminated the pain of bearing weight on the hands, and led to …
No Shame: An Open Letter to a Daily Hiit Blogger
Here’s a quick reminder for journalists, authors and bloggers: if your article title is a question that can be answered in a single word, you might want to double-check whether it’s …
A Discussion on Obesity (That Isn’t Flagrantly Annoying)
If you want to watch the world go crazy, just become a specialist in something. Specialists arguing amongst themselves can reach a frenzied pitch of nonsense faster than the U.S. congressional …
3 Ideas That Will Change the Way You See Your Body (Part 2!)
In my last article, I mentioned near the end that “if there’s one thing you learn from the Reembody blog, let it be this: muscles don’t create movement patterns; they respond to them.” Did anyone …
Sore Wrists During Push ups? Let’s Fix That.
Think back to the last time you saw someone bust out a set of push-ups: what did they do when they were finished? It’s such a common reaction that many yoga …
You Can Do This
If you’re looking for pregnancy advice, it’s out there for you. If you’re not looking for pregnancy advice, it’s coming to find you. Somebody else can bombard you with tips on swaddling. I don’t …
3 Ideas That Will Change the Way You See Your Body
It has been a fun couple of weeks, hasn’t it? We all got a chance to knock fitspo down a peg and reestablish our own individual health and wellbeing as being …
The 6 Most Shockingly Irresponsible "Fitspiration" Photos
The Reembody blog, up to this point, has been a thoughtful exploration of human movement, a subject about which I am extremely passionate. Today, however, I’m mad and I’m going to tell …
Spring Loaded: Webinar Follow Up
Here are a few clarifications and expansions of ideas presented in the EBFA webinar, Spring Loaded: Assessing the Knee Through Tibial Rotation. Joint Locks I mentioned that, because I have a …
Why Stretching Isn’t Working For You
Everybody has a tight spot: hamstrings, IT bands, shoulders, groin. Sometimes tightness comes and goes; sometimes it’s the only way you can remember ever feeling. You tell yourself you should stretch more. Maybe …