Origin of Energy

What key things do you need to get results with strength and mobility training?

Clear goals. What results are you trying to achieve? If you are not training for your goals you are training for someone else's.
Mentor or Coach. Who has already achieved or has coached someone similar to achieve what you are trying to achieve?

Methods. What methods were used to achieve the result that you are trying to achieve? Did this person use specific training e.g gymnastics/ weightlifting/ ballet as a child or as an adult? Most of the good coaches I have met had to work harder than other athletes. They usually did not make the team or they had to make a comeback after a significant career-ending injury.

Time and Resources. Can you commit the time and money it will take to live the lifestyle? Remember eating better and doing some training is better than nothing, but it will not automatically achieve the result you are after. Time is everyone's most scarce valuable asset.

Consistent effort. Can you learn from failure? Can you keep up the intensity and adjust the approach to keep making small consistent steps towards the result. Can you keep the needed consistent effort dispersed in a balanced way across all areas of life:

Own your mind: avoid social media & MSM

7-9hrs quality sleep

2-3 nourishing whole food meals. My go-to meal is 250-500g of Grassfed Red Meat and 1-2 pieces of fruit. Simple and complete

2-3 ltrs of mineralised filtered water

5-8hrs of working in and or on your business to keep to support your family and save for the future. Remember to save in an asset that can not be devalued by inflation or confiscated by communist dictatorships.

2-3hrs per day connecting with the people you love.

1hr in Nature fresh air and sunlight

1hr per day of movement conditioning, a conscious awareness to move throughout the day and to keep the body aligned with good posture: sleeping, standing, sitting, walking moving.

Stay strong life is not fair or easy but you have already received the most amazing gift imaginable: LIFE with conscious awareness and the ability to change.

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I used the massage ball, foam roller and mobility routine for the first 15 mins of group sessions for the last 10yrs that I was in the origin studio. I found that it benefited all my clients and gave them a great opportunity to get to know their body.

The outdoor coaching environment is not as ideal to get down on the ground on the ball and roller. I transport DB's Rings and Bands every day for coaching so adding multiple rollers would result in extra trips to the car. I still take a couple of balls and a roller but some mornings it is wet so since being outside so for the last 6 months I have switched to a 2-4 min backwards hill walk and a series of long sustained stretches using the picnic benches.

Deep lunge stretch: this mobilises the front ankle, knee and hip at the same time as opening up the hip flexor of the back leg.

Deep glute stretch: this mobilises the front hip. Multiple angles can be used. the bench provides a good platform to support the knee and a foundation to pull on for improved loading of the hip.

Deep squat stretch: this mobilises the groin, glutes, ankles, lats and lower back. Holding on to the bench allows for a deeper loaded stretch plus it stops those that do not have adequate deep squat mobility from falling backwards.

Back lever quad stretch: This stretch works well to improve shoulder flexion and deep knee flexion. You can see that I have some room for improvement with maintaining hip extension.

Deep hamstring, calf and lat stretch: This is great as it allows for the weight of the body to provide some good load into the calves and Achilles tendon. The weight falling back also opens up the lats, activating the hip flexors increased the load onto the hamstrings. I prefer the underhand grip for this stretch but only one of the picnic benches allow for this this spot only allows for a decent grip with the pronated grip.

For over 25 yrs I have personally witnessed positive results from mobility training utilising the massage ball, foam roller and mobility routines. The key is to build and maintain mobility stability strength and coordination as an integrated method.