Did you know, if your lats are chronically tight they can pull your pelvis into an anterior tilt, which will put your hamstrings under tension? 🤔💡🤯 ... The lats are often tight in dancers, due to their role in holding the frame and arms. If you suffer from persistent low back ache, or struggle with tight hamstrings that just don’t want to stretch, try working on your lats for a couple of weeks instead and feel the difference. 🩰 💫 🙌🏼 ... Due to the fact that the lats c

Take a little time to think about this, because this is everything. 🧘🏼‍♀️ When your nervous system tells your brain that you are safe, the body creates the perfect platform for healing. You will likely experience: ✅ Lower levels of inflammation ✅ Fewer feelings of anxiety and depression ✅ Better sleep ✅ Increased flexibility ✅ Clearer thinking and improved performance ✅ Faster healing and reduced recovery time ✅ Fewer cravings and impulses Help nurture

This week I’ve been working on eccentric loading for the posterior chain (calves and hamstrings featured here). 👌🏻 Eccentric training is pretty simple - it just involves focusing on the part of the rep that puts the muscle under load while it lengthens 🔛 In my opinion it’s one of the most powerful tools in the training armoury, as it can can: ✨Increase both flexibility AND strength at the same time ✨Build strength more efficiently than concentric training ✨Protect

Slowly but surely progressing towards my front splits ☺️ While I still have a way to go with getting that back leg straight, I never dreamt I would get this far. As someone who was not born with naturally open hips, never did the splits as a child, and has run a lot of miles over the years, I’ve really had to work for this. Just a few years ago I couldn’t touch my toes! And to me, that’s the beauty of it. If you just keep chipping away, slowly but surely the thing that you th

Alex and I began training together in November last year, and have been primarily working on a circuits format. Alex was familiar with the technique involved in many gym-based exercises before we started, and after she asked me to ‘get evil’ with her (love it!!) we agreed that circuits would be the best session format to meet her needs. Just a few of the great things about working on a circuits format are; that the stations can be varied every week to keep things fresh; the s

Feeling in need of a good quad burn? 🔥✨🔥 I’ve been working on this little flow for adding strength and length to the quads and deep abdominals/hip flexors. It goes like this: Descending sissy squat > camel pose > chair pose > ascending sissy squat When working on your sissy squats (which are definitely not for sissies by the way!) make sure you keep your knees, hips, and shoulders in a straight line as you descend. Folding the hips back and kneeling down is not an accepted