Post ACL injury training using applied neurology from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.
After a total ACL reconstruction you have to ask the question, WHY?
What could have contributed to this injury?
The first thing I asked my athlete was to reenact his body positioning when he injured his knee.
He...
Freedom of Movement from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.
16 years ago I met a mentor who changed my life, Thomas Barbeau.
He introduced me to his mentor (Dr. Igor Burdenko) and all of a sudden I found myself in the middle of what we call the "essence of exercise" - a somewhat lost training art...
Most training systems are output based.
Let's use an Olympic lift or throwing as an example output.
Both patterns require a harmony of different movements coming together at exactly the right time.
What determines the quality of the output is the quality of the input!
More than 70% of our...
A push up is just a push up.
A squat is just a squat.
Movements like these are all part of basic human performance.
We didn't discover them.
They were given to us as a gift.
They don't belong to anyone.
They were already there for us.
There are only so many ways that we can move.
Get too...
Sounds strange, I know!
First thing to realize is that if it's taking you a long time to feel prepared enough to exercise, there are some underlying metabolic factors involved.
This is not ok!
Regardless of what our fitness culture has taught us, humans are designed to kick ass immediately when...
It's funny how this works.
Being fit and being healthy are often totally separate entities for people.
I see the separation everyday from a fascinating perspective.
I assess young athletes all the time that play a year round sport but they are unable to stand on one leg.
I assess successful...
The movement box represents your health, personal capabilities and options as an athlete.
When we begin life, our movement box is small.
As a person tries new things and explores more, movement quickly develops in its complexity and size.
By the time you are a young adult you might own a very...
Movement is why we are here.
Movement is the language that our brain understands.
Regardless of a persons' problem, the right movement will open the right door to improvement.
Some forget, others have no idea.
Pain, injury, depression, digestive problems, illness, high/low blood pressure, sleep...
The 3 basics of body ownership:
Everything else we do should be to support and make these things better!
I've never had a chronic pain client who was able to showcase any of these basics to me.
Never.
Not once!
Movements look ratchet-y.
Contraction maps are blurry.
...I get the same question over and over again - "what types of variables can I use to create smarter training sessions?"
Remember last time I told you to try it with your eyes closed! Well, this time I want you to try timing your favorite exercise to a beat!
You can use a metronome or even...
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