Movement is essential in all of our lives, bringing us various levels of experiences and challenges along the way. It helps us become the person we truly want to be. However, as we age along with the various distractions, we have all around us, finding time to get in quality movement can be difficult. So, regardless of how difficult your goals may be, one thing that is vital to your success is your ability to at least be prepared to move.Â
When it comes to training there is a wide variety of exercises you can do in order to progress toward your goal. As a master Pain free Performance Specialist (PPSC) all those exercises will fall under 6 main categories of movements – Squat, Hinge, Lunge, Push, Pull and Carry.
Way to often people build for overall strength and forget that it’s vital to remain functional in other aspects of movement. Now don’t get me wrong, being strong is great and should be a general goal for most, but what is all that strength worth if you, can’t touch your toes, have poor range of motion in your shoulders with an inability to reach fully overhead or you struggle to get up and down off the ground.Â
This doesn’t seem like a difficult task, however the older we get and the less active we continue to become only makes getting off the floor harder and harder.Â