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Super Nova : Product Review

May 21, 2013 — Leave a comment

I recently brought the new MobilityWOD Super Nova manufactured by Rogue Fitness. This is one of the latest SMR (self-myofacial release) tools out on the market. For those that know anything about my training philosophy you know that I view mobility and being able to move in a natural/fluid manner is essential for your fitness and overall quality of life. SMR tools like the Super Nova are great investments to help you in your journey to live healthier and pain free.

If you have any questions on SMR and mobility training please feel free to contact me and definitely check out the new book put out by Kelly Starrett of MobilityWOD, Becoming a Supple Leopard which I am going to try and put together a review for in the coming weeks. I’m about 90% done with the book and when I’m all wrapped up, I’ll share some of my deeper insights on this awesome book.

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Train your body with intent

May 17, 2013 — 1 Comment

I’m a firm advocate that one has to develop a fitness program that is catered specifically for their current fitness level, goals and skill level. Those workout videos or magazine articles that promise flat abs and a developed chest are just shooting a lot of smoke up your ass. There is no such thing as a cookie cuter workout that works for everybody. Sure if you follow one of these workouts, you will make some progress in certain areas, but you also risk entering some pitfalls that are even more work to get out of, ie. injury, overuse of a certain muscle, imbalances, inefficient use of training time.

If you want to get on a program, I definitely support seeking the help of an expert. But if you don’t have direct access because of location or affordability, your not out of luck. Of course you can contact the trainers at Revolutionary Fitness for free consultations and information. But you should also pick and choose some workouts from different places and do a little experimentation on yourself. Continue Reading…

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In Fitness, Personal Development exercise, fitness-expert, plan, program, revfit, revfitnyc, revolutionary-fitness, routine, shawn-garcia, shawnrevfit

Birthday Bike Ride to Bear Mountain

March 4, 2013 — 1 Comment

This year for my birthday I really wanted to try something different, something physical, something healthy, something out of town, something cheap and with a bunch of friends. I decided on doing a weekend getaway/bike trip up to Bear Mountain. The ride to Bear Mountain is not the longest per-say but it is a nice challenging ride for a group of riders who are at different fitness levels.

Here is the general plan; We would be leaving Friday March 29th from Inwood at 9am. From there we would ride approximately 50 miles north to Bear Mountain…get settled at the cabin we are looking to setup, check out the sites if weather is permitting and chill out. Saturday March 30th we would explore Bear Mountain, hike, chill, whatever, that night we would get crazy back at the cabin and rock out my birthday at midnight. And on Sunday March 31st Easter Sunday, my birthday, we will grab a great breakfast and set off back on our 50 mile ride back to the city.

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In Fitness bear mountain, bike ride, fixie, revfit, revfitbikecrew, revfitnyc

Mobility Series Part One: Ankle

February 8, 2013 — Leave a comment

Most working people in the U.S. suffer from some kind of movement dysfunction in their body. There are many reasons for this, but the two major reasons in my mind are an underpaid and overworked workforce and poor health and wellness education; which drives the uneducated consumer.

These musculoskeletal dysfunctions result in injuries in our lower back, neck, knees, feet, etc. This epidemic is running so rampant that many people over the age of 25 think it’s just part of the “aging process”. Chances are that almost every injury you’ve suffered in your life was due to some dysfunction you’ve been living with.

This five-part series is dedicated to highlighting some of the common dysfunctions, how to self-diagnose them and some ways to correct them. On tap this week is the Ankle.

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In Fitness ankle, dysfunction, efficiency, injury, mobility, musculoskeletal, performance, shawn-garcia, shawngarcia, shawnrevfit

Hip Opener Drills

February 3, 2013 — Leave a comment

Almost all of us are dealing with issues over mobility in our hips. I personally have been battling tight hips for a long time and have tried almost every stretch imaginable, with little to no progress. The issue for many of us is that we are seated in an chair most of the day, which causes a lot of tension, shortening and stiffness through our hip flexors and really almost every muscle that they in turn connect with. So when we try to stretch to reverse this, we run into constant hurdles, so we need to think about recreating mobility in our hips.

deepsquatting Below is a three part series put together by the one and only Kelly Starrett from the MobilityWOD project. Funny how a few days after I wrote about how much I didn’t like CrossFit, I am now putting out a post referencing one of the top CrossFit trainers haha. But I definitely feel like if Kelly’s stuff was more universally taught and enforced throughout the CrossFit community, they would be in a much better place.

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In Fitness crossfit, hip-flexor, hips, joint-capsule, kelly-starrett, mobility, mobilitywod, psoas, stretching, tightness

Super Nova : Product Review

Train your body with intent

Birthday Bike Ride to Bear Mountain

Mobility Series Part One: Ankle

Hip Opener Drills

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