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- #77 Setting Realistic Expectations with Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera
Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera!
In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about setting realistic expectations, survival tips for new trainers, training like an athlete, and other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:34 - The disconnect between fitness industry and general population
- 06:00 - Setting realistic expectations
- 11:02 - Overcoming struggles with typical gym workouts
- 14:58 - Survival tips for new trainers
- 23:07 - Perceptions about health and fitness
- 26:51 - Playing with your kids
- 30:11 - Training like an athlete (general population)
- 37:06 - Trainer tips: finding time to train on your own
- 41:46 - Training methodology evolutions (from 25 to 45)
- 49:17 - The pursuit of your ceiling
More from Stick Mobility:
https://stickmobility.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/
https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/
55 min - #76 Functional Training Modalities with Monica Boldt
Check out this week's episode with Monica Boldt!
As a fitness and health professional that has been in the industry for over a decade, Monica is always aiming for progress by constantly learning and educating to provide clients the best for their individual needs. Sustainable fitness throughout the decades is her goal, personally, and with those, she train. Her background includes being a certified personal trainer, kettlebell specialist (Strong First Elite), Indian clubs coach, as well as a certified Stick Mobility coach.
Prevention is Monica's modus operandi. Therefore, helping others to become more in-tune to their bodies and discovering their own protocols that serve their health is highly encouraged. Through no-nonsense nutritional tools, she provides support and resources to bring awareness to eating patterns and food choices. Lastly, building resilient bodies through movement patterns that incorporate mobility, dynamic flexibility, coordination and strength is her passionate approach to a holistic fitness lifestyle.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:30 - 'Strong First Elite’ achievement
- 03:57 - Bent press — common mistakes and fixes using Stick Mobility
- 06:38 - Indian clubs
- 13:41 - Clubs for shoulder issues and wrist mobility
- 20:13 - Mace work and functional training
- 25:00 - The importance of play for a training mindset
- 29:02 - Training frequency and Stick Mobility work
- 30:59 - Hypermobility and static stretching
- 32:10 - Strengthening end ranges
- 36:33 - Upcoming Indian club workshop
More from Monica:
https://www.boldfittechnique.com/
https://www.somble.com/boldfittechnique
https://www.instagram.com/boldfittechnique/
42 min - #75 The Fit Reformer with Kaleen Canevari
Check out this week's episode with Kaleen Canevari!
Kaleen Canevari is the Founder and CEO of Flexiapilates. She is a Pilates teacher and engineer who solves equipment headaches. Before she was a Pilates instructor, she was a mechanical engineer. After completing her teacher training, she merged her two passions.
Initially, she helped design equipment for Balanced Body where she bridged the gap between the technical manufacturing-speak and the equally-complicated Pilates world language and ideals. Then she noticed a bigger problem. While Pilates teachers had access to beautiful equipment, most of them were lost on how to take care of it and it wasn’t their fault! After all, this wasn’t something that was taught in the teacher training.
Fast forward to today where she helps Pilates teachers find the right equipment for their needs and keep their equipment safe, smooth, and quiet, so their teaching (and not that squeaky spring) can be the star of the show. So, Kaleen founded 'The Fit Reformer' to support Pilates studio owners and instructors like you when the inevitable time comes that you have a question about your Pilates equipment.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro / What is Pilates?
- 02:32 - The intimidation factor of the reformer
- 06:04 - Combining Stick Mobility & Pilates
- 07:19 - Integrating technology and metrics into Pilates
- 13:27 - The conscious competent cycle (self-regulation)
- 14:53 - Pilates training frequency
- 16:30 - Training using empirical data
- 20:34 - Pilates to address hypermobility
- 21:44 - The broad beneficial scope of Pilates
- 24:40 - The nuances of movement and strength
More from Kaleen:
https://fitreformer.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kaleencanevari/
31 min - #74 Hypermobility with Catherine Cowey
Check out this week's episode with Catherine Cowey!
Catherine brings a wealth of education and years of athletic experience to her role as a personal trainer. As an athlete, she sustained several injuries, which led her to study the body and the mechanisms of injury and healing.
Catherine pulls from this past working experience but has a thirst for knowledge that is never quenched. She has continued to evolve her practice and use the most up-to-date research and methods to better help her clients with injuries, pain, and increasing general fitness.
Catherine also has an avid interest in working with hypermobile individuals. Her consummate research has given her insight into the best ways to deal with many of the multi-faceted symptoms that come with having joint hypermobility syndrome.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:USF B.A. Sports Med/Exercise Physiology
SFSU M.A. KinesiologyLMTACEFMS I & IIFR and FRC mobility specialistPRI (Respiration, Myokinematics, Instability and Impingement) Ki-HaraDCT Resistance stretchingIn this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:56 - How common is hypermobility
- 02:52 - Long term effects of hypermobility
- 06:39 - Strength training with hypermobility
- 10:48 - Long duration isometrics
- 14:53 - Addressing mental barriers with hypermobile clients
- 19:20 - Are you hypermobile?
- 21:38 - Basic principles to remember with hypermobile clients
- 25:23 - Joint centration
- 29:21 - Hypermobility with relation to the cardiovascular system
- 35:40 - Back-loaded squats for hypermobile people?
- 39:37 - Nutrition and Sleep
More from Catherine at:
https://www.fitwizesf.com/
47 min - #73 Yoga Deconstructed with Trina Altman
Check out this week's episode with Trina Altman!
Trina is an interdisciplinary movement educator (SCOTT pilates / E-RYT 500). She is also the creator of Yoga Deconstructed and Pilates Deconstructed, which shows teachers how to take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates in relation to modern movement science.
Trina has presented at Momentum Fest, the International Association of Yoga Therapy Conference, and Kripalu. She also created and taught a Pilates continuing-education course for physical therapists and was part of the faculty for the Brain Longevity conference at UCLA. Trina was the co-creator of Equinox’s signature program Best Stretch Ever, utilizing the mobility stick to improve functional range of motion, body awareness, and total body strength.
Trina was a finalist in the Next Pilates Anytime Instructor Competition in 2017. Her work has been published in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Style magazine. My classes have been featured on Yoga International and Yoga Anytime. She is also the author of Yoga Deconstructed®: Movement science principles for teaching, which shows yoga teachers how to integrate modern movement science into their classes and is published by Handspring Publishing.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 09:41 - Didactics in yoga and pilates
- 10:44 - Pain / Hypermobility
- 16:25 - Yoga Deconstructed (Book)
- 19:58 - Common yoga (asana) injuries
- 22:37 - The evolution of yoga
- 25:05 - Yoga hands-on adjustments
- 32:37 - Lever and limb lengths
- 39:49 - Is yoga all the training you need?
- 45:12 - A typical training week for Trina
- 47:33 - Trampoline training
More from Trina:
https://trinaaltman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/trinaaltman/
55 min - #72 Maximizing Foundational Movements with Gary Gall
Check out this week's podcast episode with Gary Gall!
Scranton Raised. South Dakota perspective. Regular hustler.
In August of 2011, Gary packed his bags and moved to Aberdeen South Dakota. his dream was to become a college strength and conditioning coach. Gary worked with over 400 college athletes from September 2011 to July 2013 at Northern State University. There he helped establish a philosophy of being built from the ground up, movement over muscles, and pushing the body beyond what was thought to be possible.
In August of 2013, Gary brought the philosophy mentioned above to SUNY New Paltz. SUNY New Paltz is a Division III University in upstate New York. Through focus, hard work, and total commitment, Gary developed the first strength and conditioning program in University history. Over time this vision becаme more about the culture.
In February 2018 Gary brought his passion to California. His overarching vision is to continue the journey and to become an added hustler to the Heart and Hustle team.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:31 - Training athletes for performance and injury prevention
- 08:22 - Contact athletes and injury prevention. Chasing the unicorn?
- 09:55 - Maximizing movement efficiency
- 11:58 - The current state of P.E. and recess in grade school
- 16:05 - Chasing statistics. The reason for increased injuries in athletics?
- 19:44 - Back to the Basics | Maximizing foundational movements
- 24:21 - Segmenting your training programming
- 27:53 - Characteristics of a good coach/trainer
- 32:49 - One-on-one programming versus team programming
- 35:03 - Mental mobility
More from Gary Gall:
www.instagram.com/heartandhustlegym
www.instagram.com/trainerrepublic
www.instagram.com/garycgall
https://www.heartandhustle.com/
41 min - #71 Strength Training, Adaptability, and Chiropractics with Dr. Robert Crowley
Check out this week's podcast episode with Robert Crowley, BSc (Ex Physiology) DC (Doctor of Chiropractic).
Robert has 18 years of experience as a chiropractor. He is originally from the USA where he obtained a BSc in Exercise Physiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998. In 2002 he qualified as a Chiropractor at the National University of Health Sciences. Robert practiced in the USA from 2003-2008 working in an interdisciplinary setting, along with Medical Doctors, Physical Therapists, and Chiropractors.
In 2008 he moved to the United Kingdom and registered with the General Chiropractic Council. He is currently in private practice at Gain Recovery Chiropractic & Sports Rehab in Norwich. He is a CrossFit Level 1 Coach and served as Clinical Lead of Athlete Services from 2014-2017 at CrossFit Games European/Meridian Regionals in Copenhagen and Madrid, leading an interdisciplinary team of Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, and Sports Therapists.
Robert is also a RockTape Instructor, delivering kinesiology taping, IASTM, myofascial cupping, and movement specialist courses to manual therapists. He also is a Stick Mobility Instructor certifying manual therapists and personal trainers in the use of the mobility stick. Robert is a member of the British Chiropractic Association and European Chiropractic Union.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 05:40 - Stickmobility as a primary rehab tool
- 07:55 - Stickmobility as a cross-training tool
- 12:13 - Adaptability & improvisational skills in training and recovery
- 18:30 - Strength training & chiropractics
- 24:35 - Fascial competence within the wellness industry
- 30:46 - Lockdown training
- 38:36 - What should you look for in a chiropractor?
- 45:05 - Book recommendations
More from Dr. Robert Crowley
https://www.gainrecovery.co.uk/about-us.php
53 min - #70 Stretching & Mobilizing with ”The Stretch Boss” Tina Rivera
Check out this week's podcast episode with "The Stretch Boss," Tina Rivera!
Tina Rivera known as the Stretch Boss has been highly regarded by her
celebrity clients for her recovery bodywork and tissuemanipulation. She began her journey of healing when she discovered powerlifting and personal training over 18 years ago. When Tina received herlicense for physical therapy, she knew she found her purpose in life.Over the years Tina received recognition for her distinctive
techniques by her staff and personal clients as well, earning her thename the StretchBoss by her colleagues. Her transition from working for acompany to entrepreneurship has been liberating. She has workedwith the likes of Hip Hop artists, Pro-bodybuilders, fitnessinfluencers, and UFC Fighters.A few of Tina's Certifications Include:
Body Tempering (BT-C), FRC Mobility Specialist (FRCms), Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist (L.M.T), Fascial Stretch Therapist (FST), FMT Bladed Advanced (FMT), and Mobility/WOD Movement & Mobility Specialist (m/wods).
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:47 - Benefits of stretching
- 02:19 - Active & Passive stretching
- 03:33 - The Stretch Boss origins story
- 08:53 - Stretching - not a stand-alone fix all
- 10:44 - Cupping Techniques
- 14:10 - The emotional component of stretching
- 21:59 - Knowing who’s on your table (Physical therapy)
- 24:16 - Exploring deficiencies in mobility
- 28:52 - How often should you work on mobilizing?
- 31:03 - Partner assisted stretching vs. solo stretching
- 34:45 - Hydration with regards to tissue quality and movement
- 43:46 - Patience - A modern-day superpower
- 48:33 - Adding Stick Mobility to your mobility toolbox
- 51:26 - Becoming an advocate for your health
- 52:13 - Branding and Entrepreneurship
- 58:42 - Recovery methods
More from Tina:
https://thestretchboss.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thestretchboss/
1 hr 7 min - #69 Levers and Ranges of Motion with Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera
Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera!
In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about working with clients with previous injuries, accounting for limb length when considering ranges of motion, social media influencers, and other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 01:51 - Limb lengths and appendages regarding proper form
- 04:47 - Working with clients with previous injuries
- 09:22 - Strength and Mobility “influencers”
- 11:08 - Ranges of motion | Contortion, mobility, and body types
- 19:09 - Closing thoughts
More from Stick Mobility:
https://stickmobility.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/
https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/
22 min - #68 Long-Term Training Mindsets with Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera
Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera!
In this week's podcast, the coaches re-cap on previous guests, touch upon the prevalence of injuries seen in professional sports, training mindsets, and many other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:12 - The prevalence of Injuries in professional sports
- 10:00 - Re-cap of previous guests
- 11:00 - Body mass and its effect on mobility
- 16:08 - Sports and young children
- 19:17 - NFL tackles
- 21:35 - Mind-games in the sports arena
- 25:10 - Athletic recovery
- 30:12 - Training with chronic injuries
- 38:00 - Long term mindsets
- 43:39 - Focusing on the breath / Nasal Breathing
- 47:36 - Rock Climbing & Mobility
- 57:56 - Non-exercise forms of training (dancing)
More from Stick Mobility:
https://stickmobility.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/
https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/
1 hr 3 min
About Movement Made Better Podcast
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Podcast by Stick Mobility, the fitness training program that combines joint mobilization, strength training, and active stretching. The show focuses on improving mobility and is hosted by co-founders…
Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera, featuring special guests from the fitness community.