Nucleus Strength

Taking time to experience your breath with movement and counts is a fantastic way to center yourself and enliven your self.  All you need is a chair/stool that allows your feet to be flat on the ground with a downward slope to from you hip down your thigh bone to your knee.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

Using your breathe to measure out your movement is an incredibly meditative practice.  In this episode I challenge you to keep moving for the full length of both the inhale and the exhale.  Be aware that your legs will want to return to the starting position before the arms shoulders because they have a shorter distance to travel.  So when you are inhaling and bending into your Squat be sure that you don't hold the motion and continue to inhale.  If you are inhaling you are still moving into the depth of the squat.  The same is true of the exhale.  If you are still exhaling you should have not stopped moving.  I repeat: Specifically the exhale you may find yourself returning to the start position prior to the completion of the full exhale.  You may still be moving your arms/shoulders but your legs will have already returned to standing tall with  no motion.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

I have a client with a fused lower spine. This means that, in terms of exercise, we focus on keeping her spine as still as logical while moving her limbs.  Because the spine is fused means that the immobile parts force  the parts of her spine that are directly above and below the fused section to compensate/move much more than is desirable/safe over time.  We found great success in focusing on helping her feel the front, back, middle, and sides of her torso contract in order to help keep her spine supported.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

Our Seventh Core Workout!  -Not be confused with “stop listening to your body”. Please think first of how you feel, then move with awareness and sensitivity.

We combine everything into a synchronous flowing pattern. I encourage you to be familiar with the concepts introduced in prior episodes before diving into this session. If you have trained with me for a while, this episode may feel like more familiar territory in terms of pace, sequencing, and endurance.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

This episode challenges pacing and choreography.  Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

My long standing client of 13 years asked for a series of exercises that utilize upper body arm/shoulder strength/mobility.  I'm sharing this series with you as it combines everything that we've worked on up through this episode.  You will need an exercise band approx. 6 feet in length.  I recommend utilizing the lighter range of bands. 

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

The Shoulder joint lacks bony support.  This lack of hard tissue means that mobilizing the joint through resisted movement will foster long term healthy arms and shoulders.  You don't need to (and in fact from certain perspectives shouldn't) over tax your shoulder joint with either aggressive/extreme ranges of motion or weight loads.  Also feeling how the arms and shoulders connect to your torso is an integral practice.  When you move your arm, by necessity your are usually moving  your shoulder blades and to a  lesser extent  your spine.  Crazy!  Just moving your arm, requires a lot of support and function from your whole torso because (...insert dramatic pause...) -they are all connected.

You will need an exercise band approx. 6 feet in length.  I recommend utilizing the lighter range of bands as this is an exploratory  episode.  You will also need to identify two locations in which to secure the band safely.  One location is standing (or sitting) the band should be attached approx. shoulder height from the floor up.  The location is lower -about an arms distance from the floor.  Make sure the attachment is secure and that the band is affixed/tied appropriately at all times.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

Sixth Core Workout! -Not be confused with “stop listening to your body”. Please think first of how you feel, then move with awareness and sensitivity.

We combine everything into a synchronous flowing pattern. I encourage you to be familiar with the concepts introduced in prior episodes before diving into this session. If you have trained with me for a while, this episode may feel like more familiar territory in terms of pace, sequencing, and endurance.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

This Episode is potentially challenging for wrists/elbows/shoulders and knees.  If you have issues with these joints, please be mindful to how you feel during each segment.  This practice will challenge and enhance balance, coordination, Strength/Flexibility.  It is a departure from our Core based workouts so that we can get a larger range of motion into our bodies.  Focusing on large global movements is an essential practice towards fulfulling full body health.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!

Fifth (Core) Workout! Not be confused with “stop listening to your body”. Please think first of how you feel, then move with awareness and sensitivity.

We combine everything into a synchronous flowing pattern. I encourage you to be familiar with the concepts introduced in prior episodes before diving into this session. If you have trained with me for a while, this episode may feel like more familiar territory in terms of pace, sequencing, and endurance.

Welcome to Nucleus Strength; a Podcast devoted to Movement, Health, and Well Being. Host Eric Clothier guides you step-by-step through specific movements and exercises to help you Gain Focus, Move Better, and Feel Stronger. Utilizing his background in Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, Personal Training, Yamuna Body Rolling, as well over a decade of Full Time  hands on training experience Eric frees you to enjoy a joyful, natural, and effortless means of exercise.

Please utilize both the pause button and the speed options during play back for ease and enjoyability.  Remember your exercise regimen is your own province.  You can choose to control how you respond to the variables presented.  Use that confidence to your advantage.  -Enjoy!