Rounding your lower back is an essential part of most traditional movement practices.  However, it is not necessarily suitable for all populations.  If your Doctor has recommended that you not perform "Sit Up" type motions then please skip this episode.

This is an essential movement pattern for practicing a traditional "Sit Up" exercise.  Please note that you heels must maintain constant contact with  the floor.  You can try moving your heels closer to you or further away to begin the exercise, but they are not allowed to lift away from  the floor - at all.  Not one little bit.  ...If you think I am not speaking to you directly, you are mistaken...

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.

Rounding your lower back is an essential part of most traditional movement practices.  However, it is not necessarily suitable for all populations.  If your Doctor has recommended that you not perform "Sit Up" type motions then please skip this episode.

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.

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.

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.

Gaining awareness of where your waist is and isn't and how to move it can be extremely beneficial to our overall health.  By mobilizing the area between the ribs and hips we are creating strength and flexibility in a zone of the body that is frequently troubling and often painful.  By exploring a side lying position we allow gravity to help us discover where our waist is and how to better access movement in that part our bodies.

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.

Fourth (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.

Long term health and well being is tied to your ability to discern: 

A.) Where your Lower Back is (...and is not...) located

B.) How your Lower Back Area feels during various movements

C.) What options you have to address any feelings of tension and/or uncomfortableness

In this episode we strive to identify where the lower back is located and how to move this part of your body safely.  By exploring what ranges of motion you have you will be better able to not only address many feelings of discomfort that can occur in your lower back region but also how to move more efficiently.  These gentle front to back movements may, at first, seem inconsequential but, over time, your familiarity with them will greatly increase your movement power and enjoyment.

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.

Third (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.

One of my favorite exercises and perhaps least favorite name: The Squat.  It is a fun and foundational movement that benefits form consistent practice and diligence.  The more you practice, the more proficient you become and the more you can do across the board.  Increasing your capacity to perform this exercise without pain will dramatically increase your ability to perform daily tasks with ease.  It do take practice though.  Please don't be fooled by how simple it may seem, the difficulty comes in being sure that all body parts are moving with simultaneous precision and harmony.

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.

Second (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.