Drop Lunges build shock-proof legs.

The impact is food for your arches and calves.

You show your muscles how to catch your falling body then use the energy to explode.

Your glutes and quads will swell up.

Start with Split Squats if you’re not shock-proof enough yet.
The Split Squat to Drop Lunge Pipeline/

1. Front-Foot Elevated Split Squats
2. Split Squats
3. Bulgarian Split Squats
4. Drop Lunges

Always done through a full range of motion like in my videos.
Your spine harvests the energy of the impact and feeds it to your brain. Image

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12 Nov
All the time spent in this position pulls our spines apart from the neck to the lower back.

You lose the muscles that support your posture and restrict blood flow to the brain.

Add mouth-breathing, and you create even more toxic tension.

Save your head from the fall Image
People with weak neck extensors are unable to move their heads forward and back without shifting their bodies in the same direction.

The muscles are so disconnected that there needs to be a jerky compensation below.

This confusion affects them 24/7

I’m amazed at how many people go through life without enough scapular strength.

You waste so much energy to compensate for your inefficient arm movements and lack of upper back support.

A few minutes of shoulder-blade work twice a week will awaken these dormant muscles.
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7 Nov
Front-to-Back Lunges challenge many systems at once.

One leg propels your body while the other slows you down, then they switch roles.

You must follow the right rhythm to execute smoothly.

Your legs will heat up.

This exercise is excellent for your mind-muscle connections
Front Dumbbell variation. You can also hold them by your sides.
A barbell engages your core differently because the weight is further from your body.

You have to be more explosive to propel yourself, then you’re heavier on the way down.
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5 Nov
The way we wake up tells us a lot about ourselves, yet few people pay attention.

You feel the quality of your rest physically and mentally.

I’ve asked many sleep-deprived clients to describe the first two hours of their day.

This thread presents some common themes:
1/ Physical Pain

Some people wake up to the sound of pain instead of an alarm, a loud scream from one or multiple places in their bodies.

Waking up is a physical battle for them.
2/ Heavy Brain

Many people describe this heavy feeling of the brain. Their bodies get out of bed just fine, but their brains feel like an anvil or foggy sometimes for 2-4 hours.
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3 Nov
Our bones are alive and change based on the work they do daily.

A seated, inactive life gives you a soft skeleton with a chair-shaped posture.

You starve your foundations of energy.

If you need a reason to exercise today, do it to feed your bones. Image
Your spine is robust by nature and can withstand impacts from all directions.

You let it become fragile over time with your inactive lifestyle, unable to absorb any kind of shock.

This regression will worsen as you age, especially for women in menopause. Image
You will run out motivation to exercise at some point down the line, and when you do, it’ll be easier to quit if your only why is for the mirror.

Find deeper reasons. A firm skeleton made of dense bones will serve you for the rest of your life. Image
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2 Nov
Chronic pain fools us.

You focus on where it hurts and nothing else.

The nuisance hijacks your mind then slowly robs you of your vitality.

Don’t let this loud feeling steal your attention.

Find and fix the silent leaks elsewhere in your body, and your powers will return. Image
The site of your pain only tells you what took more pressure than it could handle.

You’ll never resolve your issue if the sources of this excess tension remain present.

Look around your pain. Sometimes the source of the problem is further than you might think.
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28 Oct
The way our heads rest on our bodies shapes our postures.

The weight of your skull sits firmly above the spine, balanced by the muscles below.

Any deviation will tense one side and weaken the other.

This strength offset is a rock in your shoe that eventually turns into pain. Image
Some of your neck muscles pull your head back, others slide your chin forward.

The balance between these two groups is a significant factor in your head posture.

An alarming amount of people lack the basic neck strength to support their heads.

Fix this immediately:
Weak scapular muscles are also widespread amongst people with pain and posture issues.

Your shoulders slouch and pull your head forward along with them.
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