Control Yourself
CONTROL YOURSELF.
This past fall, I chose to update my strength training certifications through some classes specific to Range of Motion Conditioning. This makes sense, as many of my clients are 50+, 60+, or 70+ recovering from surgery, healing from injury, or simply wanting to continue to move well in their years.
The weekend in New York City geeking out on Functional Range Conditioning was awesome! It was amazing to be with like-minded coaches, rehab specialists, and doctors who work every day to improve human mobility.
Dr. Josh led our weekend hands-on clinics. He wore a shirt that said, “CONTROL YOURSELF”. I kind of laughed when I first saw it. After 30 hours together over the weekend of intense training and skill building, I understood just how important those words were in order to continue to be a client-centered coach, who can train clients using scientific research and methods to improve joint health and mobility.
CONTROL YOURSELF means:
Let’s improve your mobility and increase the amount of motion you can use.
Let’s improve strength and protect your joints, so that your movement can be done safely.
Let’s improve your BODY CONTROL to improve the function of your nervous system.
This is so cool! Some of this is not new to my clients and my practice. In the JRAPPFIT community, you know that I coach with some amount of variable dynamic flexibility before we do any and all types of resistance training.
But what is new and inspiring is RE-THINKING how important it is to SLOW DOWN and CONTROL the movement pattern so that you can breathe better, move better, and control your challenging moves better.
My mantra for the new year is CONTROL YOURSELF. The practice of the skill starts with me. I have already improved shoulder mobility, hip mobility, and ankle mobility in just two months of practicing the CARS (Controlled Articulation Rotations).
The excitement for this New Year is practicing better mobility with the clients I serve, in hopes that I can help others, maybe like you!
This will take time, practice and diligence. And if you are a client of JRAPPFIT, then you know that SLOW and CONTROLLED is what we already implement in our live classes.
In fact, I have a Friday 8am class that is 30 minutes of stretch/core, with intentional mobility working towards CONTROLLING YOURSELF.
If you are interested in checking out a live class for free, online (joining from your home through zoom), then sign up for a free 1:1 assessment with me (https://calendly.com/jrappfit/jrappfit-pre-strength-training-assessment) and let’s get you started to your best MOVEMENT of the NEW YEAR.
Yours in Health,
Jenny
