RISE AND MOVE

October 15,2021

Whats Up Gymmers !

Yesterday I spoke about the concept of 'movement snacks'.

As we head into the weekend I want to give you another movement minute you can snack on this weekend.

Today’s MOVEMENT MINUTE focuses on STRETCHING YOUR QUADS.

Tightness in the quads is SUPER SUPER common for MS GYMMERS because MS often forces you to SIT MORE throughout your day.

When you sit for extended periods of time, the UPPER PART of your quads near your pelvis gets OVER-TIGHT and your Gluteal muscles get super stretched and weak.

This will GREATLY impact your ability to stand, balance, and walk well.

Therefore, it is very very important that your stretch your quads throughout your day so you can maintain good pelvis and hips muscle balance.

 As you do this stretch, FOCUS ON:

-  Sitting as tall as possible

-  Gently pulling abs in

- Tip your pelvis back as your stretch

-  Breathe slow and think about that muscle relaxing

 Happy Stretching!

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Whats Up Gymmers,

I am happy to report my youngest daughter is doing much better and returned to pre school today. 

And I finally had a full night sleep last night.

So I am ready to rock n roll today.

Over the past few months, I have really been thinking about the concept of “re-building.”

I recently demolished my basement down to the framing in and am now currently REBUILD it into a second filming studio, my office, and the official movement lab of The MS Gym.

 My girls know that downstairs is now DADDY’S GYM and if the door is closed, I am deep in thought, creation, or training.

They know that downstairs is where I create new programs, videos, and, in their words, “teach school” for our MS Gymmers.

Throughout all the remodeling, it has repeatedly struck me that because COVID-19 TOOK away my freedom, routine, and way of life, it forced me to seek solutions and DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN for my life and practice.

It forced me to CREATE and INVEST time and money into a new l...

Happy Friday Gymmers! So last Friday I wrote you an email about how my I threw out my back due to a momentary bad body position and loss of neurological control while I was exercising that morning. I explained how in that moment I was frustrated, angry, and a bit disheartened because I’ve worked SO hard on using MS Gym and performance exercise to improve my mis-firing cerebellum, brain step, spinal cord, and BGB muscles. I also wrote how I could’ve let my SETBACK (after months of feeling successful) take me out, cloud my mind, and throw me off track with my shaken emotional state. As I wrote my email last week, I was in excruciating pain and exhausted from the emotional toll it was taking on me. So this past week, my MOVEMENT MED FOCUS was training my brain to FEEL SAFE doing the EXACT EXERCISE that hurt me last Friday. Every workout this past week has included some kind of squat, with a weight in front of me, with my head turning to the left as I lo ...

The Power of Why:

As a movement practitioner, I love it when my clients become my teachers. One conversation with someone going through the challenge of MS may prompt, lead, or sometimes shove me into examining my practice, my approach, and my connection with my MS warriors. I am constantly seeking out ways my MSers can help me grow as a practitioner, a healer, and a man. Just recently Janice, one of my clients, wanted to meet with me to discuss her progress and our conversation inspired this article.

After six weeks of exercising with me, Janice was still suffering from balance problems at home even though she was excelling during our sessions. I asked her “Janice, how will improving your balance improve the quality of your life? Why do you want to get better?

Janice stared blankly at me for a couple breaths, and then slowly pieced together the following statement, “I dunno, I guess because that is what I’m supposed to do, my doctor recommended exercise, and that’s what my husband ...