I recently saw a reel on Instagram with this tall, thin, gorgeous 20 something young girl demonstrating a Jade Split. It appeared as though she was going to give me the key to unlocking my Jade Split, she showed me…
I want to stop here and breathe for a minute. In my past articles I have walked you through the self-activations for your breathing, Psoas and Glutes. These activations are known as Zone 1 in the Be Activated principles. Zone…
Now that we have your Psoas acting right, we have to bring those glutes up to the same standard. Do you remember that blog where we covered the whole idea of “if you can’t move you die” and I painted…
Like everyone else, my training routine got a huge shock in March of 2020. I eventually found my way through it, with the online classes offered by my home studio, and the occasional extra workshop when I could afford it.…
In the last article we talked through what your Psoas muscle is, where it can be found and how to start a conversation with it. The first Psoas activation was simply to take your hand and start massaging the area…
After my last few blogs, we should all agree that breathing is our bodies #1 goal because…. If we don’t breathe we DIE! Everybody on board with that? If I didn’t teach you anything else. If we didn’t learn one…
I am hearing the 20th Century Fox movie fanfare playing as I type because Ladies and Gentleman get prepared to do something big. We are going to learn our first activation: Breathing. But first, lets talk a little bit about…
Before I start to wax philosophic about breathing, I would like you to stand up and give me 5 bodyweight squats. While you are squatting, I want you to just check in with your body and notice what you are…
In pole, we talk about this a lot while in other activities, it’s less common. Tennis, golf, baseball and other sports all don’t ask players to do the same thing with both hands. Their hands are "specialized" and each do…
Check out Part 1 here and Part 2 here! The Pole Dancing Strength Workout To get the maximum benefit from these seven strengthening exercises, I recommend making use of super sets in your workout. This is where you pair exercises…