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Improving Scapular Stabilization with the Lat Pulldown
In the last edition of FITNESS INSIDER, we took a slightly different look at a classic gym exercise – the ‘lat’ pull-down, otherwise referred to vertical cable pulling pattern. I demonstrated how the vertical cable pulling pattern can be one of the great exercises for improving posture, alignment, and function of the core. In this video, I will demonstrate how if performed properly, the vertical cable pulling pattern improves scapular stability:
- by improving the alignment of the trunk and spine, improves scapulo-thoracic function;
- by improving scapular stability by improving function of the serratus anterior, lower trapezius, and latissimus dorsi;
- by training the entire shoulder complex in a fundamental movement pattern.
In the next edition of FITNESS INSIDER, we will finish our discussion on corrective exercise solutions for improving function in your clients and helping them achieve their health and fitness goals.
Looking to discover the best strategies to solving your client’s biggest issues that keep them from achieving their fitness goals? Looking to develop yourself as a highly paid expert this year and helping more of your clients achieve their health and fitness goals? Then consider the Integrative Movement Specialist™ certification.
All ten spots are filled for our upcoming Integrative Movement Specialist™ certification program-Team #5. Please check our website for announcements of future dates and locations.
“The days of simply giving exercise are over. Teach your clients how to move better and empower them to achieve their health and fitness goals. Develop the foundation of your success with the Integrative Movement SpecialistTM certification program and earn the respect and the income deserved of an expert.”
IMPROVING CORE FUNCTION WITH THE ‘LAT’ PULLDOWN
Hello – Jenice and I hope you had a great holiday season and that your 2013 is off to a great start. This year is already flying by so without further adieu, let’s get started on helping you become the expert your clients need, want, and will pay for so that you can make 2013 your most successful year ever as a fitness professional.
In this edition of FITNESS INSIDER, we are going to look at a standby exercise in virtually every training program – the ‘lat’ pull-down. We will refer to the ‘lat’ pull-down as a vertical cable pulling pattern, as it is so much more than an exercise for the latissimus dorsi. Properly performed, the vertical cable pulling pattern can be one of the great exercises for improving posture and function of the core. Unfortunately, performed incorrectly – much the way many individuals perform the pattern – this pattern can directly contribute to and/or perpetuate an individual’s dysfunctional pattern.
There are several benefits of performing this pattern for the thoracopelvic core. Performed properly, the vertical cable pulling pattern:
- improves trunk and spine posture by helping align the thorax over the pelvis;
- through improved alignment, facilitates improvements in respiration and stabilization;
- improves function of the core by decreasing compression of the spine during pulling patterns;
- through improved alignment and spinal decompression, improves function of the psoas, diaphragm, and pelvic floor and other deep spinal stabilizers;
- trains the muscles of the thoracopelvic canister as spinal stabilizers.
In the next edition of FITNESS INSIDER, we will continue our discussion on the vertical cable pulling pattern and look at how it can serve as an important pattern for improving scapular function.
Looking to discover the best strategies to solving your client’s biggest issues that keep them from achieving their fitness goals? Looking to develop yourself as a highly paid expert this year and helping more of your clients achieve their health and fitness goals? Then consider joining our team of professionals this March as we begin the Integrative Movement Specialist™ certification.
We are currently accepting applications to become a part of the industries first program designed specifically for those of you that work with the general population. There are currently 6 4 1 spot remains for the training program considered by past participant Luis as the “free thinkers dream”
“The days of simply giving exercise are over. Teach your clients how to move better and empower them to achieve their health and fitness goals. Develop the foundation of your success with the Integrative Movement SpecialistTM certification program and earn the respect and the income deserved of an expert.”
Your questions answered about the IMS Certification
Happy New Year!
We hope you have had a great holiday season and that your 2013 has started off on the right path to accomplishing your goals.
Regarding the topic of goals, did you set your goals for 2013? What’s on your list of goals for your business this year?
ü Do you want to attract more clients?
ü Do you want to have an even greater impact with your current clientele?
ü Do you want to be known as an expert in corrective exercise and become a part of the health care solution?
If you answered YES to any of those questions than you need to develop the skill set, strategies, and best practices to work with a diverse group of individuals so that you can help them achieve their functional goals. And do you know which group of individuals most needs your services?
The general population clientele.
This includes the baby boomer and rapidly growing senior populations, the pre and post-rehabilitation clientele as well as the pre and post-natal clientele. And the corrective exercise strategies that we share with you through our newsletter and videos are some of the best strategies we know for identifying and correcting movement dysfunction in the general population clientele. These strategies are some of the same patterns that we teach in our Integrative Movement Specialist Certification™ – one of the few programs that was designed to provide fitness professionals with the skillset and strategies for working with these types of individuals.
Why should you consider joining our team? What makes the Integrative Movement Specialist Certification™ so different from all the other programs on the market? Listen to what a couple of our previous team members have reported:
“I just finished taking the IMS program with Dr. Evan and Jenice. I can say with extreme confidence that the program went above and beyond in exceeding all of my expectations. It is without a doubt the best program I have ever taken. In the few short months I have been in the IMS program, I have been able to significantly improve my client’s posture, improve their movement patterns and decrease or take away their pain all together.
The material they are teaching is very cutting edge and far more advanced than any specialty certification currently on the market. When you become an IMS graduate you are walking away with more than a piece of paper, you will not only have a system that will be able to change the lives of each and every client you work with, you will also walk away with a new family. Dr. Evan and Jenice go overboard to give you all the support you need to feel confident and comfortable implementing the system, not only while you are in the class but long after you have gone home.
This course will help take your training knowledge and pay scale to the next level.” ~Karen Skidmore, IMS Team #4
“I would like to thank you both for sharing your knowledge with the IMS team.I can’t imagine I functioned without this very important logical information about the human body. A very simplistic yet powerful set of principles channeled my understanding of the body systems to a whole new level. I have always enjoyed my work as a pilates instructor and have had questions about movements that I couldn’t answer, having been through the IMS program I am now able to make some connections.” ~Tarannum N., Team #3
“The IMS Certification is a free-thinkers dream”~Luis Bracamonte, IMS #3
There are three things I believe differentiate the Integrative Movement Specialist Certification™ from all the other programs that are available to you. Click on the video below to discover the 3 primary differentiators of the Integrative Movement Specialist Certification™.
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THORACIC FUNCTION – THE MYTHS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MOBILITY