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Last week I presented my argumentation for why the

Last week I presented my argumentation for why the traditional fitness and weight lifting industry may impair biomechanics rather than improve.

This video is a snippet of the 10-Week Course from the layer of the methodology that gives teaching in how to properly engage the oblique slings and myofascial functional lines, that creates optimum movement in the unilateral plane. The utterly essential plane that is neglected in the culture of physical training.

This is the plane that is responsible for the majority of human movement, especially being paramount in sports.
Moving solely, or primarily, in the bilateral plane will therefore only stimulate this capability, and not the one that serves your unilateral functionality.

If you ever feel trouble navigating in whether or not certain exercises and movements are actually benefiting your biomechanics, ask yourself the question: how similar is this movement to the movement pattern I want to improve?

It’s rarely a comfortable road to cross when goi

It’s rarely a comfortable road to cross when going against what is mainstream.

My expressed opinion is always based on experience; I guess that’s a common denominator for most humans.

Why has weightlifting become so popularized? Is it due to a lack of thinking outside the box in terms of fixing biomechanics, or the urge of doing something that conceals the decreasing testosterone levels in men, or just because lifting heavy weights and looking muscular is now more important than being pain free and ‘functional’ in a society based on materialism?

The most frequent question I’m asked is: how do you ensure strength development in your patients without weight lifting?

As if weight lifting should be the only source of strength development. Strength development is a concept, not an index of exercises. Weight lifting is excellent - if you want to become good at lifting weights.
But, when done for alternative purposes, such as to move better, become pain free or improve biomechanics in sports, it’s merely a waste of time.

The unique erected posture of humans has given us the advantage of running, walking for extraordinary distances, and hunting, which are all happening in the unilateral plane - as the majority of sports are likewise. Isolating muscle movements and locking up motions, such as solely exercising in the bilateral plane, is not going to improve this innate capability, but might instead impair it.

The fascia does not know how to cope with isolated movement that over-stresses individual areas. Then it becomes dry, sticky and loses its flexibility, which is impairing biomechanics, mobility and may cause injury and dysfunction.
When respecting the fascia, we primarily move in the three-dimensional plane, where stimuli is applied throughout several parts of the body to interact and counteract with one another.

Functional structural gains from one of my patient

Functional structural gains from one of my patients.

This is a template that fits literally everyone who’s being occupied in modern society. With minor adjustments, I’m safe to say that I could have almost every living being systematically follow this methodology and they would experience how the mind became clearer and body became lighter as a result of improving the natural mechanics to return to our original form.

Since the first assessment when we began correcting his oral posture, unconscious breathing mechanics and postural dysfunctions, the gains have kept coming as they will do with certainty to those who chooses to invest in their own health.

What these pictures are providing you in their visual form is the change of structure in the thorax, which has expanded to more efficiently support the lungs along with a pelvis that has dropped into correct position. As a byproduct, the chest has likewise expanded and the abdominals have been taught to engage.
As a result of the corrective oral posture, the facial structure has begun changing its appearance as the airway constrictions are gradually disappearing.

I define human mechanics as the innate capabilitie

I define human mechanics as the innate capabilities of which the human species is designed to manipulate.
Western society is constructed to approach problems by external and artificial procedures, whereas the human body is capable of achieving the same, if not better results by its internal systems.

In the video I’m practicing the ancient Eastern breathing technique called Tummo Meditation or Inner Fire Breathing.
Although I’ll probably never learn to perfectly master the technique, the concept of gaining control over the nervous system to self-regulate body temperature and manipulate the immune response, is too important to be ignored.

Monks who master this practice are able to rest in temperatures so low, which is normally thought to be impossible.
Although every human being is in possession of this natural capability, it takes a great amount of practice to master.

The technique includes the combination of visualization, muscle contraction and breath holding:

1. Inhale heavily through the nostrils and exhale fully through either the nose or the mouth. As you exhale, contract your abdominals and pelvic floor.

2. Visualize the inner heat glowing and spreading from the area of the navel.

3. After some time, finish with a breath hold on the inhalation, while swallowing and pushing down the diaphragm and contracting the internal muscles of the pelvic floor for 5 seconds.

4. Exhale again and release every muscle tension. Repeat for at least 3 rounds and keep your attention on the inner heat.

Scandinavian summer sun bath! As breathing and co

Scandinavian summer sun bath!

As breathing and cold exposure go hand in hand, the ability to control your breathwork improves the ability to control the sensation of extreme temperatures and manipulate the core temperature of the body.

Happy holidays - take control ❄️

Auf wienerschnitzel, Augsburg! Happy to leave my

Auf wienerschnitzel, Augsburg!
Happy to leave my footprints at new locations - and happy to work with people eager to learn and work hard like @mvp.05

There’s a need for meaningful and in-depth work in today’s world. So go deep!

Traditional fitness does more harm than good. Peo

Traditional fitness does more harm than good.

People work out because they want to look good, feel good and have good health, dominated by a the-more-the-better attitude. And this is an excellent approach if wanting to avoid treating health holistically in the same way as fixing a flat tire in a car where the engine is broken.

Traditional fitness only scratches the surface. Like the dietician approaching health issues with a diet plan or the doctor prescribing medication based on a 7-minute limited correspondence.

Analyzing the spine of an individual often gives a good indication of their biomechanics, health and functionality. And it also reflects on how they breath, since breathing is primarily based on the posture from the pelvis and up. The S-shaped spine is rarely functional and is often a byproduct of too much compression due to improper training or daily life routines, which impairs breathing and, in general, overall health.

Swipe to see how posture affects breathing.

Learning how to cope with pain and working your wa

Learning how to cope with pain and working your way through it via. physical therapy is just the same as learning how to approach emotional pain. Pain and emotion is stored in the body, so experiencing chronic soreness and movement restriction indicates physical and emotional trauma. This can be called tissue memory.

The human body contains its own myofascial meridian system in the form of a vast web of connected tissues that encloses different body parts.

Due to stress, inactivity or poor biomechanics, the fascia becomes dry and inhibited, which affects our overall performance.

Training hard and pumping iron without even considering the core problems at the deeper levels of the body is the same as suppressing emotions through a lifetime without addressing them until they accumulate and we collapse.

When we care for our fascia, we pump hydration back into the tissues and release toxins to reintegrate its functionality and improve the way we move and function.

It still surprises me that I haven’t yet heard a

It still surprises me that I haven’t yet heard anyone discuss the importance of the muscular response of breathing.

Muscles contract and relax automatically during breathing, even without our conscious control. But poor breathing patterns result in under exercised breathing muscles, which should be treated with the same respect as the outer, more visible muscles.
The more efficiently your muscles are able to “pull your ribs apart”, the more oxygen can end up being distributed in your bloodstream.

The ancient yogis defined breathing by four components:

1. High Breathing (which was the barbarous and disgusting habit of western man by chest breathing).

2. Mid. Breathing (being ribcage breathing - a little better than chest breathing).

3. Abdominal Breathing (what western science consider the best).

4. Complete Breathing (also known as circular breathing, where the breath alternates between the different layers in the torso for best utilization).

In the animal kingdom, the species that take the f

In the animal kingdom, the species that take the fewest breaths per minute are those who live the longest.
On average, a human being is breathing 12-16 times per minute, which is just in between the longest living animals and those with the shortest lifespan.

Although, an optimal rate for a human is 5,5 breaths per minute.

A diaphragm out of shape is the same as a hamstring out of shape. It becomes weak and inhibited.
The diaphragm is the muscle responsible for how well we breathe, and it needs strength and mobilization if we wish to keep a low heart, breathe fewer times per minute and uptake more oxygen when we inhale.

When we are actively engaged in physical activity, abdominal breathing gets inhibited. This means that the better we are at expanding our ribcage to keep the oxygen uptake to the upper part of the upper body, the better suited we are at utilizing this oxygen when performing.

Our facial structure, how we breath and how well o

Our facial structure, how we breath and how well our spine is aligned and integrated is deeply connected and dependent upon one another.

Issues in this complex structure may cause domino effects in its different components.

It’s easy to recognize a habitual mouth breather, and compression of the spine often reflects on both the neck and skull, which creates a tendency of obstructing the airways inhibiting nasal breathing.

Focusing solely on one issue rarely regenerates these interconnections, since they go hand in hand with each other.

A curved, disintegrated spine is a sign of poor tissue balance, which may force the neck to operate in a position, where the eyes will have to change their neutral point to look straight forward.

Try this exercise - and if you feel breathing congestion while keeping the chin down and the cranium on the wall, you likely tend to have an issue.

Most people operate chronically with a pelvis tilt

Most people operate chronically with a pelvis tilting improperly; the vast majority of people with a pelvis locked in an anterior tilt.

We always want to stay as close to neutral as possible regarding a balanced posture. But when issues occur, one must focus on the other end of the extreme to get closer to a neutral point.

A pelvis locked anteriorly may be the byproduct of a tense front and a weak butt, and results in a lower back on overwork.

In this video I’m demonstrating and guiding through an issue which 90% of people similarly have.
In every movement where one or both legs are extended behind the body, the glutes must unconsciously react to engage and fire up. To do this properly, there have to be a strong interconnection between the pelvis, spine and core to prevent the lower back from doing work it’s not supposed to do.

Balance is always key. And this is why posture is essential.

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