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3rd January 2025
A personal movement manifesto for all Humans have evolved through adaptation to moving in their environments. I aim to help people learn to enjoy movement and make it part of their physical and mental selves. Physical activity is often reduced to a number: “10,000 steps”, “walk a mile a day,” or ’100 reps’. By focussing […]
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How can I engage my core?
Lift something above your head and either: walk, lunge or squat with it above your head.
“Engaging core” “Setting scaps” “Tower of power” these are meaningless coaching cues that create confusion.
They are usually gleaned from a course that a well meaning coach has attended. But if could be a case of overcomplicating simple issues.
Your core is “engaged” every time you sit, walk, lunge, run, jump, throw, dive, tackle, or forget to eat enough fibre.
Lying on the floor doing planks and side planks and trying to isolate your multifidus (A: good luck. B: Why?) or transversus abdominus is not helping you win the Olympics.
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Georgina Rozario: England Scrum Half
I had the pleasure of having James as my first s&c coach when I was at University in Plymouth. I worked with him for 3 years and learnt everything I now know about training to the best of my ability. When I first saw James I was identified as a talented rugby player but had various injury and illness problems to contend with. By the end of my time with him I had become an athlete and later received my first international cap against the U.S.A.
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