Are you familiar with the phrase “physiological load”? If not, it’s a good one to remember! You see, when the body is injured, dysfunctional in movement, in pain or under metabolic distress this is a sure sign NOT to go hit the latest Crossfit release. Let’s put it another way. You know what inflammation feels like right? Heat, swelling and pain. Ok, well cortisol (our stress hormone) loves following inflammation around. And so, if you’re already inflamed, then dump the wrong exercise on top of it, you get more inflammation! Bummer.

 

If you’re icing it, wrapping it, nursing it, compensating for it or just tolerating it – stop exercising it.

 

Weight loss, elite sports performance, metabolic recovery, injury rehab, functional movement, fitness or muscle gain - the journey from zero to 100% requires the right programming.

 

The Yin And The Yang Of It.

 

When you’re in homeostasis, everything runs like a well-oiled machine. And you can afford to push your limits with yang-style workouts for conditioning. But when you’re out of homeostasis, you’re running on the smell of any oily rag! And so yin workouts rebalance the nervous system so that all cylinders are firing before adding any load. That doesn’t mean one is easier than the other! And it’s not girly or weird. It just makes perfect sense when you think about it in terms of performance cars – you don’t thrash your F1 car to fix a broken cylinder. Got it?

 

And, just like an F1 team I have an epic team of Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and other Level 4 CHEK Practitioners to liaise with over complex problems and refer you to when needed.

 

So, expect a little something different than “go hard”. It’s exercise, but perhaps not as you know it.