Do you want to feel better?

Do you want to live longer?

Do you want to optimize your performance?

You can beat around the bush for a while, but i’ve learned that the answer to all of the above inevitably comes down to movement in some form or another.

Here’s how I got stated down this path:

For over 10 years I was a full time Badminton athlete. I played in over 30 countries and represented Team Canada on a number of occasions. Unquestionably, what separated me from being a truly world class player was movement technique. Essentially, I got pressed up against the cold hard reality that no amount of willpower, mental fortitude, physical exertion, or desire could make up for poor technique at the highest levels of sport. In other words: Rocky Balboa never existed.

This lead me down a path to better understand movement technique so I could reinvent myself as an athlete. My curiosity took me to pursue additional education specifically in the areas of motor control, biomechanics, and functional anatomy. This inevitably lead me to the stark realization that I should be a strength coach, because I could take everything I have learned and help people live their best selves.

But what I’ve realized along the way is that the answer to most problems really comes down to proper and purposeful movement.

For athletes, proper movement means working efficiently, conserving energy, and being able to execute with high degrees of consistency.

For overweight people, movement means stressing the cardiovascular and muscular systems in a way that supports healthy organ and joint function.

For people recovering from an injury, movement means re-integrating mobility and stability in a way that supports what you need to do in day-to-day life.

The caveat here is first you have to know how the body should move, what movements are appropriate for your body, how much movement you should do, and how to wrap all of this together in a way that supports your overall health and performance goals. That’s why it can be so valuable to have a coach take care of all of that for you.

I’m going to finish this by saying that I am well aware that the body is complex and requires fertilizer through nutrition, sleep, mental recovery, meaningful relationships, etc. My point is just how amazingly powerful good movement, good technique, and good habits are in the long term performance of your body. You just need to know how to get started.