Results For Category: "Performance"
June 2, 2018
Getting upstream: shifting from reactive to proactive
I must confess, sometimes I experience a sense of social media-induced frustration. This frustration is often easily remedied by not looking at…
March 15, 2018
Geekery: Relative Stiffness and the Warmup (part deux)
In that same presentation where Coach Boyle reminded us of the useful practice of stealing smart people’s stuff to use with our…
February 15, 2018
Sleep, Your Performance and Building a Sleep Ritual
Are you getting enough? On a regular basis? Most of us aren’t. (Sleep. I’m talking about sleep). Do you stare at your…
December 7, 2017
When are you going to stop doing your PT exercises? (part one)
There’s a fascinating phenomenon that exists within the world of recreational circus arts and, depending on the background of the artist, it…
December 3, 2017
Training Equals Rehab*: My Movement Check-Up
Sometimes, I think the gray areas are great. In this next installment in the ongoing diary of my “return to rehab” for…
November 25, 2017
My Movement Check-Up: Pain and the Magic of Movement
There were a handful of things about how my body was feeling that prompted my return to physical therapy—but I would not…
October 7, 2017
Squeeze your glutes! But what if you can’t squeeze your glutes?
Recently, a friend’s post sur les médias sociaux began an important conversation about quality coaching and quality movement. It started with an open letter,…
July 2, 2017
Hey bendy people! Managing hypermobility for circus (part two)
“You mean push-ups don’t have to feel horrible?” She looked so relieved. Welcome back for part two! (Here’s a link to part…
February 15, 2017
Improve Your Training Results with Your Breath
In November I posted Breathing and Your Training about how to breathe when training. This month I want to expand on that idea even…
January 20, 2017
Injury Prevention in Circus Arts: an approach we need to talk about more (part three)
[alert type=”info” close=”false”] If you’re just joining us, the rest of this rather lengthy explosion of thoughts can be found here: part…