We're devoted to individualized training and rehabilitation, offering a detailed & measured approach to athletic performance. We've honed our expertise with elite competitors and Olympians in triathlon, bobsleigh, and track, and now bring the same methods to the everyday athlete eager to improve their health and minimize injuries. Access evidence-supported tips delivered through true tales, jaw-dropping examples, and clear exercise videos that make them easy to grasp and apply.
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We got a little personal in last week's email and I'll do that again today. 2 days ago I ran the freaking Boston Marathon! They say getting there is the marathon, and racing the event is the reward. Pretty shit to get cramps and blisters as rewards if you ask me! Jokes aside - what an incredible experience. I came across this video yesterday which sums up the experience beautifully. Now what? The main event for the year is done - and I'm already getting asked - what do you have up your sleeve for the rest of 2024? Truth be told, running Vital feels like a commitment level that doesn't pair very well with marathon training right now. Add in the tendon rehab (that takes FOREVER), and any ounce of free time I have dissolves to those 2 things. My plan for the next 3 months is to be patient with these tendons and to rehab them daily (yes, they take DAILY commitment too, just like the business 😂), to work on Shoulder Foundations with Nick and Cass, to focus more on strength training and less on running (I see you $20 Strength Club - new exercises incoming next month), and to keep building Vital. During the next 3 months, I hope to provide more content specific to YOU. Mind replying to this email and letting me know what you like best about this newsletter or what you want to read more of? Feedback boosts me up like the crowds at the Boston Marathon! Thanks in advance! Yours in physiology, Carla |
Physiology Toolkit
We're devoted to individualized training and rehabilitation, offering a detailed & measured approach to athletic performance. We've honed our expertise with elite competitors and Olympians in triathlon, bobsleigh, and track, and now bring the same methods to the everyday athlete eager to improve their health and minimize injuries. Access evidence-supported tips delivered through true tales, jaw-dropping examples, and clear exercise videos that make them easy to grasp and apply.
Ever gotten out of breath when you're lifting heavy weights? If you have, you're not alone, and that response is totally normal in your physiological effort to recover from that stress. I used to train a National Team Bobsleigh athlete who wore a shirt to training that read: Lifting is my cardio ..and she would exclaim during training that if she had >5 rep exercises in her program that the program was a "cardio day", ha! Well why then, might you ask, does it seem like your out-of-breathness...
We're kicking off Thursday with a little functional anatomy for you this week. I've heard "I know I should keep my shoulders down and back" a few times in the last week, so I thought I would clarify! The TLDR* is highlighted below (*too long didn't read). The rhomboid muscle is highlighted in blue below. It is often the centre of attention from therapists and desk workers who claim they "know they need to keep their shoulders down and back more" to help with their posture and neck pain. It...
Elite and everyday athletes hire us to help them get faster. Sometimes they want a faster 5k, marathon or triathlon race time. Other times they want a faster 30m sprint time to be competitive in the sport of bobsleigh. Yet other times, they want to cover just a little more ground in their weekly 30 minute run to feel some sense of progress in their fitness and improvement in their health. For our Conditioning Workshop that we taught twice in the last year (this weekend is the 1 year...