New article: #Unlock Pain-Free Peak Performance Productivity Living pain-free brings numerous benefits that extend far beyond simple physical comfort. Think about activities you may have missed out on already. Think about limitations to independence in the years to come. Now, turn that around. Imagine the freedom to travel the world without being hindered by pain, to confidently speak on stage with a powerful presence, or to play energetically with your grandkids. These are the kinds of life-enhancing outcomes you can achieve by tuning in to your body being here now. Share a story of a time that pain hindered your productive playful life experience. 🤔💬

💗👣💗 Toe-tally Awesome 🤗 Don't have equipment? No worry! Roll up a couple towels for the beams and wad up a sock as a hacky sack! Enjoy more movement snacks every day! Get yourself a SOLEMATE kit from The Foot Collective with discount code "WISEMOVE" (See original Instagram post here) What sorts of movement snacks do you enjoy during your day? 💬 (share gif or pics!)

Hooray! It's May and we're here to-YAY! Every May we celebrate with a YAY movement challenge. It all begins with whY 👀 Big Y Welcome to YAY Movement! ⚡🙌⚡ Any coach will tell you, you’ve gotta know your big whY! Here now your big Y is arms up to the sky! If you can’t physically make that movement then embody the essence of the opening, expanding, and uplifting yourself. This movement is not only energizing, it offsets and unwinds the unhelpful tension patterns of the daily grind hunching over desks and devices. Taming your tension with your big Y! Y A Y Put more YAY in every day the WISE way! Starting with your big Y uplifting to the sky, bring the arms down wide at your side with palms facing forward forming a sort of big A. Next uplift yourself again and there you have it, more YAY in your day! Again, this is about unwinding unhelpful daily tension patterns and boosting your energy so if you can’t make the actual movements just imagine and embody the essence of the activity. Remember, never move into pain! Your range may be different each day. Practice non-judgmental experiencing. Move slowly with concentration and control. Be in the movement instead of just doing the movement. You are a human being after all so try being in what your doing! W I T T Y What’s better than more YAY every day? Why, getting WITTY of course! These exercises focus on the back muscles, mainly the middle and lower part of the trapezius. They also involve all the rotator cuff muscles. Here’s a really powerful prone variation with some extra goodies to really boost your back health: Prone Scapular (Shoulder) Stabilization Series - I, Y, T, W, O Formation T W I S T Y Now we’re really having a lot of fun with YAY Movement! Adding a twist for you to get TWISTY with your moves. ❤️🔥Hot New Community Launches ❤️🔥 Pain-Free Vitality + WISE Move pain prevention

Life is indeed a balancing act. Once you have fallen you understand the importance of improving your balance so you can maintain safe functional mobility and ability to enjoy activities of life. You need balance to do just about anything: getting out of bed, standing up or sitting down, walking, using stairs, leaning over, reaching out, picking things up. Luckily, your body is adept at adapting, changing and growing with practice. Creating situations that challenge your balance is the key to improving your muscular control and ability. Explore that place of push/pull, teeter/totter, on the edge. Here's an example of a balance exercise: 1. Single leg stand- hold onto something stable, lift one foot off the floor an inch or two. 2. Hold position for 30 seconds, repeat with the other foot. 3. Increase the challenge when you are ready by letting go of the stabilizer 》 by closing your eyes 》 increasing height of foot lifting off ground 》holding foot out to side for progressive difficulty. Today think about your ability to balance and test your edges. Consider beginning to practice single leg stance daily, maybe multiple times a day. Waiting in line is a good place to play with balance by simply lifting weight off one foot. Share your balancing wins & tips 》💬 🤸

Challenging and improving movement and physical abilities. While moving and exercising may be like eating in that we must do so regularly to remain healthy, growing our physical abilities requires incremental increases in difficulty and progressive challenges. Challenging the body trains and conditions it to adapt to that stress and improve its ability to meet those demands next time. With repetition and improvement the body will no longer respond like it once did because it has adapted to that stress. In fitness, that's known as a plateau. Once your body has developed the needed strength, balance, flexibility, or endurance for a specific physical activity what once seemed difficult is done with ease and efficiency. At this point new demands must be introduced in order for development to continue and for skills and abilities to grow. The principles of progression: 1. Establish excellent form and technique of the movement/exercise/activity 2. Increase the difficulty/duration/exertion/weight/resistance of that movement/exercise/activity to a level that challenges but can still be performed with proper form and technique 3. Continue to progress to a more difficult form of the movement/exercise/activity once the challenge of the simpler form has been mastered Example/guide: Push-up progressions》Squat progressions》 Percieved Exertion》 ProgressionsRPE.PDF Today begin applying perceived exertion to your daily walks and push yourself a little. Consider choosing a simple exercise to start doing daily. Start simply where you are. Is that 1, 5, or 10 wall or counter-top push-ups? Is your squat simply controlled lower to chair and assist return to stand? Don't judge, just start practicing to improve until you can progress to the next level of ability. Challenge yourself by posting now about your commitment to challenge yourself》💬👇