Yes, it’s finally here.

You can now get Assess and Correct:  Breaking Barriers to Unlock Performance. 

If you’re one of the many who’ve benefitted from Magnificent Mobility and Inside Out:  The Ultimate Upper Body Warm-up,  Assess and Correct will take your performance to the next level.

You’ll start by completing 27 self-assessments to identify your key weaknesses and mobility limitations.  Based on the results of your self-assessment, you’ll select from 78 different exercises that will target and help eliminate these limitations that are preventing your personal best performance on the field or in the weight room.

We’ve also added some pretty solid bonuses including:

The Assess and Correct Assessment E-manual.  This is the corresponding manual to DVD #1 that you can refer to regularly to keep your program focused on your needs.

The Assess and Correct E-manual.  This is the corresponding manual to DVD #2 that includes photos and descriptions of each exercise that you can take to practice or the gym.

“The Great Eight Static Stretches” E-manual.  These are our favorite 8 static stretches you can use daily to complement your Assess and Correct program.

The “Optimal Self Myofascial Release” E-manual.  These are the same techniques we use with our athletes and clients to allow you to work on your own soft-tissue issues.

The “Warm-ups for Everybody” E-manual.  This manual provides 38 different warm-up programs for 19 different sports and conditions.

Remember the special offer ends Sunday November 1st at midnight EST.

Head on over to www.AssessAndCorrect.com for a video intro and sample from the DVD.

Bill

I thought you might like to see some true results of our corrective programming at IFAST. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, so I apologize for the delay.

This is Rich. Rich was training for the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon that we have each year in May as part of the activities associated with the Indy 500.

Rich came to us in February and had been running since Christmas. He’d recently recovered from his second knee surgery (one on each knee) and was having a lot of morning stiffness and some chronic calf tightness on the right.

Rich’s assessment showed some rather significant deficits in hip rotation and especially hip extension on the left as you can see. He was literally stuck in hip flexion which resulted in some pretty poor glute function.

His malalignment was so significant that you can see the pronounced cervical extension that he was totally unaware of.

Basically, here’s what we did to produce the current correction:

Identified activities that negatively influence Rich’s alignment

Rich must drive a lot for his job and he tends to sit in a crooked alignment in the car. We had him jam a pillow between the console and his hips to improve his alignment while sitting. He also made an effort to stop and get out of the car more frequently. Had Rich not been compliant with this part of the program, I’m certain that we wouldn’t have seen such a powerful change.

Identified range of motion limitations and the source such as short or stiff musculature or weakened musculature

For shortened tissues we utilized eccentric quasi-isometrics and appropriate exercises that emphasized a range of motion to that would promote restoring muscle length. Stiffened muscles received more standard stretching protocols and mobility exercises followed by strengthening the antagonist to improve balance of stiffness around the affected joints. You can learn more about this type of programming HERE.

In regards to his strength training, not only did it reinforce his mobility, but it also emphasized regaining stability, first proximally and then peripherally.

All of Rich’s gym time was done under supervision of one of our coaches to assure proper technique was emphasized at all times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see in the comparison, Rich made some outstanding progress in his realignment. We’re currently working on a physical challenge for his upcoming 50th birthday and continuing to work on his corrective programming.

Bill

We had a very special guest this week at Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training.

Grant “Rufus” Gardis came by for visit. Yes, THAT “Rufus”. The one from the “Rufus” Complex in Inside-Out:  The Ultimate Upper Body Warm-up.

Rufus is an outstanding Olympic weightlifting coach in the Indianapolis area who works primarily with middle school athletes from all sports. I hope these kids appreciate and take advantage of his vast knowledge of weightlifting and athletic development as you’ll not find a better coach.

While it was initially a social call, conversation quickly turned to talking training. Rufus even ended up working with our intern and a couple clients on their power clean technique. It was truly remarkable to see how quickly their technique changed for the better.

As a friend of IFAST, Rufus has an open invitation to visit the gym any time, so if you see him, make sure to introduce yourself(he doesn’t bite).

Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training (IFAST) is Top 10 Gym

Pick up a copy of the September 2009 issue of Men’s Health Magazine to check out their list of Top 10 gyms in the country. You’ll see that IFAST is on that list. Not bad for our first year in business. We just celebrated our first anniversary and we’re making some serious impact in the fitness and sports training industries. We’ve had clients from Chicago, Michigan, Florida, California, New York, Missouri, Bulgaria, and even two from Japan. Throw in some of the most serious fitness enthusiasts and top athletes in the area and you’ve got the best gym in Indianapolis and one of the Top 10 in the country.

Bill

If you’re having anterolateral ankle pressure or pain with dorsiflexion, give this mobilization a try.  We’ve used this a lot in the last week at IFAST and have seen some outstanding results.

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Bill