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Strength Training · February 2, 2025
Strength training works, but only if the joints doing the work can actually handle the positions you are asking them to hold. Here is what determines if strength training builds a body that holds up or one that quietly breaks down.
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Functional Training · January 1, 2025
Functional training got turned into a style of workout: kettlebells, sandbags, battle ropes. The actual definition starts somewhere else entirely, at the joint.
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Functional Range Conditioning · January 1, 2025
Discover effective mobility training exercises designed to alleviate pain and enhance movement. Improve your mobility today—read the article!
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Pain Management · January 1, 2025
Explore proven strategies for lasting pain relief. This guide teaches you to manage discomfort and improve your quality of life with expert techniques.
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Personal Training · January 1, 2025
Personal training is a growing industry, but should you get a personal training certificate? We think so, but there are caveats.
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Functional Range Assessment · January 1, 2025
The Functional Range Assessment allows us to dig into two unique areas that most trainers avoid: the neck and toes. Let us show you how.
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Mobility · January 1, 2025
End-range mobility is range you can produce force in, not just range you can be placed in. Here is what that distinction means in practice and how to actually train for it.
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Kinstretch · January 1, 2025
Yoga and KINSTRETCH overlap less than people think. Yoga builds flexibility, body awareness, and stress relief. KINSTRETCH trains joint-specific strength at end range so the range you have is range you can actually use.
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Kinstretch · December 31, 2024
Discover the essential fitness tools we use at Motive Training to improve mobility, strength, and posture in personal training and KINSTRETCH classes.
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Kinstretch · November 5, 2024
KINSTRETCH is a mobility class built on active control, not passive stretching. Here is what it actually trains and who it is for, from a South Austin studio that runs it weekly.
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Mobility · November 2, 2024
Mobility training and stretching should be the cornerstone of your workout routine, and this article tells you exactly why that is.
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Stretching · November 1, 2024
Are you looking for stretching gyms in Austin? Look no further than Motive Training, the premier stretching studio in ATX!
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