Most people who reach out to Motive Training want to book a workout. The first thing we schedule is a 90-minute assessment, and the three sessions after it are an onboarding block we call Motive Foundations. That order surprises people, so this is a plain walkthrough of the first few weeks here and why the training waits until we have measured something.
The first appointment is the assessment
The Motive Movement & Mobility Assessment runs up to 90 minutes and costs $149. You move for nearly all of it. We take you through positions and patterns chosen around what brought you in, which might be a shoulder that complains overhead or a goal you have for the next ten years of training.
At each joint we are asking a few specific questions. How far does it go when we move it for you? How much of that range can you reach and hold on your own? When it stops short, what is stopping it? A joint with plenty of passive range and no strength at the end of it needs different work from a joint that has not moved through its range in years, and pain that shows up before either of those becomes the first thing we plan around. Restrictions also do not always sit where the symptom does, so we measure more than the part that hurts.
You leave with a program direction built from those findings: which joints to prioritize, what to load, what to leave alone for now, and how often to train. You also leave with a baseline. When we retest later, progress gets measured against your own starting point.
If you have read about the Functional Range Assessment elsewhere on this site, the Motive assessment tests joints the same way and draws on the same system. We no longer book the full FRA as its own appointment.
Motive Foundations, the next three sessions
After the assessment come three sessions we call Motive Foundations. This is where the findings turn into training. We go back over what the assessment showed, work through the tools we lean on most for your priorities, and give you a clear sense of how a session here runs.
Three sessions is enough time for the program to stop being an idea on paper. By the end you know what you are working on and why. We also learn how your body responds to load, which is information a single assessment can only start to collect.
Where training goes from there
Most clients continue in one-on-one training after Foundations, at a frequency set by what the assessment found. Two sessions a week is the usual starting point; people coming off physical therapy or managing something painful sometimes start with more and taper as capacity comes back.
The studio itself sits on Shelby Ln in St. Elmo, a short walk from CrossFit Jääkarhu. It is a small space with a floor for one-on-one work, a table for assessment and hands-on work, and room for classes. Most of the equipment serves joint work and strength training, and a single session usually includes both.
KINSTRETCH classes
Classes are the other half of the studio. KINSTRETCH runs in small groups, starts with CARs, and can spend the full hour on one area of the body when that is what the group needs. Classes are pay what you can, and twenty percent of what comes in goes to FarmShare Austin. Adding a class once you know the method is a good way to get more practice between training sessions, and some people start with a class before they ever book an assessment.
If you are not in Austin, KINSTRETCH Online is $24 a month and covers the same CARs-based work from home.
Where to start
If something specific brought you here, book the assessment. If you want to talk it through first, schedule a free call and we will point you toward the right starting place.
Written by
Brian Murray, FRA, FRSC
Founder of Motive Training
Motive Training is a coaching studio in South Austin built around assessment, joint health, and strength you can use. Most clients start with the Movement & Mobility Assessment. From there, train with us in the studio, come to a stretching class, or work through the progressions in KINSTRETCH Online.