When we were younger my brother and I would play catch anywhere, any time, with anything...baseball, frisbee, rocks in the driveway...you name it, we tossed it, and we would challenge ourselves to get 100 complete catches in a row before going inside.

I'm writing in the past tense, but, we still do it. 

This video shows variations on the "common lunge matrix", a key component of the Gray Institute movement wheelhouse, which asks people to train basic, fundamental movement patterns in a more functional, multi-dimensional manner.

Here, we've taken three lunges (forward, side, rotational), and turned them into leaps, which are simply plyometric lunges. Tom is super active - he plays in ice hockey AND soccer leagues up in Portland, ME, he runs, and practices yoga - so we increase the intensity of the exercise to meet him at his movement threshold. We also added in a good old game of catch with a ball we found on our walk earlier that morning to light up some coordination and balance areas in his brain. 

*Note: I started videotaping Tom after only 1 practice, so if he looks a little shaky it's because he's learning! There's that cognitive learning stage right in front of your eyes. By the third time around he was steady as an ox.  

There are many ways to continue to progress this matrix...grab a partner and get creative! 

Make yourself more supple and resilient by establishing a balanced routine of working in and working out. 

Both "Work In" and "Work Out" sessions are available.

• Shiatsu and Relaxation massage - great for stress reduction and re-balancing energy  
• Movement and Massage - for specific injuries or conditions, working on and off the table during the session 
• Restorative Training Session - for improving mobility and elasticity in the tissue, includes manual soft tissue work, foam rolling, and body weight exercise routines that you can do at home 

​All sessions are $95 for a 60-minutes or $135 for 90-minutes. ​

Give me a ring or send an email if you'd like to give someone a session for the holidays!
860.921.7196 or kadencePT@gmail.com

We have insane energy, my twin brother and I. We love to run, leap, push, roughhouse...Tom's not keen on climbing, but I'm crazy about it. Also any time we can throw or kick something, we're good to go for a couple hours. 

He helped me out with some videos over the holiday that help illustrate my approach to movement training. I do my best to keep the movements that I ask clients to perform relevant to their goals and lives (i.e. functional), appropriately challenging, relatively creative, and (almost) always FUN! 

The video below combines push ups and side planks with a little hand-eye coordination. What would I do without my wombmate??

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