frc
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2018
New toys for the
supple leopards
at @dcashtanga
supple leopards
at @dcashtanga
in image4K9R
3 PIECE MOBILITY BALL SET
INTEY
INTEY PULL UP ASSIST BAND SET
UNLIMITED PHYSICAL ABILITY
MASTEP
OFMUSC
PEASTLO3E
MOBILITY COMPRESSIGN
FLOSS BANOS WI CARRY BAS
New toys for the
supple leopards
at @dcashtanga
INTEY
INTEY
INTEY
MODEL : NY-CT16
3 PIECE MOBILITY BALL SET
INTEY
INTEY PULL UP ASSIST BAND SET
UNLIMITED PHYSICAL ABILITY
MASTEP
OFMUSC
PEASTLO3E
MOBILITY COMPRESSIGN
FLOSS BANOS WI CARRY BAS
New toys for the
supple leopards
at @dcashtanga
INTEY
INTEY
INTEY
MODEL : NY-CT16
2019
band pull aparts
5x10 allow full movement. go slow. shoulders down.
5x10 allow full movement. go slow. shoulders down.
in imageband pull aparts
5x10
shoulders down.
allow full movement.
go slow.
5x10
shoulders down.
allow full movement.
go slow.
sped up 2x the active cow face frc-ish @carsonclaycalhoun
A member of the greater DC/NOVA yoga community, @andreharrisyoga came in to visit today at @dcashtanga . He lives in Washington (state, not DC) now, and only gets back to visit about once a year. I love seeing him!
Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation to help him get stronger.
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve.
Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one.
If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series.
Same-same, intermediate.
Pretty cool.
After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!
I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video.
Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads.
Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.
Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation to help him get stronger.
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve.
Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one.
If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series.
Same-same, intermediate.
Pretty cool.
After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!
I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video.
Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads.
Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.
2020
in imageomgbeckyp
guywhodoesntinsta
Lucky to have a live-in
Shala
accountabilibuddy
@DCASHTANGA
#HOMEPRACTICECHALLENGE
@OMGBECKYP
@INCORRECTMETHOD
@MICHAELJOELHALL DEREK
WAS GETTIN IN HIS PAILS
AND RAILS TODAY!
guywhodoesntinsta
Lucky to have a live-in
Shala
accountabilibuddy
@DCASHTANGA
#HOMEPRACTICECHALLENGE
@OMGBECKYP
@INCORRECTMETHOD
@MICHAELJOELHALL DEREK
WAS GETTIN IN HIS PAILS
AND RAILS TODAY!
in imagewould you be into a
mobility bootcamp?
YES
NO
#fütstrour te
mobility bootcamp?
YES
NO
#fütstrour te
Join her on Saturday for some shoulder education: mobility, strength, and conditioning!
in imageashtanganashville
ashtanganashville "I can do kapottasana where it feels good.
Shocking!"
ke. Seriously, she can. Join Maggie tomorrow fo...
Join her on Saturday for
some shoulder education:
mobility, strength, and
conditioning!
ashtanganashville "I can do kapottasana where it feels good.
Shocking!"
ke. Seriously, she can. Join Maggie tomorrow fo...
Join her on Saturday for
some shoulder education:
mobility, strength, and
conditioning!
in imageDavid Lunn
@davidlunnfit
Stop rolling around on lacrosse balls
and PVC pipes and start strength
training your joints.
Give your body strength and control in
the ranges of motion you need and you
won't have to use your warm ups trying
to trick your nervous system into giving
you more range of motion.
0:01 • 15 Apr 20 from Bermuda • Twitter for Android
Ili Minia, Tininnt antivitir
17
davidlunnfitness
@Jomoves
@davidlunnfit
Stop rolling around on lacrosse balls
and PVC pipes and start strength
training your joints.
Give your body strength and control in
the ranges of motion you need and you
won't have to use your warm ups trying
to trick your nervous system into giving
you more range of motion.
0:01 • 15 Apr 20 from Bermuda • Twitter for Android
Ili Minia, Tininnt antivitir
17
davidlunnfitness
@Jomoves
working to
maximize
time
under
tension
maximize
time
under
tension
WERKSHOP:
build a better wheel
Aug 15
Proudly By: @mainlinemysore
full of why and how
limited to 15—
uss the principals of FRC to self assess
then: create a plan for improvement.
build a better wheel
Aug 15
Proudly By: @mainlinemysore
full of why and how
limited to 15—
uss the principals of FRC to self assess
then: create a plan for improvement.
in imageWERKSHOP:
build a better wheel
Aug 15
Proudly By: @mainlinemysore
full of why and how
limited to 15-
uss the principals of FRC
to self assess
then: create a plan for
improvement.
build a better wheel
Aug 15
Proudly By: @mainlinemysore
full of why and how
limited to 15-
uss the principals of FRC
to self assess
then: create a plan for
improvement.
in imagelauratalafer
Just did Cmichaeljoelhall's
Functional Ashtanga
recording and WOW!! My body
feels amazing - I'm looking
forward to the next one!
42
MJH
#YWCA
@MICHAELJOELHALL
@CARSONCLAYCALHOUN
@YOGINI_PADAWAN
Just did Cmichaeljoelhall's
Functional Ashtanga
recording and WOW!! My body
feels amazing - I'm looking
forward to the next one!
42
MJH
#YWCA
@MICHAELJOELHALL
@CARSONCLAYCALHOUN
@YOGINI_PADAWAN
2021
joint strength training.
in image1:20
Scapular Force Couple
muscleandmotion
Scapular Force Couple
muscleandmotion
2023
in image0:16
"That's not
functional!"
whealth and the.shirtlessdude
"That's not
functional!"
whealth and the.shirtlessdude
in imageResearch Review
Constant force stretching increases
flexibility, strength, and muscle thickness
www.flexibilityresearch.com
@flexibility.research
Constant force stretching increases
flexibility, strength, and muscle thickness
www.flexibilityresearch.com
@flexibility.research
this account is the best advertising for what I coach for athletes, yogis, and muggles.
If I were a professional content creator instead of movement specialist, I’d like it to look like:
If I were a professional content creator instead of movement specialist, I’d like it to look like:
in imageHIP STRENGTH EXERCISES?
WHEN YOU REALIZE YOUR HIPS CAN ALSO MOVE SIDE TO SIDE & I ROTATE SO YOU ADD THESE 3 EXERCISES INTO YOUR ROUTINE & YOUR HIPS AND LOW BACK HAVE NEVER FELT STRONGER
this account is the best advertising for what I coach for athletes, yogis, and muggles.
If I were a professional content creator instead of movement specialist, I'd like it to look like:
WHEN YOU REALIZE YOUR HIPS CAN ALSO MOVE SIDE TO SIDE & I ROTATE SO YOU ADD THESE 3 EXERCISES INTO YOUR ROUTINE & YOUR HIPS AND LOW BACK HAVE NEVER FELT STRONGER
this account is the best advertising for what I coach for athletes, yogis, and muggles.
If I were a professional content creator instead of movement specialist, I'd like it to look like:
2024
in image1418
yur
C
HIE
Hand
FUNGTIC
ANATOMY EC
Sept 28-29
gned for yoga practitioners and tea
yur
C
HIE
Hand
FUNGTIC
ANATOMY EC
Sept 28-29
gned for yoga practitioners and tea
2025
Single Arm Lawnmower Rows
(rotational strength!!!)
(rotational strength!!!)
in imageCOLLIDER
FUNCTIONAL ASHTANGA YOGA SYSTEMS
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
COLLIDER
michael joel hall
fuck
my impulse
control
FUNCTIONAL ASHTANGA YOGA SYSTEMS
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
COLLIDER
michael joel hall
fuck
my impulse
control
from Collider
in imageYou're not alone in seeing the dysfunction. Find the people who can also see it. Create spaces—even informal ones—where honest conversation is possible. Some of my most powerful teaching happened in hallway conversations after class. People would share what they were noticing, validate each other's perception, realize they weren't crazy for seeing what they saw. Community isn't about creating another system. It's about creating conditions where truth-telling is possible. 3. Practice Non-Identification You are not your role. You are not your title. You are not the system. Every time you come to your mat and just breathe—you practice remembering this. You practice being the awareness that sees the system rather than being consumed by it. 4. Work at the Smallest Scale That Matters Don't try to reform the entire organization. You can't. The system will eat your efforts and
5. Know When to Leave
Sometimes the most intelligent response is to exit a pathological system.
Not every system can be reformed from within. Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is leave—find a different job, find a different teacher, build a different community.
This isn't failure. It's discernment.
Several of my federal students eventually left government work. Not in rebellion, not burned out, but consciously—recognizing that the system wasn't serving their development anymore, and choosing something different.
The practice gave them the capacity to see clearly, which gave them the courage to choose differently.
Final Thoughts: You're Not Broken—You're Just Seeing Backwards
5. Know When to Leave
Sometimes the most intelligent response is to exit a pathological system.
Not every system can be reformed from within. Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is leave—find a different job, find a different teacher, build a different community.
This isn't failure. It's discernment.
Several of my federal students eventually left government work. Not in rebellion, not burned out, but consciously—recognizing that the system wasn't serving their development anymore, and choosing something different.
The practice gave them the capacity to see clearly, which gave them the courage to choose differently.
Final Thoughts: You're Not Broken—You're Just Seeing Backwards
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