Welcome to our new practical application section where we will highlight a new movement each month and then demonstrate ways to "tweak" the movement to enhance its value.  As months progress, you will hopefully realize the art of "tweaking" and how it enhances your ability to create an exercise for each person's uniqueness as opposed to trying to fit a client / patient into an exercise.  We believe that placing focus or attention on each person's uniqueness is one of the most important aspects of success.  What better way to live life then to service another person's uniqueness; we hope this section helps you explore the myriad of ways to apply your techniques.  We have also attached Gary Gray's article Tweakology for your review, which will give the thought process behind Tweaking an exercise for an appropriate reaction.

This month our highlight exercise is a SQUAT.  Squatting is one of our foundational movements.  In fact, whether your goal is to sit, run, lift, get out of a car; squatting forms the foundation to many of these and other activities.  Therefore having the ability to squat and then having various angles of ability (tweaks) becomes a key component in a person's functional profile.  To make this fun...simply perform the following exercise 10 times (Click Here for Exercise Video) and notice how your body decelerates, how you displace force, what on your body feels stressed or not stressed.  Then tweak your foot positions.  We will keep things simple and only change to a Right-Stride Squat (RXX) and a Left-Stride Squat (LXX).  (Click here for RXX Squat - Click here for LXX Squat) and compare how you decelerate and overall what you feel.  For comparison sake, please keep both your feet in complete contact with ground regardless of the foot position tweak.  In summary, the exercise this month is a SQUAT and the tweak is FOOT POSITION.  The goal is to expand your functional profile and learn how simple changes make drastic reactive changes.  Enjoy.