Injury is an event. As soon as tissue damage occurs, your body immediately begins the healing process. The healing process can take months, even years, but once it begins (and it begins immediately after injury), the injury event is over and you are now no longer injured, you are healing.

“A recent study shows… how often do you hear that: ‘a recent study shows…’. You know as soon as you hear that line you are about to be told a bunch of bull.”

It’s funny ’cause it’s true…

I have been speaking with a lot of my colleagues in the “fitness industry” recently, and their biggest frustrations about fitness are around the fact that so much of the “research” is contradictory and / or misrepresented.

I fell in love with athletics as a kids was through unstructured play. I have been blessed to have my athletic career lead me to San Diego; where my love of unstructured play and the playfulness of the Pacific Ocean combine to grant me countless hours of spontaneous play on my surf board. Each morning I watch men and women of all ages, shapes and sizes venture out into the surf with one thing on there mind – having a blast. They are playing, recreating; no rules, no standards, just seeking a smile.

He found himself in a spot a lot of athletes I talk to seem to find themselves in at some point in there training; he had hit a plateau and their training has become inefficient.

I said to him: “R-Phase is the ABC’s of Athletic Movement, right?”. “Right”, he replied. “Imagine you were learning how to read or spell; first you learn the ABC’s. You sing the song until you know it cold. Then you begin looking at each letter, ‘sounding them out’ phonetically. Then you begin putting them together to make words; you learn rules like ‘ph’ sounds like ‘f’ and in some words certain letters are ‘silent’. Later you learn the rules of grammar and how to put words together to convey feelings and ideas. Right?”

“Right” he replied, giving me one of those looks where I knew ‘a lightbulb just went off’.

I think we can all agree that movement is an incredibly important component of health. I advocate the Z-Health Performance System’s style of training because it provides a simple path for improving athletic movement (and therefore health) and is designed around the way human’s learn most efficiently.
While this path is simple, it is occasionally confused. The wiring in [...]

I think we can all agree that movement is an incredibly important component of health. I advocate the Z-Health Performance System’s style of training because it provides a simple path for improving athletic movement (and therefore health) and is designed around the way human’s learn most efficiently.
While this path is simple, it is occasionally confused. The wiring in [...]

When I initially began my practice, one of my coaches asked me; “What do you want to be known for?”
Upon being asked this question, my immediate thought was FREEDOM. I want to have complete freedom in life, and I want to help others find that same freedom.
Then he asked me: “What do you mean by [...]

I think we can all agree that movement is an incredibly important component of health. I advocate the Z-Health Performance System’s style of training because it provides a simple path for improving athletic movement (and therefore health) and is designed around the way human’s learn most efficiently.
While this path is simple, it is occasionally confused. [...]

I have a confession to make, I HATE weightlifting. I always have. I could never get into lifting weights; I’ve always loved playing ball, I dig calisthenics, I like messing with kettlebells (because it never really felt like weight lifting to me), but deadlifts, and bench presses, and back squats, I just don’t get.
I think [...]

I am opening up a category on this blog dedicated to the Z-Health Performance System.
I get the sense there is a lot of misunderstanding and misapplication of Z-Health Performance System’s principles.
My intent is to help practitioners improve their athletic practice by identifying common misunderstandings, errors in application, or misrepresentations. I believe the principles of [...]