Mindfulness, Movement, and Exercise
door Jenn Pilotti
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The Shoulder Position That Decides Whether Your Pull-Up Attempt Works
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- The Shoulder Position That Decides Whether Your Pull-Up Attempt Works · 3 minBefore you are able to pull yourself up and over the bar, you need to know what it feels like to be in the top position and what type of coordination you need in the hand…
- The Pull-Up Isn't an Arm Problem · 4 minThe pull-up is an exercise that is challenging. One of the largest challenges comes from understanding how to coordinate the the pull of the arms with the action in the shoulders…
- An Agility Exercise You Can Do Without Any Equipment · 2 minThis one only requires you and a little imagination. It's a drill I use with clients across a wide range of ages and abilities — and because there's no equipment involved, it's…
- Your spine already knows what to do · 2 minThe third and final exercise from Spinal Intelligence is deceptively simple: move from hands and knees to seated, and pay attention to what your spine is doing along the way…
- The Physics of the Deadlift (And Why Your Hands Matter More Than You Think) · 5 minThere’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in lifting: leverage. People say it constantly, but the way it’s used often doesn’t match what’s actually happening mechanically. So…
- Your hands can only load what your spine allows · 2 minMost people think of hand balancing — or even just pressing into a surface — as a hand and shoulder problem. It isn’t. It’s a spine problem. This two-minute wall drill will show…
- Mindfulness, Movement, and Exercise: Is Pilates Strength Training? Let the thing be the thing. · 6 minA listener question about how to explain Pilates to students who ask whether it “counts” as strength training sparked this short but clarifying episode. The answer? No — and…
- Your Spine Controls Your Hands (A Wall Exercise That Makes This Obvious) · 2 minMost people think of their hands and their spine as separate things. This two-minute wall drill makes the connection undeniable — you’ll feel exactly when your hands start to…
- The posture advice you've been given is probably wrong · 6 minMost of what we’ve been told about “good” and “bad” posture doesn’t reflect how the body actually works. Your spine is constantly adjusting based on your feet, your shoulders…
- Beyond the Back Squat: Three Ways to Load a Squat That Feel Better in Your Body · 4 minThere’s a piece of squat history I find genuinely interesting, and it changes how you think about the whole exercise. The back squat — the version most people mean when they say…
- A 5-Minute Nervous System Reset (Follow Along — No Equipment) · 7 minWhen you’re feeling scattered, tense, or just a little disconnected from your body, the answer isn’t always more effort. Sometimes it’s less — and a different kind of attention…
- Stop Fighting Your Asymmetry — Use It · 3 minHere’s something most coaches won’t tell you: your body is not symmetrical, and it was never meant to be. You have a dominant side, a preferred direction, a natural rotational…
- Oblique Knee-to-Elbow Hang: A Core Exercise for Aerial, Yoga & Arm Balancing · 2 minThis follow-up core exercise uses stall bars — but a gym rig, a beam, or even a pole will work just as well. Lying on your back, you’ll actively pull the bar toward your face to…
- Weighted vs. Bodyweight Squats: Key Differences You Need to Know · 3 minEver wonder why squatting with weight feels so different from squatting without it? In this quick tutorial, we break down the biomechanical differences between weighted and…
- Core Work That Actually Matches How You Move · 3 minMost core exercises are symmetrical and linear — but that’s not how you actually use your body day to day. This short sequence intentionally incorporates offset and rotational…
- Hip Circles with a Twist: Adding Isometric Pressure for Better Mobility · 1 minThis variation on a classic hip mobility exercise adds an isometric element — pressing your hand against the side of your head — to enhance body awareness and grounding as you…
- Train Your Legs Before the Descent: Two Exercises for Downhill Running and Hiking · 3 minIf you’ve ever felt your knees screaming on a steep downhill stretch — whether on a trail run or a long hike — you already know that going down is a different animal than going…
- The Low Kick-Up Secret Nobody Talks About: Weight Transfer to Your Hands · 1 minIf you’ve been struggling to build up to a low kick-up, this drill might be the missing piece. It starts in a deep squat — feet wide, heels off the ground if needed, get as low…
- Reset Your Wrists in 5 Minutes · 4 minMost of us never think about our wrists — until they hurt. If you spend hours at a desk, on your phone, or doing any kind of manual work, your wrists are quietly accumulating…
- Finding Balance in Under 5 Minutes: A Nervous System Reset · 5 minWe spend so much of our lives either running on empty or completely wired — and rarely anywhere in between. This quick standing practice is designed to meet you exactly where you…
