Level 2
Intermediate: as you progress from the beginner phase be ready for more advanced workouts. This phase is the one that can really build your body strong and healthy. This is the stage where you also get more tuned in with the wellness aspect and awareness of the different movement patterns.
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The Loaded Squat - 37 min
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
The best and most efficient movement ever! We’ve already done the squat combined with reinforcement workouts and to the block workout, but today we load it with the bar! This is a full body workout and great for posture! You’ll love it -
My warm up! – 25 min
Level 2- Pace: Moderate
Follow me in what is my daily warm up that sometimes turns into a workout. These are the exercises that I always need to do to make sure that my body feels great through out the day: abs, back reinforcement, ELDOA and a couple of stretches! -
Stretch it out!
Some people hate stretching but it shouldn’t be that way! Stretching needs to be taught and explained but once people understand the importance of a good stretching routine at the end of a run or a workout, they’ll do it every day!
The type of stretching that we’ll do in this session involves the... -
SI Joint Focus
The SI joint is such an important “link” for the body. Disfunctions to this area, reflect on the body above and below. These exercises can help normalize the disfunction and can work together with treatment to maintain the adjustment. Proprioception, myofascial stretching of the muscles that atta...
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Upper Body Release
Full shoulder release to mobilize the shoulder girdle and free up the neck.
Myofascial stretching, scapula mobility, release of the superficial and deep fascia of the neck and ELDOA. -
Mat with the "Wheel"
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
Let's have some fun loading this intermediate Mat with some extra weight! This 10-pound "wheel" will challenge and stabilize your movements at the same time. You can build up slowly with the weights and you can use dumbbells instead of the wheel! -
Recovery for runners - 17 min
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
Myofascial Stretches and ELDOA can help you recover and maintain your body in shape for the next run.
Quicker recovery, healthier joints and more supple fascia, prevent injuries and allow for better performance! -
The Diaphragm 101 - 26 min
Level 2 - Pace: Slow
Learn some important exercises and stretches to properly move and release the most important muscle that we have in the body: The diaphragm! -
Airplane Board mix
The Airplane board is an amazing tool and it's often forgotten! If you have access to a Cadillac try out this little sequence: it's not just about the one single exercise that we learn in the Certification Program, we can play with different movements before we get there. Great to strengthen the ...
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Ankle Sprain from the ground up!
Level 2 - Pace: Slow
Have you ever sprained your ankle? Did you do a proper rehab? If you didn’t that’s why your ankle sprains are recurring over and over. Our body is very much connected, and we can’t stop at the ankle for a good rehab, we need to go a little higher up! Check out the Guide for A... -
Anti-Gravity ELDOA
ELDOA has the characteristics to defy gravity but when you deal with a curvature in the spine (scoliosis) the anti-gravity component is even more important. ELDOA is great for different purposes and it’s very helpful with cases of scoliosis
Warm up, L1-L2, T11-T12,T12-L1, T4-T5 into T3-T4, T6-T7... -
9 Parts Abs - 9 min
Level 2 - Pace: Fast
This is a unique series of ab exercises to improve the motility of the large intestine. It’s great for constipation, irregularity, colitis and other offset conditions related to digestion. On top of inducing regularity, it’s also a great abdominal reinforcement! It’s quick an... -
Mat with Ball
Are you working out exclusively in your apartment and you don't have a spine corrector available? In this class we have substituted the spine corrector with a slightly deflated small ball. We will place it behind the back and under the pelvis to have all the benefits of the round surface, like th...
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Safe Arching with Rescue LOOP® - 13 min
This quick progression will show you how a few targeted exercises, together with the use of the Rescue LOOP®, can help you arch your back in a Swan, for example—all without feeling any pressure in the lower back and sacroiliac joint. The correct spinal articulation, the ability to open up the hip...
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General ELDOA
General ELDOA is the only ELDOA in motion. Instead of a still posture we execute three cycles of movements. This ELDOA is for the whole spine: it acts on the dura mater and the fascia of the spinal cord. It’s great as a general warm up for ELDOA and before getting into specific links of the spine.
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The Tight Rope Walker
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
This class is a mix of foot-fitness, segmental strengthening, Pilates and Barre! All to achieve balance at its highest level, like the tight rope walker! -
The Winter Workout
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
Do you have the habit of shrugging your shoulders even more than usual when the weather is really cold? That’s what I do ;-( This workout focuses on the shoulders, neck and ribcage to free up some tension and improve posture even when it’s cold! -
The Block Workout #1
Level 2 - Pace: Fast
Cardio helps burn a lot of calories, speeds up our metabolism and improves our body mass index (BMI). Performing cardio exercises regularly will help us maintain our ideal weight. It helps control blood pressure and strengthens the immune system.
Now what can you do if you ha... -
Ribcage and T-Spine ELDOA
Are you stressed? Do you have a hard time breathing correctly? Do you need motion at the ribcage because you sing or because you play golf?
This class will allow you to gain range of motion and more freedom in the breathing pattern.
Targeted osteo-articular warm up, 5-point shoulder de-coaptation... -
MFS General
This sequence includes the most important myo-fascial stretches for pretty much everyone!
Great to add this workout at the end of any strengthening or conditioning session.
Bicep femoris, rectus femoris, ilio-psoas, latissimus dorsi, Pec major deep and superficial and longissimus dorsi. -
Foot-Fitness
Open level - Pace: Slow
Explore with me our foundations to better access the whole body from a strengthening perspective and to achieve a better posture.
This will be a discovery of the infinite possibilities that we have access to when we pay attention to the feet!
Standing warm up of the ankle/... -
Hips & low back
In this workout we go from segmental strengthening to myofascial stretching and ELDOA. At the end of the session, you will feel your pelvis stable and able to access ranges of motion that are usually challenging! You will feel free!
Exercises: G max reinforcement, roll and unroll, windshield wipe... -
Pilates Mat - Stay Away from the Hip Flexors
Our lifestyle often leaves us dealing with tight hip flexors. The ilio-psoas is a very sophisticated muscle. Its fascia is in contact with the femur (leg) and ilium (hip), the spine (transverse processes and discs), and with the organs of the abdominal cavity. This muscle doesn’t tolerate too muc...
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MFS for too much sitting
Exactly, we all sit TOO much! Everyone. So… from now on we should put a little alarm clock every couple of hours and move! On a longer break do this quick session and your hip flexors and hunched back will thank you!