Hab-it Blog

I was re-watching the 2010 Hawaii Ironman yesterday morning and one story of an 80 year-old competing in his 20th ironman stuck with me. At 80 years old, to still be biking, swimming, and running…surely this competitor had something to share with all of us. His words of wisdom were to go anaerobic [...]

Is there a difference (in terms of which muscles are activated) if you pull your belly up and in as opposed to just pulling it in? In other words does the “up” do something different?
I use “up and in” because these actions help coordinate the pelvic floor elevation along with the transverses abdomius (TA) which [...]

Oh how I love to talk about extension! It is so important to maintain the natural extension of our spine that I can’t help but talk about it again.
What does extension do for us? It lifts our ribs allowing us to take in a deeper breath, it allows for better shock [...]