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January 06, 2014

Suspension Exercises For Motor Control With Dr. Santo Riva

Suspension Exercises For Motor Control With Dr. Santo Riva

Any great training program is going to address strength, flexibility, and motor control.  While motor control generally gets the least amount of buzz, it is the most important component and is critical to any safe and effective workout routine. 

What is motor control? 
Motor control is our brain telling our body the proper way to move.  Our body then must carry out the sequencing correctly.  Our brain controls which muscles to flex, and which to relax.  A break in this pathway is associated with poor movement mechanics.  This leads to compensatory movements and ultimately injury.  When you are on the disabled list, you are either out of the game, or can't train with the same intensity - making it difficult to reach your health and fitness goals.

How do you train motor control?  
Initially, you may want to perform your exercise routine in front of a mirror so you can see that you are moving correctly (ie. squatting without your knees knocking, or doing a push-up without your waist sagging to the floor).  When you have the basic movement patterns down, the next component is to introduce instability to your routine.  

Instability adds a three dimensional component to your workout that forces additional muscle contraction by the smaller stabilizing muscle groups in addition to the prime movers.  A lack of strength in the stabilizer muscles has been correlated to increased injuries.

 

Suspension Exercises Are Great For Motor Control!

How do you introduce instability into your workout?
The  MostFit™ Suspension Strap is an excellent tool to train motor control, as well as strength and flexibility.  The ease of use in virtually any setting, increases adherence, giving you no excuse not to get your workout in.  The amount of resistance and degrees of instability can be easily adjusted to accommodate every user.

The  MostFit™ SYN Rings are another excellent tool that will test your strength, endurance, and motor control like nothing you have ever used before.  What sets these apart from any other piece of equipment is that the instability is completely unpredictable, and both your brain and body have to be able to react quickly.  Faster reaction times have positive implications for everyone from the athlete trying to make the winning catch to those who are just trying to prevent a fall.

These are excellent pieces of equipment that anyone can incorporate into their training program to improve strength, flexibility and motor control. The ways that they can be used are limitless, allowing for full body workout routines with minimal equipment.  Most importantly, they are fun to use, and help break up the monotony of a stale work out routine!

 

Dr. Santo Riva, DPT, OCS, NASM-CPT is a doctor of physical therapy and board certified orthopedic specialist at Evolution Physical Therapy and Fitness in Los Angeles, California.  He uses instability training to get his patients and clients back into the game and into the best shape of their lives.

@EvolutionPTFIt

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January 03, 2014

MostFit™ Portable Fitness Equipment Products

 

 

MostFit™Portable Fitness Equipment Products 2014!

Introducing Our New Line Of Portable Fitness Equipment Products

MostFit™ provides portable suspension training straps and resistance training equipment. Including MostFit™ Resistance Bands, SYN Rings & Suspension Strap.

Featured Portable Fitness Equipment:

 MostFit™ Suspension Strap
 MostFit™ SYN™ Rings
 MostFit™ Resistance Loop
 MostFit™ Resistance Tube 
 MostFit™ Resistance Band
 MostFit™ Core Hammer
 MostFit™ Exercise Mat
 
About Our Portable Fitness Equipment:
We know that fitness means something different to every individual, thats why the crew here at MostFit™ promises to help you be the MostFit™ you can be. Anytime. Anywhere. Our line of fitness portable products features something for everyone, busy executives, busy parents, veteran weightlifters, personal trainers, yogis...even not-so-busy executives. We know you're out there! We've made you do burpees before! Fitness is for everyone and it  belongs to you. If you want something and we don't have it, please let us know. we will look into it. And if it doesn't exist yet... we'll take care of that too.
 

MostFit™ Strives to provide unique, effective, efficient and affordable fitness products to help you be the MostFit™ You Can Be.

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December 25, 2013

Legs & Glutes With MostFit™ Suspension Strap

 

Legs & Glutes With MostFit™ Suspension Strap

At Home Suspension Training Workout With Erin Fukuda 

Join Erin for a Legs & Glutes workout with MostFit™ Suspension Strap. Erin will guide you through some lunges, squats and kicks that will strengthen your lower body all in your own living room.

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December 25, 2013

One Arm Push Ups And Core Workout With MostFit™ Suspension Strap

 

One Arm Push Ups With MostFit™ Suspension Strap 

Suspension Core Workout With MostFit™ Suspension Strap 

Workout at home, at work or on the road with the MostFit™ Suspension Strap. Andrew Gavigan demonstrates a quick and effectives chest, core and leg workout in his living room. MostFit™ Single Arm Pushups, and Single Leg Squats will make you sweat and make you strong.

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December 25, 2013

Chest, Tricep and Core Exercises with MostFit™ Suspension Strap

 

Chest, Tricep and Core Exercises with MostFit™ Suspension Strap

Consult a physician before performing this or any  exercise program. You as the user are responsible  independently for use of any fitness programs or equipment and assume the risks of any resulting injury.

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December 25, 2013

Rotational Core Strength For MMA With MostFit™ Suspension Strap

 

Rotational Core Strength For MMA With MostFit™ Suspension Strap

MostFit™ athlete Anthony Eisenhower of Brood9 Martial Arts demonstrates two rotational core strength exercises on the MostFit™ Suspension Strap. Improve your abdominal strength for BJJ and MMA.

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December 25, 2013

Suspension Strap Pushups In A Lava Field

 

Suspension Strap Pushups In A Lava Field | Vacation Workout

Suspension strap pushups in a lava field with the MostFit™ Suspension Strap. Suspension workouts on vacation whether exercising in a hotel room or lava field.

Happen to be in the middle of a lava field in Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii? No problem. Find a sturdy anchor and get your workout going. Try pushups with knee tucks or pushups with your knee already tucked and get a great upper body and core workout.

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