training – PK Health and Performance https://pkhealth.ca A principles-based approach to sustained wellness and pain-free performance Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:04:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Feel Your Feet https://pkhealth.ca/feel-your-feet/ https://pkhealth.ca/feel-your-feet/#respond Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:40:38 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5866 Are you chronically stiff, and always in pain? Do you move like an awkward robot rather than a fluid (and I don’t mean gender, lolz) and athletic human? If that’s you, you need to work on your feet. In the fixing-your-pain-and-becoming-a-better-athlete checklist, body awareness, balance, and coordination are at the top of the list. And to improve those neurological qualities of movement…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/feel-your-feet/feed/ 0 Breathing Basics https://pkhealth.ca/breathing-basics/ https://pkhealth.ca/breathing-basics/#respond Thu, 02 Dec 2021 02:03:41 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5829 In recent years, the term “breathwork” has become a misunderstood fad – a term that’s been lumped in with new age-y concepts like chakras and horoscopes. Yikes! Third eyes and Pisces season aside, REAL breathwork is imperative if you’re looking to feel and perform better. In the present article we’ll discuss the two main ways in which breathwork can positively influence your health.

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/breathing-basics/feed/ 0 Unstiffen yourself (Part 2) https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-2/ https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-2/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:42:07 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5818 To move well and get out of pain, you must unstiffen yourself. If you’re stiff, you’ll move like a robot. And subsequently, your robot-like lack of physical freedom will put undue strain on the structures of your body that are chronically achy. I don’t want you to be chronically achy anymore. So please… unstiffen yourself. In the present article – the second in a 2-part…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-2/feed/ 2 You Don’t Have Insomnia https://pkhealth.ca/you-dont-have-insomnia/ https://pkhealth.ca/you-dont-have-insomnia/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:15:30 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5803 Well, maybe you do. Maybe you do in fact have insomnia in the same way that a person with obesity who fails to eat well and move often has a “slow metabolism”. Yeah… now that I think about it, maybe you do have a unique case of incurable insomnia. Similar to how someone with back pain who fails to clean up their movement quality might chalk it up to having a “bad back”, you…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/you-dont-have-insomnia/feed/ 0 Unstiffen Yourself (Part 1) https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-1/ https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-1/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:14:14 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5796 Stiffness is, in all likelihood, the root cause of your chronic pain. It could be as straightforward as having a stiff lower back from sedentary living. We could take it one step further, where for example a stiff foot may be causing too much strain to be put on the knees. We could even go down the psychosomatic rabbit hole and see that for instance, a stiff mind may be causing…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/unstiffen-yourself-part-1/feed/ 0 Block Periodization-Ish https://pkhealth.ca/block-periodization-ish/ https://pkhealth.ca/block-periodization-ish/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2021 20:41:38 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5779 Having great endurance is good. But having a marathon-runner pencil neck? Not so much. Being strong is awesome, but a powerlifting gut weighs you down. Having great flexibility can be useful, but being bendy without coordination makes you a living manifestation of the QWERTY guy. What I’m trying to say is that there are many physical qualities you should be training in order…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/block-periodization-ish/feed/ 0 Microdosing Movement https://pkhealth.ca/microdosing-movement/ https://pkhealth.ca/microdosing-movement/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 01:14:09 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5760 If we want to feel consistently healthy and happy we must stay physically active. All of our bodily processes, from immune function to cognition, depend on our cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal systems’ (i.e. movement of the heart, lungs, body, and vasculature) ability to constantly pump out waste, and shuttle resources around. Constant is the key word. Now this metaphor might be a…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/microdosing-movement/feed/ 0 Shake Up Your Training https://pkhealth.ca/shake-up-your-training/ https://pkhealth.ca/shake-up-your-training/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 01:59:44 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5742 I’m all about using a principles-based approach. In practice, this means that I’m constantly looking to connect the dots and find the commonalities between all movements, sports, and training modalities. Being married to one modality will inevitably lead to stagnation, which is why it’s so important to find the underlying principles that make ‘em work. When I work towards attaining the…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/shake-up-your-training/feed/ 0 The Aerobic Strength Circuit https://pkhealth.ca/the-aerobic-strength-circuit/ https://pkhealth.ca/the-aerobic-strength-circuit/#respond Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:23:07 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5706 Aerobic capacity is a mandatory trait to have for complete health and performance. Health-wise, it begets brain1, heart2, lung3, and metabolic function4; performance-wise, it provides the foundation from which huge volumes of physical activity can be performed without over-stressing the body5. It’s also essential for fast recovery6. On the opposite end of the fitness spectrum lies…

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]]> https://pkhealth.ca/the-aerobic-strength-circuit/feed/ 0 Physical Activity Vs. Exercise https://pkhealth.ca/physical-activity-vs-exercise/ https://pkhealth.ca/physical-activity-vs-exercise/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:46:31 +0000 https://pkhealth.ca/?p=5700 Many of us live in an exercise zeitgeist where enclosed spaces with mirrors, barbells, and treadmills are the only place where health improvements are made. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. In reality, high levels of informal physical activity are what really drive robust changes in health1. The world is our playground, and if we can wrap our heads around that…

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