Tune Up Fitness^® Blog

If there were ever a body blind spot, it certainly would be the pelvic floor. In sports, movement classes, private coaching, Physical Therapy, etc., the pelvic floor has historically been left alone. Many of the professionals working with these clients don’t even mention it. After I suffered a significant spine injury over a decade ago, […]

When I contemplate the basic five human senses–sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch–sight stands out as my most coveted sense.  The sense of sight allows us to visually take in all the beauty that is around us. It is also vital when scanning for safety and opportunity in our surroundings.  Sight is most certainly a […]

We generally don’t appreciate our feet until there is a problem, a sentiment captured well in a local foot clinic’s tagline: Get back to not thinking about your feet. Each foot has 26 bones and 33 joints all held in position by hundreds of ligaments, tendons, and muscles. They carry, balance and pivot our weight, supporting […]

It’s tough to enjoy a 20-mile bike-ride when your neck starts aching at mile three. It’s challenging to find glee in your latest deadlift PR when your low back is moaning. It’s hard to feel excited about your upcoming half marathon when your hip flexors are pinching. When you have mounting aches and pains, it’s […]

“The body will share a lot when you listen.” As a specialist in visceral manipulation, Dr. Missy Albrecht goes where few wellness practitioners ever go–directly into the abdominal organs. That’s right, a central part of her work is massaging clients’ internal organs to help them regain natural rotational axis, and free up inhibitions in surrounding […]

Think back to your first kiss. Do you feel your heart beat faster? Or warmth in your chest and belly? Your brain just recreated that experience in your body based on a thought–a mere memory. This is happening within you all the time. Here are some less pleasant thoughts I hear daily as a body-worker: […]

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” -Buddha I am enough. I have enough. I do enough.  These powerful words were shared during a group discussion in the Yoga Tune Up® Certification Training.  In that moment […]

“You can learn something that you’ve known again for the first time. You can see things in brand new ways if you approach them with the mindset of wanting to understand instead of thinking that you already know–of wanting to understand anew.” –Laurel Beversdorf Laurel Beversdorf is a powerful “Roll Model” in the Tune Up […]

A groundbreaking study has shown that performing myofascial self-massage with Tune Up Fitness’ Roll Model® Method therapy balls prior to stretching can double flexibility gains achieved with stretching alone. And that’s not even the biggest news.  Rolling prior to stretching can increase maximum force output. This is BIG since the study confirmed what many other […]