CREATING YOUR DREAM PHYSIQUE | THE RESET COLLECTION
Date: September 23rd, 2023
Read Time: 2 mins 10 seconds
A few years ago I listened to a TED Talk by Amy Cuddy about how your Body Language can shape who you are.
The talk was profound as Amy went on to explain how posture can negatively or positively affect your body's physiology.
How you Sit
How you Stand
How you Shake Hands
How you Walk into a Room
If you think about it you can always decipher between the Confident and the Stressed individual in any social situation. Their body's are putting that energy out into the world.
When you see a confident individual you see a big smile, walking tall, sit up in a chair so they can be an active participant in conversation.
Then when you see a stressed individual you see an aimless face stuck in thought, walking irratic and slouching in the chair avoiding eye contact.
Now there is nothing wrong with having bad days but knowing the information I want to share with you, you may be able to salvage those tough days and prevent future events from occuring.
When the body is under stress whether that is perceived stress, emotional stress, physical stress, etc. our body's will respond in muscular flexion. All of the muscles in your neck, shoulders and hips are shortened.
This will manifest physically as a hunched upper back, forward shoulders, tight hips adding to the systemic stress of the body. Studies have shown that chronic exposure to stress can lead to musculoskeletal pains, digestive tract tension, decreased hormonal production and decreased energy to name a few.
This is typically the point in time when I end up consulting with clients. They want to be out of pain, manage stress, increase energy and lose body fat.
There is three main approaches I take when clients are at this point.
1: Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition Guideline
- Protein Goals
- Water Goals
- Modified Elimination Diet
2: Improve Posture through a Structural Balance Program
- Individualized Training Based on Strength Ratio's
- Improve Strength Imbalances
- 3-4x/week Weight Training
3: Tension Releasing Activity
- Releasing Superficial Tension (G.E.R.T, ART, FST, Gua Sha)
- Releasing Mindful Tension (TM, Mediation, 4-7-8 Breath work)
How Improving Posture Can Help
With better posture from a Structural Strength standpoint you now have the ability to manipulate your physiology.
Let me explain...
Studies have shown that Power Positions or Postures can create a hormonal cascades that will positively effect you.
They say that standing in Power Positions like Superman on a daily basis you can:
INCREASE Testosterone by 20%
DECREASE Stress hormone Cortisol by 25%
INCREASE Risk Tolerance in Life by 33%
Fascinating that just by manipulating our stance and posture can have massive benefits to you life. These are the little hacks in life that can have a compounding effect for your future.
The Ultimate Reset Program
This leads me to the introduction of the video series on Youtube.
Creating your Dream Physique - The Ultimate Reset Program.
This program is one that I have been working on perfecting over the last years to help individuals with their foundational fitness. They want to be out of pain, manage stress, increase energy and lose body fat. I want to bridge the gap between my exclusive personal training and online personal training so that high quality results can be introduced to the entire community.
We will dive into the foundations of lifestyle, nutrition and training to help create the optimal environment conducive to building your dream physique.
Follow me on my journey through the Reset program starting today. The entire program will be available to the public later this year! I am really excited for this entire project. Until then tune in and begin to prepare for the release.
