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Another Fitness Challenge Update on Ankle Mobility of Eric Beard

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:30:31 +0000

How is this Corrective Exercise Specialist doing Another Fitness Challenge from HFPN? I am doing my homework trying to improve ankle mobility and core stability with the lean body mass gain and body fat loss coming along on the back burner.

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
http://facebook.com/theericbeard

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Will Smith Needs Corrective Exercise…but He Helps Me this Time

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:54:37 +0000

I have always like Will Smith and I do have he and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand” on cassette as well as a very earlier recordings before he polished his image and actually talked like a teenager on a few cuts…any-hoo. I found this video on You Tube and LOVE IT! I have watched several of these interviews before but never strung together. THIS GUY GETS IT! I hope you enjoy and find this as powerful as I do. I have watched it several times.

Remember, this is all a mind game and we are more powerful than we have ever dreamed!!!

Make a difference and live your life to it’s fullest!

Honored to be on a similar path as you.

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
RangeOfMotionWorkshop.com

ps. he does need some corrective exercise, he pushes himself pretty hard!

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HFPN-Another Fitness Challenge Goals and Progress for Eric Beard 2/11/2010- My Corrective Exercise is Working!

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:33:52 +0000

Trying to keep up with the Health and Fitness Provider Network President (HFPN) Ben Tucker, aka. “Triangle Man” is a hard job. He claims he has made some very good progress as well. I have not had my dorsiflexion re-measured yet but I started at;

Right Ankle Prone Straight Leg- 0 degrees
Left Ankle Prone Straight Leg- -2 degrees (yes that is a minus as in negative)
Right Ankle Prone Bent Leg- 2 degrees
Left Ankle Prone Bent Leg- 4 degrees

The ideal for these measurements is about 15-20 degrees. You need 12 degrees of dorsiflexion to stand with a neutral position in your lumbo-pelvic-hip- complex (LPHC) and @ 15 degrees to be able maintain neutral when walking….I am not even close so the alignment of my pelvis and lumbar spine must be way off! Based off of my movement assessments (on my You Tube Channel http://youtube.com/theericbeard) my left ankle is the primary source of dysfunction. I have spent most of my efforts on getting the ankle to move better and I feel better already. My forward lean is improved in my squat and there is less tension in my body overall. Ankle mobility is so important to human movement.

I do have some other goals as well. Here are my measurements and goals to reach by the end of Another Fitness Challenge;

2.1.10 Measurements
height 6’05″
weight 205lbs-shorts tee shirt Goal weight-210 lbs
calipers
1-bi 3.5 mm
2-tri 7.5 mm
3-supra 8.5 mm
4-sub 11.5 mm
Total mm 31
chart BF% 16.17%
Omron bf% 15.70%
BF average 15.93%
fat mass 32.65 Goal LBM- 27.65 lbs
LBM 172.35 Gaol LBM-182.35 lbs
BMI 27.6
HR
BP
chest (exhale) 44″
right upper arm 15.75″
left upper arm 15.5″
waist 36.5″
hips 44″
right thigh 25″
left thigh 25.25″
right calve 17.75″
left calve 18″

I wrote out my goals clearly using the S.M.A.R.T. System and review them daily. I am also using the support from the HFPN/AFC chat room and contestants to stay on track. I have accountability to everyone that I have shared my goals with.

I hope you are all progressing with your health and fitness goals as well. Thanks for the support and feel free to comment below and share your goals.

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
RangeOfMotionWorkshop.com

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5 Minute Core Stability / Corrective Exercise for Back Pain by Eric Beard with the MECA Back

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:55:35 +0000

I had one of my clients shoot this on my iphone so they could follow along with their home program. This Corrective Exercise spinal stabilization program is to be done daily and will take about 5 minutes. It will develop endurance and strength of the intrinsic core stabilizers such as the; transverse abdominus, diaphragm, internal obliques. The progression is to build from 3-5 repetitions up to 12-15 repetitions over time. Comment below and let me know what you think!

You can find the MECA Back at http://www.mecaback.com/back-products.html

Fix this posture!!!
“In just 10 minutes a day, you can actually create elastisity to help restore the natural shape of your back!”-quote from their site.

“If you’ve suffered from back pain, you know that there are many different answers out there, none of which provide lasting relief.

Now, that all can change. Really, prevention is as easy as knowing how. Testimonials

The vision of the MECA™ Back Institute is to create awareness about the damage the human spine endures from normal daily activities, the actual cause of most mechanical back problems.

Our ultimate goals are to:

1. Reduce the frequency of lower back pain issues

2. Lower the costs associated with back care

3. Provide products that support, enhance, stabilize and maintain good body mechanics and posture

4. Inform the public of the origin of mechanical back pain and provide real solutions to prevent this damage. ”

“What does MECA mean?

The vision of MECA™ is to create awareness about how and why human spines
develop mechanical problems leading to degeneration and pain, and to provide
real solutions to prevent this damage.

MECA – an acronym for Mobility, Elasticity, Core Stability and Adaptability – stands for the four integrated components that lead to overall back health:

MOBILITY:
The independent motion between spinal joints.

ELASTICITY:
The resiliency of soft tissue (muscles, tendons & ligaments). Elasticity is not flexibility.

CORE STABILITY:
When our muscles work to maintain stability of the spine and pelvis while the limbs are moving.

ADAPTABILITY:
The integration of these three elements, and referring to our spine’s ability to effectively compensate for the insults of daily living. 85% of the U.S. population will have a lower back problem in their lifetime. It is the position of the MECA Back Institute that this astonishing statistic is largely due to a simple lack of understanding of how to maintain the health of our lower backs.”-from their site.

For more video on the MECA Back click here

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
AthleticShoulder.com
RangeOfMotionWorkshop.com

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Revist, Recite, Re-Write Your Goals Dailly to Manifest your Dreams

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:21:30 +0000

There are endless goal setting exercises, but you can not just put them into a pretty little notebook, tuck them away and revisit them next New Year’s Day. Re-visit, recite and re-write your goals daily. Put them on 3×5 index cards, carry a notebook with you, put them on your dry erase board, make an audio-visual presentation whatever! Just Re-work them and re-inspire your self with them.

Brain Tracy is one of my top choices for goal setting;

Enjoy the short video and never give up on your dreams!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
RangeOfMotionworkshop.com
AthleticShoulder.com
EricBeard.com

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Goal Setting 101…an Abridged Lesson

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:56:42 +0000

Goal setting can be a powerful exercise to help bring dreams to fruition. This post is a quick read on goal setting and I recommend doing some additional reading, watching and studying on this topic…but don’t wait! You can start today if you have never done this exercise or if it has been longer than 12 months since you have done so. Reworking your goals on a regular basis, quarterly say is a great idea and reviewing them daily is vital to reaching your goals.

Brain Tracy is one of my top choices for goal setting;

Les Brown-

The late Jim Rohn-

Matt Morris-

Tony Robbins-

The great Zig Zigglar rounds out my top 6.

The basics of goal setting are to follow the S.M.A.R.T. system. Goals should be;

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time Bound

Your goals should also be in line with your values, otherwise you will be fighting an internal battle against your progress. Goals should also provide a big enough target in the future to march towards and incremental steps to complete along the way. Tony Robbins talks about “chunking” goals or breaking them down into more manageable tasks that can be completed along the way. We should have a Jim Collins BHAG!

Big Hairy Audacious Goal!

The Hedgehog Principle

We should have something that we are internally inspired by and when we can find that thing that allows us to do what we are good at, do what we love and can make money with it…we are golden! then we end up going to life everyday instead of getting up and going to work.

I don’t want to slow you down…so if you have not done so start with these steps and remember to sate everything in the positive and present tense. Example “I am 9% body fat”.

1) make a list of everything that you want to have in the next 1-3-5 years. You can string this out to 10-20 years if you would like. This can be material things; cars, boats, houses, organic make up (my wife loves that stuff!) etc. This is your FUN list.

2) make a list of everything you want to do in the next 1-3-5 years. You can string this out to 10-20 years if you would like. This can be travel, community service, start a family, own a company, positions in a company, learning to swing dance, cure cancer, personal, professional or a mix. Some people like to have different lists for personal and professional, I like to put them all together.

3) make a list of everything you want to be in the next 1-3-5 years. You can string this out to 10-20 years if you would like. This can be a professional tittle, a corrective exercise specialist, head stylist, set of traits that will help you succeed or more. Becoming more will allow us to do, have and help more! Here we can outline exactly what that is; More confident, leaner, stronger, a stirring public speaker, a great parent, a difference make in the community…it is endless!!!!

Start here and we can talk about breaking these goals down into more manageable steps another time. Take action…now!!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
EricBeard.com
AthelticShoulder.com
RangeOfMotionWorkshop.com

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FLY This-Eric Beard Shows a Cool Variation for Core Stability plus Another Fitness Challenge

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:01:48 +0000

I love exercises that integrate the lumbo-pelvic hip complex stabilizers with the movers of the extremities. Kneeling, standing, lunging plus any variety of movement the options are limitless. They can help with athletic performance enhancement, metabolic training and corrective exercise. This is one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy!

I shot this at NASM corporate after teaching a corrective exercise specialist workshop in January 2010. NASM.org and HFPN.com share an exercise library with other ideas as well. I wish I had more time to do these videos, there is so much more to cover. If you are looking for more ideas for training the shoulder complex you can check out my video series Secrets and Staples of Training the Athletic Shoulder at http://athleticshoulder.com . This is a 5 disc series that I am pretty proud of. Lots of content! Truly soups to nuts training for the shoulder complex.

Are you guys registered yet for HFPN’s Another Fitness Challenge (AFC)? Visit http://anotherfitnesschallenge.com to get in while the getting is good. I can’t wait! I am going to use the AFC to reach some personal goals and offer some goal setting coaching and moving towards reaching your goals. Will be a fun ride! Register now, it’s free and you could win some cool stuff:) http://anotherfitnesschallenge.com to

Back to the Grammy’s! Beyonce finally beat Taylor Swift with a Grammy for Single Ladies and just tore it up on stage with a pretty cool mash up with her stuff and an Alanis Morisette cover!

Here are some vids about AFC…

HEY! Did you see the picture on Ben’s Desktop?? Mr.T!!! That is my boy B.A. Bad Attitude Barracass of the A-Team…it is hint! Get on bard A-Teamers!!!

Have a great night.

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
AthleticShoulder.com
EricBeard.com

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Teaching an NASM Personal Trainer Workshop in Atlanta Thinking about HFPN.com

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:39:51 +0000

Happy Friday all!

I am enjoying a High Protein Mocha Almond Smoothie from Smoothie King in Atlanta. I love Smoothie King! I think they do a pretty good job with variety and quality of products. I think that IntaJuice may have a healthier product line but I do not see the around too often. It was good regardless…I am wondering if they actually poured coffee into my smoothie? I hope not! It is 8:23 pm and I do not want to be up all night, oh well! I should have asked. I was just too hungry and needed something quick.

I had a pretty good workout. Many of the Double Tree Hotels have deal with Precor and have decent workout facilities. I did my foam rolling and then SMR with the Rollaxer (http://rollaxer.net), static stretching, (corrective exercise) core stability work, balance work, legs and a couple of sets of biceps and triceps. I have trained arms only 3 or 4 times all year (and it shows lol!).

I am in town teaching an Essentials of Personal Training workshop for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM.org) with my buddy Rob Rettmann. We have a good group and are having fun.

I had a couple of good talks with Scott Pullen of NASM and DotFit (http://dotfit.com) and Wendy Batts of NASM and The Health and Fitness Providers Network (http://hfpn.com) and the functionality and our plans for the HFPN site. We look for big things within our prospective networks.

Specifically I was talking with Wendy about a webinar on HFPN sometime before Halloween. I had a few ideas for topics for my A-Teamers…do you have any requests?

Let me know and I might be able to put it together in time, if not I have a few things up my sleeve. I am sitting at Smoothie King right now, they have 3 Macs set up for customers…they are NICE!!! I need to upgrade my lap top soon.

Anyhow..I need to get back to the hotel, I need to put together an email for a Level 2 Kettlebell and Corrective Exercise Workshop that Jen Brickey and I are putting on on 10/24/09 from 9:30 am-1:30 pm at the Manchester Athletic Club on Atwater Ave in Manchester Be The Sea, MA. Only $100!!!! NSCA credits for sure, maybe NASM Let me know if you want to know more about it. We are putting together a Facebook Event and I will put it up on my blog here as well. there have been solid responses to the Level 1 we have put on twice this year, we look forward to Level 2 with some great stuff! Jen will just be back from an RKC event and will be all fired up I am sure.

Hmmm…I just remembered I had a 2 ounce shot of wheat grass…I am a sucker for this place! Do you think wheat grass is a scam? Let me know with a a comment below…Happy Friday!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
EricBeard.com
For a FREE DVD on training the Athletic Shoulder visit AthleticShoulder.com today!

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