The Movement Mindset

My workout today:
10 rounds of 12 calories on the echo bike, into hand eye coordination work with the switchedontraining app, and a quick 15 crunches, with maybe a 10-20 second rest in between rounds.

This is a create way to incorporate cognitive training while being fatigued. This will challenge your nervous system.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

The Movement Mindset

Your tongue has a “home” position, and it matters more than most people realize. 👅🧠

A neutral tongue position can support:
• Better nasal breathing
• Jaw and neck relaxation
• Improved posture awareness
• More efficient swallowing mechanics
• Better sensory input to the brain and nervous system

Think of it as low-level neurological input your body receives all day long.

Quick check:
✔️ Tongue resting on the roof of the mouth
✔️ Lips closed softly
✔️ Teeth lightly touching or slightly apart
✔️ Breathing through the nose

Small position changes can create big downstream effects over time.

1 month ago | [YT] | 2

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🧠 Brain Challenge: The 3-Second Switch

This quick daily challenge is designed to boost attention, coordination, and brain flexibility, all in under a minute.

Here’s how it works:

1. Stand up straight.

2. Tap your right knee with your left hand, then your left knee with your right hand. Alternate for 10 seconds.

3. Now add a twist: say “1” every time your left hand crosses your body and “2” when your right does.

4. Switch the numbers after 10 seconds. Now say “2” for left and “1” for right.

Why it works:

This movement activates communication between your brain’s hemispheres while engaging motor, language, and attention systems. It’s a mini dual-task exercise that wakes up your brain during a break or before deep work.

Your mission:

Try this once today. Did you notice how your brain fumbled a bit when you switched the rules? That’s your neural networks rewiring connections in real time.

💬 Comment below: Did it get easier after a few tries?

2 months ago | [YT] | 1

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What is something you struggle with your fitness/health goals?

4 months ago | [YT] | 1

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4 months ago | [YT] | 4

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Your warm-up shouldn’t just prep your muscles.
It should prep your brain.

Clear vision, stable balance, and accurate body awareness tell your nervous system it’s safe to move with power.

If movement feels tight or weak, don’t force more reps.
Improve the input first.

Train the brain.
The body follows.

5 months ago | [YT] | 3

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How many movement systems do we have?

5 months ago | [YT] | 2

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Movement Is Information

Every movement you make is data for the brain.

Not just muscles contracting, but sensory input being collected, interpreted, and acted on in real time. Vision tells you where you are in space. The vestibular system sets your balance and posture. Proprioception informs the brain where your body is and how safely it can move.

When movement feels stiff, weak, or uncoordinated, it is rarely a strength problem. It is usually an information problem.

The nervous system is always asking one question before it allows output:
“Do I feel safe enough to express force?”

Clear inputs create confident movement. Blurry inputs create hesitation, compensation, and limitation.

This is why mobility does not stick when the brain still feels threatened. This is why strength improves when sensory systems are trained before load. And this is why better movement starts with better input, not more effort.

Train the brain.
Movement follows.

6 months ago | [YT] | 2

The Movement Mindset

Check out the new short on balance training! It’s focusing on training the vestibular system!

6 months ago | [YT] | 1

The Movement Mindset

Most people think progress comes from more reps, more miles, or heavier lifts.
But the brain doesn’t measure effort the same way your muscles do.

It measures clarity of input.
How clearly it can see, sense, and predict movement.

If your balance, coordination, or mobility feels stuck, it’s often not a strength issue.
It’s a signal issue.

The fix isn’t to push harder.
It’s to train the systems that guide movement:
👀 Vision
👂 Vestibular
👣 Proprioception

Small sensory resets can unlock massive physical gains.

7 months ago | [YT] | 2