Notes on movement, posture & precise training.
Short reads on the Functional Patterns methodology, the four patterns that shape every day, and how we train to rebuild them, written from the studio in Malvern East.
My Functional Patterns Journey: From a Surgery Date to a Coach 16,000km Away
The method that got me out of hip pain, the certification course that brought Viktor and me together, and why the same training works on opposite sides of the planet.
A few years ago I was booked in for hip surgery. Today I coach the method that got me out of it, and one of the coaches I certified alongside lives 16,000km away in Syracuse, NY. How Functional Patterns found me, and why it works the same everywhere.
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Chronic Hip Pain: Why I Didn't Need the Surgery They Recommended
A surgeon told me I'd probably need surgery. The standard rehab, Copenhagens, clamshells, pistol squats, wasn't moving the needle. Here's why those exercises miss the point of hip mechanics, and the systematic approach that actually worked.
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The First Four: Movements to Prioritise
Almost everything you do reduces to four patterns. When they're well-organised, your day has less friction. When they're compensated, it shows up as pain. Here's what each one is, and how precise strength training rebuilds them.
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