Bestbodies Training

24/04/2026

Lest we forget

We honour the fallen by caring for the living ♥️

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24/04/2026

A little yielding drill -

Release & catch db
As you yield into that
Soft squat jump
(And that view 😍👌🏼)

Our tissues need to be able to tolerate load as well as to yield and be springy. As we age and once we go through menopause our connective tissue has the propensity to become stiff and unyielding.

There’s a few strategies to help maintain its elasticity such as these yielding drills, multi directional, mobility & myofascial exercises, good hydration and collagen supplements may also help.

Most importantly - KEEP MOVING!!!!!!

Much love 💖

20/04/2026

We love this -

- Side lying single arm cable pull-down

This is a great one to promote thoracic mobility as well as creating space through the posterior ribcage/back and promoting scapular movement across the posterior ribcage
All this and that rotation above the hip line also playing into a little internal/external rotation of the hips.
Oh and a little ab work too.

16/04/2026

Power is yet another component to take into consider when designing a lifestyle program to set yourself up for a strong, confident and capable path into healthy aging-

Training power enhances strength, mobility, reaction time, type 2 muscle fibres and of course balance and proprioception.

Now that’s winning on many levels and whilst it might be daunting to start, it doesn’t have to be box jumps and ball slams straight away. Start small (think shallow depth jumps-or step downs, or sit to stomp and stand/jump)

Move your body……

13/04/2026

We love this -

-breath work-

This breath exercise
Specifically working on
- Posterior pelvic expansion/relaxation
- creating expansion through breathing into the back
- addressing right sided glute tension by creating more compression on the right side with the Coregeous ball

Breath work can temporarily assist in optimising your session. If done consistently over time this type of approach to addressing postural inconsistencies, along with structured programming may help to create long term changes.

08/04/2026

Let’s talk about agility.

We lose agility as we age unless we work at it.

This is especially true in menopausal women who lose fast twitch fibres due to hormonal/body composition changes but we need those fast twitch muscles to help initiate power and quick reaction time.

Transferring this to real life this is super crucial to reacting in a real life situation where maybe we need to jump out of the way of a moving object, animal, human. We need the power and the quick reaction to do this.

Try short sprints, skipping, rope slams, wall ball chest passes, boxing etc. or take up a sport that requires agility such as tennis, basketball, netball, pickle ball etc

Incorporating agility into your exercise regime might not be the funnest thing but it’s definitely an essential part to a well balanced exercise routine.

Have fun and mix it up.

Much love 💖

07/04/2026

02/04/2026

There’s a lot to consider when it comes to building and maintaining a resilient body: Strength, mobility, flexibility, endurance, agility, power, fitness, and the list goes on.

One element to building a resilient body is the ability to tolerate load through our tissues. One way to promote this is through isometric holds. Either with or without load as shown here with an unloaded wall sit (all legs) and a banded hinge hold (this covers legs/glutes and back-bang for your buck)

Smart programming will cover all the bases.

30/03/2026

We love this -

- swimmers -

- works the whole posterior chain; legs, glutes, back (including back extensors), shoulders, arms
- core
- low impact

It’s harder than it looks 😉

26/03/2026

There’s so much more to movement than just moving

Maintaining quality tissue health as we age is essential to aging well and being able to move well

One aspect is yielding to accept load through the body

Whether it’s loaded as in the example on the left
or unloaded as in the example on the right
It’s an important element to creating tissue elasticity
and reducing impact on the joints

24/03/2026

We love this -

-Cross body db pick up
to stand & high knee-

This isn’t functional I hear you say 🤔
This is just circus tricks I hear you say 🤔

Well it may be complex and it’s not something you can just jump into without progression but it ticks a lot of “functional” boxes.

There’s a lot going on here -

- multi directional movement because life is not linear
- single sided because loads aren’t always evenly distributed
- ground to stand because we will always need to get up and down off the ground
- offset load and high knee because we need to challenge our balance
- and much more …..