MACH1 Movement

Graceful movement is awe-inspiring, and it's so easy to get bit by the bug that says, "I'll just dive right in!" But it's a quick slap in the face: the reason movement is graceful is because it's complex. And diving into complex things isn't exactly easy.

Movement moguls make it look easy, but that's only because they have a strong foundation. What if you don't have that foundation? What if your heels come off the ground when you squat? What if you don't understand the finished "retracted and depressed" shoulder position for upper body pulling exercises? What if you can't put your arms overhead without compensating throughout the lower back?

It's one thing to know about these problems, and something else entirely different to FIX them...especially because there's SO MUCH out there in the world of flexibility, mobility, correctives, and blah blah blah -- each exercise or movement seeming as random as the next.

MACH1 Movement is all about cutting the confusion and sticking to a sound progression to help you develop the BASIC human movements so that you can move onto basic barbell and bodyweight exercises without hiccups.

Stated another way, MACH1 Movement isn't necessarily about teaching the form of any barbell or bodyweight exercise, but rather about eliminating any movement-mobility-flexibility bottlenecks you have so that you can then go ahead and tackle and learn the specific form of an exercise.

And this is done by using a practical movement progression for...

Learning how to squat to full depth (which is expressing maximum range of motion about the hip and knee at the same time) for future squatting exercises.

Learning how to do a push-up with the torso locked down and shoulders in a safe position for future pressing exercises.

Learning how to do a hinge (hich is maximum range of motion about the hip) for future deadlifting exercises.

Learning how to finish upper body pulling exercises with the shoulders in a safe position for future rowing and pull-up exercises.

Learning how to fix posture and bettering the range of motion about the shoulder joint itself for future overhead exercises and general shoulder health.

Along with the progressions, this guide is infused with my particular philosophy on this level I consider MACH1: the goal of mobility training should be to never need mobility training. 

Mobility isn't something to be warmed-up for; mobility should be permanent. 

And along the way through MACH1 Movement, I wax some philosophy about movement as it relates to skill because, hey, that's just what I do.