What’s Important to Us
Our coaches, with extensive backgrounds in movement, physical therapy, and aging, have varied styles and approaches. We are interdisciplinary and don't adhere to a single methodology; instead, our classes follow a set of ethos around movement health, aging, and pain. rooted in anti-fragility, variability, applicability, non ageism, and autonomy through progressive strength training. In addition to regular classes, we offer workshops on physical training with menopause, chronic pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and more.
The Bio-Psycho-Social model of pain: pain is an output of the system influenced by biological, psychological, and sociological factors in one’s life. Tissue damage and pain are not always correlated and there are many psychological and social factors available to help someone out of their pain experience.
R&R Narrative: The body is Resilient and Robust, otherwise know as an anti-fragility narrative. Our bodies are inherently strong, smart, and capable of adaption at any age. We are designed to move in a variety of ways and there is no such thing as a “wrong” movement. Often what seems like age related decline is more a factor of how we use (or don’t use) our bodies. We are here to promote robust and resilient aging via our Longevity Training program.
Age Equality: otherwise known as anti-ageism, we believe that every member is assessed and coached based on their capabilities—actual and potential— not on their age. Time is one of many factors that influence feelings of stiffness, weakness, and loss of balance.
Progressive Overload: Strength training is a non negotiable for moving well as we age. Choosing a load or variation during exercises that challenges your body’s current status quo is a requirement for your body to adapt. Slowly and on a case by case basis, we encourage our members to choose more and more challenging variations and weights to continue their strength adaption process toward an upward trajectory.
Movement Variability: Exposure to and conditioning a variety of whole body movements, joint angles, and loads is essential to movement health at any age. The more options our brain has to move our body, the better off we are at mitigating injury as we move through daily life.
Curiosity: Curiosity is a prerequisite to awareness, and awareness is the foundation from which so many movement possibilities are born. With awareness, we can change our movement patterns as needed, mitigate injury during training, and engage with chronic pain in a way that keeps us empowered. Curiosity also encourages a departure from the idea that there is “correct” and “incorrect” form.