#stretchandsmash

Yeah, this JUST happened. #reversemudra 🙏🏾 I didn't think that this could ever happen. I had resigned in my mind that my #shoulders just weren't made for this to be possible. But I kept working, kept #stretching, kept smashing, kept strengthening and kept studying, then today it happened. It's not pretty, my fingers look like I'm throwing up a gang sign and my right #scapula is still winging off my rib cage a bit. But I am quite surprised at how even they are compared to past pictures. I want to give a big shout out to my mentor @rockyheron for our online sessions and nerdy talks and emails about the complicated anatomy of the shoulder. @bextrussellyoga for her post about rolling her #teres muscles, it inspired me to explore stretching smashing and strengthen that #rotatorcuff muscle more. And @_carlybrown for that cue about keeping your chest lifted in twist during her Slow Burn class this week, it really me engage those muscles more. Lastly, who knew that engaging your #pectineus muscle (a small muscle that connects your thigh bone to you pelvis) had such huge implications on your shoulder flexibility. I am forever a student of my own body and what is capable of doing, and forever an explorer of the landscape of this physical temple. #bowflex #blackboysdoyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #stretchandsmash #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #latenightyoga #mobilitywod #romwod #yin #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #seawalltrackpants #joblove (at CrossFit Atlanta)

SPIRALS🌪, TWISTS🌀 and COUNTER TWISTS🔄. These class of poses forces you to use the ACTIONS of rooting down and grounding into you FOUNDATION and to draw inward and fire up your CORE and midline. When done well, they are powerfully transformative. Anatomically these poses are great for stretching the musculature, connective tissue and fascia of the ribcage and the back body (QL and Thoraco-lumbar fascia), as well as engaging and firing up the front body and core (abdominals and obliques). Also great for digestion and massaging the internal organs. Beyond the mat when the TWISTS, TURNS and STORMS of life come to challenge us, it's the same ACTIONS of grounding in our FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS and drawing inward to our CORE VALUES and CONVICTIONS that makes it possible for us to not just be blown away, but to last the challenges of life, and better yet, be powerfully transformed by those challenges making us stronger and more resilient. You have 4 opportunities in the next seven days to spiral, twist and counter twist with me. Would love to see you at any or all of them @sacredchillwest Friday 9:30 am CHILL Flow Saturday 11 am BEGIN @sacredthreadyoga O4W 9:30 am SLOW Flow @totalfitnessrev 7:30 pm #stretchandsmash #bowflex #blackboysdoyoga #blackboysteachyoga #yogaeverydamnday #yoga #sacredchillwest #SCW #sacredthreadyoga #STY #totalfitnessrevolution #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #eatclean #traindirty #stretching #mobility #mobilitywod #romwod #suppleleopard #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #joblove (at Sacred Chill West)

This week in my #stretchandsmash class we will be focusing on rolling out and stretching the full circumference of the upper leg/thigh. Think #quads, #hamstrings #ITband and #adductors💪🏾 This class is great for folks that might be suffering from #ITbandsyndrome, #patellartendonitisc #runnersknee and general knee or hip pain. Meet me today (Monday) and every Monday weekly 7:30 pm at @totalfitnessrev in Mableton, GA. Let's work on getting those thighs feeling fluffy and supple instead of feeling hard as a rock. #bowflex #blackbiysdoyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #mobility #flexibility #stretching #mobilitywod #suppleleopard #romwod #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #eatclean #traindirty (at Total Fitness Revolution)