Monica Franke/Movement Improvement - Runners

  • £35

Movement Improvement - Runners

  • Course
  • 85 Lessons

This 6 week program can be used to support and up-level your current running regime. Heighten the connection between foot and hip, and get greater spring, more endurance and better performance. With BONUS material - Mindset and Recovery Skills from Monica's books and signature program The Art & Science of Life Changing Coaching.

Contents

All the Why's

An introduction to the 6 week program that will put you more in touch with the mechanics of your own movement and optimise your sporting performance, whilst reducing injury.

There's some anatomy I need to tell you about - but I think you'll find this helpful to visualise why we're doing what we do - and you'll start to feel the outcomes and connections much more strongly.
This is great because then you'll know when things don't feel quite right, and what you can do for yourself to get back on track.

Ultimately, the goal of a good clinician is do as little as possible!
The more you understand and can do for yourself, the less you will need me.

Of course, you're always welcome to come in for MOT!
Welcome!.mov
Edu-Info - It all comes back to anatomy. DO NOT SKIP!
Anatomy.MOV
Sets & Reps & Other helpful tips

Week 1 - Building the Foundation

The key here is to build the foundations of knowing how to align your body, activating the right muscles in a. way that is powerful and can withstand other force changes in the body, and strengthening the core via the optimal shape of the ribcage.
If you're wondering why I'm talking double dutch - go back and listen to the intro for anatomy in motion!
Alignment - how to set yourself up for success
Alignment.mov
FR Bridge - Hams activation 1
FR Bridge.mov
Bridge Skullcrusher
Bridge Skullcrusher 23.mov
Drunk Bear
Drunk Bear.mov
Wall Bugs
Wall Bugs.mov
PRI Lat Stretch
PRI Lat Stretch.mov
PRI Calf Stretch
PRI Calf Stretch.mov

Interim & Integrate Weeks - Week 3&4 on the in-between days

Aim to do these exercises on the days in between the scheduled week 3 & 4 exercises.
It will feel like quite a lot to do 7 or 8 exercises every day for these couple of weeks, but it will really give you great mobility and self awareness.
This is information you can carry forward about what helps you in different ways, so that you have 5 mobilising activities and 5 strengthening activities to take into your whole life of running.
Mobility isn't just stretching and strengthening isn't just weights.
And running, though a big part oof it is getting out there, is not just putting in the miles.
Be kind as well as gritty in how you use your body - over time!
And let this be a Body, Brain and Heart sport that allows ease and growth in all these areas.
PRI Calf Stretch
PRI Calf STretch.mov
Pelvic Floor Rocks
PelvicFloor Rocks.MOV
Finding Your Feet (FYF)
FYF.MOV
Toe Flexors and FHL
Big Toe .mov
FHL.mov
Adductor Squeeze into sliders
Add Squeeze.mov
Glut-Add Sliders.mov
(SL) Heels-Hams
Heels Hams Bridge.mov
Foot Mobilisations (MF Youtube) Link Here
Posterior Expansion
Posterior Expansion.MOV
Sit to Jump - and JUMP!
Sit to Jump.MOV

Week 3 - Loosening the Tight Corners

Your rear end.
Your knees.
Your mid-foot.

Sound familiar....?
POV: Foot-Hip Marriage
Split Squat (SS) Posterior Expansion
SS Posterior Expansion.MOV
Hips before Knees - SS to High Knee
SS to High Knees.mov
Standing Wall Angels into Hip Extension
Standing Wall Angels.mov
"Crush-a-Grape" - PlantarFlex +ER on Wall
Crush-A-Grape.mov
Wall Heel Lifts
Wall Heel Lifts.mov
FR Heels- Hams
FR Heels-Hams.mov
Plate (or book) Balance Lunge
Plate balance Lunge.mov (floating heel)

Week 4 - Explode!

Propulsion, you say?
Let's see what you're made of!
Sit to Jumps and SL Jumps
Sit to Jumps.mov
Sit to SL Jumps (Single Legs).mov
POGOS - Double Leg (DL) and Single Leg (SL)
Pogos DL & SL.mov
Karate Kid Curtsy Squat!
Karate Kid Curtsy Squat.mov

Week 5 - Turning Movement into Power

Hamstring Inchworms
Hamstring Inchworms.mov
Hip Z's
Hip Z's.mov
Block Push - Floating Heel - Hip Mobility
Block Push Heel Floating Hip Mobility.MOV
Kneeling Half Angels
Kneeling Half Angels.mov
Psoas March and Speed Finishers
Psoas March.MOV
Psoas Speed Finishers.mov

Week 6

Text Here
KB Hip Airplanes
KB Airplanes.mov
Side to Side Hops
Side to Side Hops.MOV
Serratus Bridge Angels
Serratus Bridge Angels.mov
Plate Balance Lunge
Plate Balance Lunge (Floating Heel).mov
Side Lunge Posterior Expansion
Side Lunge Posterior Expansion.mov
Tennis Ball Mobility
Tennis Ball Mobility.mov
Karate Kid Curtsy Lunge
Karate Kid Curtsy Lunge.MOV

People I recommend following

I am so grateful to some awesome teachers and leaders in the field of movement as I know it. I practice there stuff myself and pass it on to you guys as best I can!

Here is a list of them if you're an IG person!
@drstclairdpt
@alisonmariephd
@davidgreyrehab
@vernongriffith4

And Me! Find me Here..