Well, its official! Fitness Town CrossFit along with co-host, Richmond Oval, are pleased to announce that on Saturday August 25th, 2012, K-Starr (Kelly Starrett, DPT) of Mobility WOD will be leading a CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainer Course in Richmond, British Columbia.
Course Details:
- Date: August 25th
- Course: CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainer Course
- Co-Hosts: Fitness Town CrossFit & Richmond Oval
- Venue: Richmond Oval, 6111 River Road Richmond, BC
- How to register: Click here
What does the course entail?
This one-day seminar is a performance oriented workshop for athletes and coaches wishing to develop effective mobility and flexibility strategies, improve ideal athlete positioning and movement set-up, and implement whole-body maintenance practices. Attendees will understand how to: Improve force production, increase work outputs, avoid common and preventable movement dysfunction and injury, and understand how to address simple performance related myo-fascial and joint mobility issues.
What does this seminar really mean to me?
- Improve Your Fran Time
- Squat More
- Improve Your Overhead Capacity
- Remain Injury Proof,
- Increase Your Area Under the Work Capacity Curve
- How to Understand and End Your Athletic Pain
Seminar Goals:
- Improve understanding of key anatomical elements as they relate to functional movement, and as performance limiters.
- Increase awareness of “best-fit” bio-mechanical set-up and movement strategies for optimal work and force outputs.
- Understand movement compromise strategies for specific movement outcomes.
- Develop an understanding of common movement dysfunctions and a systematic model for addressing common problems associated with strength and conditioning training.
- Develop effective abdominal/spine stabilization strategies
- Understand and apply neuro-muscular stretching methods
- Understand methods to improve overhead positioning and efficacy
- Develop methods to address common myo-fascial pain/dysfunction
- Understand how to treat soft tissue injuries
- Develop better movement preparation strategies
Coach Kelly Starrett founded San Francisco CrossFit in 2005 with his wife Juliet. Since opening its doors as one of the first 50 CrossFit affiliates, this athletic training center has become a prime coaching resource for coaches and athletes alike including reigning Olympians, national and world champions, triathletes, runners, and recreational athletes. Kelly received his Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2007 from Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA. Before starting his own physical therapy practice at San Francisco CrossFit, he practiced performance-based physical therapy at the world-renowned Stone Clinic. In current practice, Kelly continues to focus on performance-based Orthopedic Sports Medicine with and on returning athletes to elite level sport and performance. His clients see exceptional results from his progressive blend of manual physical therapy and strength training. Kelly’s clients have included reigning Olympic gold-medalists world champions, world-class extreme skiers and X-Games medalists, professional dancers with Smuin, Sacramento Ballet Companies, elite military operators, and competitive age-division athletes.
Here’s just one of the many videos which can be seen in their entirety on MobilityWOD.com
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