Eternia Athletics: Post 1 Gym and Mobility

Here we go. First blog post of many to come from Eternia Athletics. We are a small Strength and Conditioning Gym here in Grants Pass, Oregon. Stay up to speed with us on here for some helpful tips as well as happenings around the gym.

Good morning! Today is Thursday, or better known at Erernia Athletics.. REST DAY. I am going to line out for you how the programming is set up. 5 days of workouts per week. 3 on, 1 off, 2 on, one off. Now that doesn't mean that we aren't going to work with your schedule, this just means in general this is how it's mapped out for you. Questions on this just let us know. Some of you that work out Mon-Fri and take Sat and Sunday off, this is why we have a optional workout for Thursday. If you missed a day... boom we have you covered as well. Options, options, options. Talk with one of the coaches if you have any questions. All of us are happy to help. Anyways, on to the good stuff!

On this day of rest and recovery why not dive into some mobility work. I am going to step into a little Thoracic Spine, or also known as T-Spine, talk. T-Spine mobility comes into play if you want to have an awesome overhead position, a good pulling position off the floor, or having a solid squat position with your chest up, just to name a few. For those that don't know where or what the Thoracic area is that is ok. It is the area just below your neck to roughly just under your mid back. This thick area of meat can tend to get very tight and bound up. Your Thoracic Spine area is meant to be able to twist, rotate, flex and bend. Although for a large amount of us this area doesn't do many of those things so other areas of our body end up doing that work, namely the lumbar spine or lower back. Ouch! So lets take some time and work on getting you moving better and being more proactive about your mobility in general.

So onto the meat and potatoes of this (yes I know potatoes aren't paleo) hahah!

Here is a 3 parts series from Dan Pope.

Part 1