1/28/26 - BJJ No-Gi @Junglematt

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Paradise🦜

Sitting isn’t the problem. What actually matters is the posture you bring with you before you sit. If your structure is already compromised, sitting just amplifies it. If your posture and movement quality are organized, you can sit for long periods without it turning into pain or stiffness. Sitting doesn’t create dysfunction, it reveals it. Improve how you stand, walk, and move, and sitting becomes neutral instead of something you have to constantly fight.

Balance 🏍️🌸

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Dude’s a beast

Joint pain and exercise don’t have to be linked. Pain usually isn’t caused by movement itself, it’s caused by how force is moving through your body. When tension and pressure aren’t distributed evenly, joints and ligaments end up absorbing stress they weren’t designed to handle. Over time, that turns training into something that hurts instead of helps. When you learn how to move in a way that shares load across your entire system, exercise becomes easier on the joints while your strength and function improve at the same time. If working out consistently causes pain, it’s often a sign of a dysfunctional structure, not a lack of effort. Focus on improving the FP First 4 to address your structure, and exercise can become pain free again.

There’s a common misconception that Functional Patterns limits your exercise options. In reality, the goal is the opposite. Movements like deadlifts, back squats, or yoga aren’t avoided because they’re inherently bad, but because over time they tend to narrow your movement options as your body ages. They consolidate how you move instead of expanding it. At FP, the objective is to increase optionality as you get older, meaning more ways to move, adapt, and stay resilient. To create that kind of diversification, you first have to consolidate. Focusing on the FP First 4 helps reorganize your structure so your body can actually handle a wider range of movement later on, instead of breaking down from doing too much too soon.

Thank you for the testimonial, Jerri! I created the Unlimited Virtual Group Class Membership for people who wanted consistent @functionalpatterns training but didn’t have access to a practitioner in their area. The membership gives you the ability to train live multiple times per week, stay aligned with the method, and make real progress consistently and sustainably without needing a gym membership, a vehicle, or expensive equipment. In my pursuit to make my training more accessible, what I didn’t predict was the number of FP practitioners that would join. A large percentage of my membership is @fp.certified - for that, I am super honored.

Joint pain and exercise don’t have to go hand in hand. Pain usually isn’t coming from movement itself, it comes from how force is being distributed through your body. When tension and pressure aren’t shared evenly, joints and ligaments end up taking the hit. Over time, that shows up as discomfort, inflammation, or pain during workouts. When you learn how to move in a way that spreads load across your entire system, movement becomes easier on the joints while your strength and function improve at the same time. If exercise is causing pain, it’s often a sign of a dysfunctional structure, not a need to stop moving. Improve your structure by focusing on the FP First 4, and exercise can become something that builds you up instead of breaking you down.

BIOMECHANICS RETREAT🦍🐆 Here is the info regarding the retreat that I’ll be hosting here in Costa Rica When: April 7th-11th, 2026 Cost: $1,950 ($500 deposit+payments) Spots Available: 5 left What’s included: ☑️ Housing in the Costa Rican jungle ☑️ Chef-prepared meals ☑️ All excursions & ceremonies ☑️ Transportation during the retreat ☑️ 1 Private FP Session ☑️ 3 Group FP Sessions ☑️ Educational events w/ special guest speakers ☑️ Surfing, waterfall hikes, ice/sauna, martial arts, and more… Out of Pocket Costs: Flights Only DM me to secure your spot!

Mi amor🩷

If you need to balance your masculine, move to the jungle.

She can keep the fiat 🤑

We have fun🩷

Thank you Justine for the testimonial! The @10weekonlineprogram is like a great song: every replay hits differently because you always end up discovering something new. Go through the course again, with me as your guide, starting January 31st @ 10am! Every Saturday at 10am after that we'll work on a new week in the course for 10 weeks. Whether this is your first time or 10th time, I'm certain you'll find the benefit!

Your glutes are not meant to be trained in isolation. They are meant to express power through standing, walking, running, and throwing. If most of your glute work lives in a bilateral stance like squats and deadlifts, or even split squats and lunges without integrating the rest of your mechanics, you are leaving results on the table and building compensation. Over time that shows up as back pain, hip irritation, and cranky knees. Humans evolved to sprint. Functional glute training should make you better at sprinting, not just better at burning your glutes in the gym.

1/14/26 - BJJ No-Gi @Junglematt

Your posture is often the missing link in managing anxiety. Most people try to calm the mind without realizing how much the body is driving the signal. When posture is misaligned, the body stays in a stressed state, and that dysregulation feeds directly into how you think and feel. The way you hold yourself and the way you move shape how your body functions. That physical input becomes emotional feedback, influencing your mood, your stress tolerance, and how safe or threatened you feel throughout the day. Change the posture and you change the conversation between your body and your brain. Address your body language to be anxiety-free.