FLO FITNESS

In the midst of Conor McGregor’s win over Jose Aldo, there was also another champ named that night and his name is MOVEMENT. And after a long a waited shot to break through all the traditional and political barriers that the Mix Martial Arts world is presumed to be build upon, Movement is finally receiving the recognition it deserve and I think it is here to stay.   Essentially, movement is everything we are and everything we do on a daily basis. From waking up in morning and getting out of bed, bending down to pick up the newspaper, squatting down to tie your shoes, this all requires movement. The mere action of these daily activities might sound simple but the beauty lies in what occurs inside the body to make it all possible. Our nervous system receives information from outside the body in order to understand where it is in time and space. After it confirms it is safe by sending a signal back to the nervous system, the brain or spinal cord sends a signal to the muscles allowing

Everything You Need to Know About Your Thoracic Spine So what is the thoracic spine? The thoracic spine is the segment of your spine that spans your upper and middle back. The thoracic spine is composed of twelve vertebrae beginning at vertebrae T1 and ending at vertebrae T12. The thoracic spine is different than other parts of your spine for a few reasons. For starters, the ribs are attached to the vertebrae of the thoracic spine. The ribs extend out from the thoracic spine to created a cage-like shape where many vital organs reside including the heart and the lungs. Because of its intimate relationship with the rib cage, the thoracic spine strongly influences both the movement of the scapula and the human breathing pattern. - The position of the thoracic spine dictates the position of the ribcage, which dictates the position and functioning of the scapula. - The position of the thoracic spine dictates the position of the ribcage, which can either help or hurt

I know you missed me so much, so I decided it was time for a second blog post. My last post was fairly general and was focused on motor abilities and motor skills. The goal of this post is to inform you all on the stages of learning that a person progresses through as they acquire motor skills, as well as some of the performance changes that occur across the stages of learning.   Lets start by taking a look at a prominent model of learning that was proposed by Fitts and Posner (1967) , and some of the implications for the practitioner. According to this model, there are three stages of learning: 1.     Cognitive Stage ·       In this first stage of learning, the learner focuses on cognitively oriented problems that are related to “how to” do the task at hand. There are a lot of attention demands that are being placed on the learner in this stage. The learner may not be able to focus on every aspect of the movement. To help the learner focus on the most impor

Well I’ve never written a blog post before but I guess there’s a first time for everything. Before I start I should probably introduce myself. My name is Joe Rinaldi and I’ve recently become part of the Flo Fitness staff. I am currently a senior at Rutgers University studying exercise science and applied kinesiology. My aspirations are to become a physical therapist and I am currently in the process of applying to graduate schools. Now that you know a little bit about me lets start. This post will be a first of its kind here on the Flo Blog… Over the course of the next few months (and who knows, maybe even longer) I will be posting about a topic that I am currently learning about in school. Today’s blog will focus on motor skills and motor abilities . A motor skill is defined as: a skill that requires voluntary body and/or limb movement to achieve its goal. An example of a motor skill would be running, jumping, climbing, etc. Using a one-dimension classification syst