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The Training Stimulus The Training Stimulus aims to spread the benefits of advanced movement mechanics to coaches and athletes, to optimise performance and reduce pain and injury.

Louis had five tendinopathies across four different areas of his body, and he’d gone over 18 months without being able t...
22/10/2026

Louis had five tendinopathies across four different areas of his body, and he’d gone over 18 months without being able to do a full training week.

He used to play rugby, so he’s not a fragile guy. He’s a performance coach and a strong, well-trained bloke. He’d seen physios, osteos and chiros in London and Sydney, and every one of them was working on the areas that hurt. He’d get short periods of relief, but none of it held up once he went back to his normal training.

So he was a little bit sceptical going in, and I get that. He already knew the traditional approach and couldn’t see what would be so different.

What we found was a blocked right talus. He had no pain in his ankle at all. I don’t think many people would look at a bicep tendon and say, let’s check his feet.

For three weeks we didn’t touch any of the injured areas, but three weeks later all of them got better.

I was chuffed with the result and he was chuffed with it as well. None of the people he’d seen before were bad at their jobs. They treated what they were trained to look at. But the tissue isn’t the problem, it’s just where the pattern shows up.

Here’s what shifted for Louis:

- Bicep tendonitis fully gone
- Pronated weighted pull-ups back in his training, when any pronated movement used to hurt
- His shoulder fixed
- Squat mobility drastically better from foot drills alone, which he’s still getting his head around

Louis Papot 🇫🇷

Performance Coach

Jonas owns a CrossFit box in Germany. He writes the programming for his classes, and he coaches his own athletes on top ...
16/10/2026

Jonas owns a CrossFit box in Germany. He writes the programming for his classes, and he coaches his own athletes on top of that.

What he writes for his classes is different now. What he programs for his athletes is different too, with movement work built into it.

Since the mentorship, he’s changed a lot of both.

Ask him how it’s going and the answer is short. He’s happy with the programming. He’s happy with the clients he has. And he’s fully booked. No room for more.

Jonas managed the mentorship around work in gym, online and outside of fitness completely. But he came out able to see the difference between two exercises that look the same on paper. And now a lot of athletes come to him because he can fix their injury.

I love seeing a graduate end up here. Because being full isn’t the best part. Being full with clients you like working with is. That’s when you get to be picky, and do the work you enjoy instead of saying yes to whatever comes in. Jonas has that now.

Here’s what shifted for Jonas:

- Class programming has evolved a lot, members moving better
- Mechanics work built into what he writes for his athletes, improving movement quality alongside performance
- Knowing which exercise will help, instead of skipping movements and hoping resting it will fix the underlying issue
- A full client list of people he enjoys working with

Jonas Reckel 🇩🇪
CrossFit Coach and Box Owner

30/09/2026

NEXT WORKSHOP ANNOUNCED

The Hybrid Clinician Workshop is back in London for another 2 days of getting stuck into movement assessment, correction and programming.

26 & 27 November 2026

More hands-on. More cases. More time to actually practise the stuff.

ÂŁ200 off the first 5 bookings.

Full details and booking link in bio.

24/09/2026

“It’s bridging the gap between seeing it and knowing what to do to fix it.”

As a coach in an SGPT facility, Rory is seeing movement inefficiencies every day. He knows when something isn’t quite right, but as he said, seeing the problem and knowing what to actually do about it are two different things. What he was missing wasn’t the ability to spot things. It was having a framework he could use to turn what he was seeing into something useful for his clients.

That’s what he came away with from the two days. A system that gives him a clearer way to deal with those movement inefficiencies, better help clients when injuries come up and ultimately help them get more longevity from their training.

That gap between “I can see something is wrong” and “I know what to do about it” is where a lot of coaches get stuck. Closing that gap is exactly what we’re trying to do with Movement Mechanics.

Send us a message to get the first dibs on the next workshop đź‘€

17/09/2026

The best part of Mike’s feedback wasn’t that he’d taken away three times as much as he expected from two days. It was hearing him describe what that actually meant for his work.

He’d done online courses before and had good information, but there’s a difference between being shown something on a screen and seeing it happen on a real person in front of you. Being able to watch the assessment, see the changes, understand why they were being made and then apply that yourself gives you a completely different level of confidence.

That was the switch for Mike. He came away feeling like he had the tools to actually deal with problems he previously might have passed on to someone else. As he put it, his job now feels like it has improved “tenfold” because he knows he can be there for that person, fix the problem and then help them progress.

That’s exactly what we want people to get from these workshops. Not just more information to add to the pile, but the confidence that comes from being able to take what you know and actually use it on the person standing in front of you.

Send us a message to get the first dibs on the next workshop đź‘€

11/09/2026

Stop working so hard on your mobility.

When two muscle groups are in a tug-of-war, one shortening, one trying to lengthen, more effort just means both sides contract harder. You end up fighting yourself and getting stiffer, not more mobile as each tries to overpower the other.

The fix isn’t forcing the range. It’s taking the fight out of the equation. Flex forward over a med ball, let gravity ease you into a gentle rotation, and focus on relaxing the tight side rather than pulling into it. Add a breath cycle and you’re not just stretching tissue, you’re showing the nervous system it’s safe to let go.

This can look subtle and still be doing a lot. Small, controlled range change is way better than forcing a big one every time, and the range is much more likely to stick around if it feels safe rather than fought for.

Where do you catch yourself fighting a stretch instead of relaxing into it?

10/09/2026

was already a great coach, partly because he’s always trying to be better.

He already could see movement issues. Restricted mobility, inability to hit the right positions or shapes, he’d spot those things fine. What he didn’t have yet was the next step, getting specific enough with the corrective that it actually addresses what he found, instead of defaulting to “more mobility work” and hoping it sorted things out.

It’s one of the most common things I see in coaches who have the other bases well covered: handing out a great strength programme and hoping decent mechanics will just follow along.

They don’t.

You end up layering strength on top of dysfunction and wondering why the same issue keeps resurfacing or even getting worse.

The best coaches have a toolbox to pinpoint what’s holding back their clients, generic mobility just doesn’t cut it anymore if you’re offering a premium coaching product.

If you’re interested in giving your clients the best movement quality, grab a spot at our next workshop. Early bird tickets are already getting snapped up

10/09/2026

Thoracic extension is best mates with lateral flexion and rotation.

The spine loves triplanar movement. Structurally it makes more sense too.

Add some rotation, and the spinal processes get out of the way, so we don’t get physically blocked as soon as we might when standing perfectly straight.

But this shows up time and again in natural movements - walking, sprinting, throwing, kicking, suplexing…

If extending as much as possible, or producing as much force as possible, the spine is usually moving in a combination of all 3 planes of motion at the same time.

Yet, we usually train and mobilise it in one plane at a time (if we’re lucky enough to get out of the sagittal plane)

Get those shoulders snaking, and spine moving in all directions and your basic thoracic extension will also improve, promise.

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