PhyToga Plus with Christine
Increased difficulty with more complex movement patterns would define this collection of PhyToga classes.
PhyToga was created by our founder Christine Sturgis and available exclusively with MovementRx Studio! PhyToga blends the principles of physical therapy, functional fitness, pilates, yoga, and traditional strength training all in one. Her goal? To make exercise fun, educational and challenging so that you keep coming back for more!
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PhyToga Plus Motors of Motion: Shoulders and Hips
Shoulders and hips are like the wheels of your car and they were designed for max mobility as a ball and socket joint- which also makes them prone to injury. Improve mobility, stability and strength of your "wheels" in this energetic class.
Equipment: light weights and gliders (or towels)- Option... -
PhyToga Plus: Neutral Spine Strength Training
People have a misconception that if you need to exercise in neutral spine, then it can’t be challenging. Here is an entire class where we focus on stabilizing our core and aligning our spine while we improve mobility of our upper and lower extremities, do functional strength training and perform ...
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PhyToga Plus: Movements of the Spine and Core Strength
Here we use a foam roller (or makeshift one) to use as a mobility tool to massage and mobilize the spine. I will show you how to improve mobility and "encourage" the natural curves that we were born with to weather the stresses on the body. These curves of the spine are there to protect us and he...
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PhyToga Plus: Total Body Straight Up!
Join Christine for this fun and energetic class that uses gravity, bodyweight and tempo to build stability and strength of the entire body- no equipment needed!
Difficulty: 6.5/10 -
PhyToga Plus: Back Health | Part 1
Working the core system from the deep stabilizers to the power movers, focusing on stability and strength of the trunk, spine and pelvic girdle to keep the back healthy and happy!
Equipment: 1 5-10-15 lb weight or kettlebell
Difficulty: 7/10 -
PhyToga Plus: Back Health | Part 2
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Join Christine for this total body, energetic class for core stability, conditioning and strength training to keep your back healthy and happy. We talk about "engaging our core", "pulling belly button to spine" all the time, but what does that really mean and why do we do it? I go over functi... -
PhyToga Plus: A Towel and 2 Cans
Strength and conditioning with Christine using 2 cans from the cupboard and a towel as tools of resistance, range of motion and deep core training.
Equipment: Towel and 2 cans
Difficulty: 6.5/10 -
PhyToga Plus: Standing Strengthening Program w/ Resistance Band
This is a challenging class with simple functional movement patterns using a resistance band. Just because the movement patterns are simple doesn't make it easy- come find out! Take your resistance band and mobile device and you have an instant class wherever you are. We spend some time on rotato...