 First question is from h&s mama sny What is contralateral training and who does it benefit a contralateral training? So this would be and correct me if I'm wrong fellas, but essentially you are Your like a bill Bulgarian splits that squat or a lunge would be considered opposite arm obviously late-duration Yeah, I'm walking walking as a bird dog Yeah, basically like we're working like from one side to the other yeah And essentially one side is working one set of muscle groups with one recruitment pattern The other side is working would be considered maybe opposing muscle groups or opposing recruitment patterns Why does this benefit people? Well because we do a lot of things this way in a real life Every time you take a step every time you step up something or grab something very rarely is your whole body Moving together the same way, you know your arm swings forward the other one tends to swing back You step forward one leg tends to be behind and so it strengthens these kind of functional patterns I also like this kind of training because it tends to highlight imbalances in me So like if I did a lunge, I always I can tend to see Or feel one side being better in one position Then the other for example my right leg forward might feel stronger more stable than when my Left leg is forward and that can tell me a lot about areas. I need to focus on Yeah, I like using like crawling patterns for this a lot and I know it's Not a lot of trainers utilize crawling patterns or like even get into these types of positions with bird dog and these types of things But it's information. It's really like helpful information for me to see where the disconnect is especially when there's a problem with You know something with their walking running like anything with their gate being able to stabilize properly and also have that communication Firmly established from right to left left to right is definitely beneficial when you get into functional movement Well, I was gonna say control at all training is extremely functional. It's we crawl we walk we throw You swing something you to I mean all these it requires you to be able to do that for one side to communicate to the other side And it also has a anti rotational and rotational component to it many times So the the functionality of training this way I think it's extremely important for, you know potential, you know injury prevention for just being better at everything that we do So I always so bird dogs were like a staple movement like I didn't do crawling patterns as much as a trainer I didn't I didn't get into like animal flow type stuff till later on or even curious about that stuff But I see the value of it now So like when I see somebody who does train that or teach clients that I think it's got tremendous value to show People how to do that but it belongs in it somewhat belongs in every routine, right? I think and there's examples that a walking lunge would be that also, right? So there's there's more basic exercises that people are familiar with that are already in your routine Yeah, I think to I mean like people don't really consider coordination as much And I know we want to build and develop our muscles and we want to lose body fat and all that kind of stuff But you know, there's a lot of value with having like full control over your body and getting it to do what you Want to do on command and you know that requires a lot of this dexterity and you know like Coordination and so to be able to kind of focus on that for a bit like even if it's just in the very beginning when you're training somebody new like how to better Understand their body and like they didn't really, you know They weren't exposed to that like when they were younger or whatever and we could still reestablish that I think it's very valuable Yeah, and especially if it if it corrects imbalances or movement pattern issues in you then it's going to help you develop a more Aesthetic physique, you know a lot of people when we think of aesthetics We tend to think about what bodybuilders will consider aesthetic or what magazine covers will consider aesthetic But really the the root of good aesthetics at least real Life good aesthetics comes from balance right comes from the fact that I'm moving with good balance My muscles balance each other out one area is an overpowering another area And so this kind of training besides making you move better can actually contribute to having a physique That looks more aesthetic and balanced and here's a good example of the opposite of that right? We all know the the the musculary developed Individual that doesn't seem very aesthetic although they have big muscles. They move around and they seem muscle-bound or clumsy and so it reduces the Aesthetic appeal of this person Maps performance is one of our programs where you'll find Controlateral type training you'll find This kind of functional based training whose side effect oftentimes is an improvement in aesthetics in fact a lot of the like the gym focused people who've gotten the program like maps performance will comment and say I Expected to move better. I did not expect to look better, but now that I move better my body's starting to look better It's because it's it does a good job of identifying some of those weaknesses And imbalances in the body, you know speaking of a proven activity like bird dog bird dog isn't some great Muscle-building exercise, but could it contribute to exercises that are better at muscle-building and make them more effective? Absolutely That's the way you got to look at some of these exercises. Yes. There are exercises that are just the best You know muscle-building strength-building exercises, but are there other movements that can unlock the potential of those exercises? And make them more effective because it really doesn't matter if the squat is a phenomenal muscle-building exercise If your body is incapable of unlocking the the full potential of a squat now It doesn't matter that a squat is great exercise for you. It's not because you have problems with movement Controlateral training is one tool and the tool about that helps unlock. It's part of that mobility application it's part of mobility it's part of Improving activation of muscles as part of getting you to move better and when you move better you can train better And when you train better you'll look a lot better