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Save the date! October 9th, 2010 Pavel will teach all of us to improve our Squat, Deadlift and Bench press. That's right, Pavel is coming to San Diego to teach POWER TO THE PEOPLE PROFESSIONAL
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We are very excited to announce that we will be hosting Pavel’s “Power to the People” Seminar on October 9 in La Jolla, California. This seminar will combine the best of Power to The People (original) and the new Power to the People Professional. For many of you that have been involved with Dragon Door’s educational seminars and have had the privilege of learning from Pavel, Power to the People had an enormously profound effect on how, when and why you train. I have to admit that reading the book for the first time in 2002 was not only liberating for me but set a new course in the direction of how I would train myself and my clients. This Book completely altered how and what I would focus on for the next 8 years. 



Early Bird Registration: $349 July 1 
$399.00 until August 1 
$499.00 after that 


I am totally convinced that Pavel's information will be life changing for you!!!! 



Cancellation Policy
$100 Cancellation Fee
No Refund after October 1, 2010


TROUBLE WITH YOUR SQUAT?


The ability to squat is a prerequisite for healthy movement and daily living. In fact, if you cannot properly squat you are accelerating the rate in which you will eventually damage your knees, lumbar spine and feet. Go to most third world countries and you will see the indigenous people squatting in the streets and country side to converse, eat, rest and play games. They squat as naturally as you and I would turn the door knob and open and close a door.  Contrast the indigenous squat to most western industrialized countries and you will find a population that cannot squat well and consequently is plagued with hip, knee and back problems.  




Most of us have been told by health care authorities to not squat below parallel which basically means that you should not lower your hips lower than the level of your knees. HOGWASH!!! That is a myth and is total baloney.  This is actually worse for your body because it limits the range of motion at the hip joint which make you put even more stress through the knee joint. 





Look at the picture to the left of Yoana comfortably sitting in the indigenous squat position taking notes at a recent HARDSTLYE Certification in San Diego. Notice how low her hips are to the ground. Her knees are directly over her forefoot and almost all of the stress is in her hips and not in the knees and back. 








* Start slowly and gradually work on increasing the depth of your squat

* Sit your hips back and down
 
* Maintain tall posture (think of sticking your chest out) 

* Keep knees tracking the second toe (knees should not cave inwards)


* Try holding onto a KB at the chest level with both hands (you will keep better posture this way and squat deeper)


Photo taken by Laura Sacks, RKC


Give these tips a try and give us your feedback and your progress. 
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