In this video Dr. Cobb presents a situation in which a woman who had had restricted shoulder range-of-motion and shoulder pain for 50 years had a significant improvement in one session.

I have had a similar experience with a client who came in to try a jujutsu class. After a few minutes of warming up it was clear the client had a major shoulder problem. I tested his range-of-motion and he was not able to raise his elbow higher than his shoulder.

I literally worked with him for less than 3 minutes just to make sure he was safe to conduct jujutsu training and his shoulder range-of-motion was fully restored. He had lived with that problem and shoulder pain for 14 years.

In this case, I did not even do any work with his shoulder. I started off taking his wrist through a series of movements and his should greatly improved. Then I took his elbow through some exercise and we never needed to do anything with the shoulder itself.

As Doc pointed out in the video, the lady who had a 50 year shoulder problem needed some exercise for her eyes. If you do not have a clear understanding of brain mapping this may seem strange. But at least 75 percent of the people we work benefit from vision training regardless of what else may be a problem area for them.

This is not always the case, sometimes it is something we have to work at over time. But very often we see cases like this where a single session will fix a long-term problem.

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In this video Dr. Cobb shares a story about a dancer who was unable to do the splits. Her doctor said for $50,000 they could break her hip, instead a Z Health Trainer was able to help her achieve the splits with a movement drill.

We see incredible changes in performance all the time. And if its the third or forth minor miracle of the day for us, we may not be amazed. But for the client who was unable to lift his arm past his shoulder for 14 years, the person who had chronic shoulder pain, or the runner who wanted to be faster but also got rid of back pain these are sometimes life-changing events.

And to be honest, sometimes there are things we help people with that we find absolutely amazing but the client says something like, “oh, that pain I had for 10 years is gone, that’s cool.”

This does not mean that you necessarily get the miracle you were expecting right away. Sometimes a person will say their knee has a problem and we will solve it right away. Sometimes a person will say their knee has a problem and we will fix a vision issue, a hip issue, and a balance issue which lead to fixing the knee after a few sessions.

But these results are equally amazing and you should embrace them.

The world’s understanding of neurology is improving everyday. The brain absolutely controls everything about the body, and by taking a neurological approach to training the extraordinary is not only possible, but routine.

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Shared personal training is a guided workout experience to motivate our clients with short-term and long-term goals, and measurable results. We take ambiguous goals like weight-loss, being fit, or getting healthier and turn them into concrete, measurable objectives so you see and feel progress in each class.

What makes shared personal training different then conventional personal training is that once your program is established you do the majority of your workouts in a group setting in which each participant has their own personal program. These are small controlled groups and have the constant supervision and feedback from a coach.  Once you hit certain performance markers your program is changed to continue to get you to your next goal.

Is it right for me? Well let me give an example. Vin decides she wants to lose a few pounds and “get fit,” but she is concerned because she has a history of knee pain. Vin schedules a consultation with us and we discuss her goals.

We discuss what being fit means to her and decide that a couple solid, measurable goals are to be able to do handstands, and do a full range-of-motion squat without any pain. We use biofeedback from her nervous system to test the movements that will go in her program. We want everything we do to contribute to her success and not become a hinderance down the road.

Then next time she comes in a coach will get her started on her program then move around the room assisting the other people in her group to insure everyone is properly challenged and successful. As Vin becomes proficient at her program and is seeing results, parts of program will change to keep up her progress.

She gets way […]