Dysfunctional Fitness Vs Improved Health

"Mr. Stevens’ RKC Kettlebell Training has transformed my fat, tired, and aching 40 year old body into an athletic body I haven’t known in 20 years. If he had taught me the alignment he has taught me I would not have 6 knee surgeries."

"Without fail, when Mr. John Scott Stevens teaches with his students he achieves what Dr. Covey calls the “greatest success.” Some people have an exceptional ability to teach, others unparalleled knowledge; few possess both. The fact that Mr. Stevens is one of the few is not what separates him from others. What separates him from others I’ve experienced over 30 years, across 5 states, including the full training staff of a NCAA Division IAA football program, is his ability to teach you to teach yourself and in turn teach others. Mr. Stevens freely gives away the secrets, the tricks of the trade, and arranges opportunities for you to practice them. The level of competence, confidence and sense of community this builds is usually reserved for families; Mr. Stevens creates it in every class."
- Rev. A. David Paul, M.S., M.Div.

Rev. Paul is a Kettlebell client of mine with a passion for athletics and hard work. Unfortunately he has had several knee injuries. In all likelihood, with a movement coach and the concepts I have been able to pass on to him from the RKC and CK-FMS many of these may have been avoided. As a student of human movement, a martial arts instructor, a certified RKC Kettlebell Instructor and someone soon to be a CK-FMS specialist I can't help wincing when I see a person at the gym perform high reps with dangerous technique. Daily I see knees collapsing inward, lower backs swaying unnaturally, wrists held at unnatural angles, shoulders floating out of their sockets and necks being cranked.

Your average exerciser latches onto the latest exercise program, video or article that treats fitness like a one-size fits all solution nd attacks it with gusto. All of sudden the routine calls for an exercise like jumping onto a box. The exerciser incurs an injury they attribute to the box jump. You'll hear something like "box jumps are bad for your knees" and many sheople (sheep+people) will nod in agreement. However, the ugly truth is a box jump doesn't hurt knees by default, the way YOU perform that particular movement hurts YOUR knees. In other words, your movement pattern sucks and you had no business performing that movement. You may have lacked the mobility, stability or simply good technique. With each rep you performed of the box squat you were causing repetitive micro trauma.  The Book, Video or Youtube clip in question couldn't coach you or correct your mistakes and you lacked the judgement or experience to make a sound decision. 
Daily I hear people telling "war stories" about their own exercise induced injuries that occurred during running, bench pressing, squatting, step aerobics etc...  As the injuries compound over the years these individuals develop movement compensations such as limping, reduced mobility (I can't press overhead with my right arm) and essentially become a pile of injuries and poor movement under fit and tone muscle.  Sadly this sort of dysfunctional fitness is becoming more and more the standard as exercisers are continuing their routines without correcting their movement and relying on machine based routines which appear safe but can actually place unnatural sheering forces against the joints, tendons and ligaments.

Little do they know that there does exist a proven system for identifying poor, dangerous movement patterns and prescribing corrective exercise guaranteed to improvement the quality of their movement.
NFL players are being taught to roll like an infant again. NBA basketball stars are being taught how to balance on one knee, PGA golf stars are deadlifting, runners are throwing medicine balls and Martial Artists are being taught how to improve their kicking by working on shoulder mobility. This may sound like a bunch of voodoo or random exercise but it's a scientific system, peer-reviewed and proven effective for thirteen years. The system is call the Functional Movement Screen or FMS for short. It was developed by Gray Cook an internationally renown physical therapist that works with the best of the best, consistently prolonging and improving their careers and health.

The FMS system has accurately identified individuals at high risk of injury during non-contact related exercise. It has accurately helped to predict the drop-out rate of soldiers in basic training and reduced the workman compensation for injuries incurred in jobs involving hard physical labor. This stuff works. Period!
If you are participating in competitive athletics or high intensity exercise, the FMS was built specifically for you. If you are interested in pro-active management of injury or improved performance through improved movement see a certified FMS or CK-FMS specialist. They will put you through a seven point movement screen that identifies your weakness and uses an advanced algorithm to prescribe specific corrective exercises that you need to turn your weakness into a strength a regain lost freedom of movement.

As CK-FMS (Certified Kettlebell Functional Movement Screen Specialist )candidate I am uniquely trained to in both FMS and RKC Kettlebell training by the leaders in each field. The FMS finds the weakness and provides the corrective exercises to restore correct patterns. The kettlebell reinforces and strengthens and the RKC system takes you to the next level AND beyond! These two systems integrate seamlessly, the perfect marriage of mobility, clean movement, strength, power and endurance.

FREE FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCREEN $80.00 Value!
Priceless Actually ;)

Seeking 30 individuals willing to participate in a FREE Functional Movement Screen.

MOVE BETTER, FEEL BETTER, PERFORM BETTER!


To schedule your Screening call John Scott Stevens, RKC at 402.850.5551

Omaha Kettlebell
13010 Atwood Ave.
Omaha Nebraska 68144

For more information on the Functional Movement Screen or CK-FMS:
Functional Movement Screen
CK-FMS (Certified Kettlebell Function Movement Screen Specialist)