{"id":43684,"date":"2020-02-26T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/uncategorized\/barefoot-strength-training-personal-trainer-dina\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:00:37","slug":"barefoot-strength-training-personal-trainer-dina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/en\/blog\/discover\/barefoot-strength-training-personal-trainer-dina\/","title":{"rendered":"Making it personal with our Top Trainers \u2014 meet Dina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first Personal Trainer interview of 2020 is here. We are excited to introduce you to Dina, our new Personal Trainer<\/a> at EVO Berggasse<\/a>. She’s an expert in barefoot strength training and movement therapy<\/a>. Here’s what she has to teach us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 – Hello there, Dina, and welcome to EVO. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hi all, I’m Dina. I’m from London, UK. I am a specialist in human\nevolutionary biomechanics, and I’ve come here to share my passion for movement\nwith you all. In 2011, I did my Masters in Osteology, during which I developed\na fascination with the human body’s capacity to adapt, develop, strengthen and\nheal. Shortly after that, I started coaching, and I’ve realised how functional\ntraining can help prevent injuries and chronic pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 \u2013 Is there a life motto you live by?  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I really like\u00a0\u201cyou are the master of your body and your mind.”\u00a0<\/em> Something I’ve learnt through my own experiences with chronic pain and lack of lust for life is that if we can learn to master our body and mind, our quality of life drastically changes on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 \u2013 Why did you decide to work at EVO? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Firstly because I love its space<\/a> \u2013 I would only work somewhere where I would also enjoy to train myself. Second, because our philosophies<\/a> align well. EVO understands the importance of training movements instead of muscles, which is something I have spent the last few years teaching to new PT\u2019s starting in the fitness industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 \u2013 Can you tell us more about your areas of training expertise? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I would say barefoot strength training and movement therapy. You see, the training I deliver is a form of functional strength training. Still, additionally, I give significant focus to how all of your joints are aligning themselves during the movements, and where you are distributing the force throughout your body.  <\/em>As a result, my training focuses on conscious body tensegrity throughout movements such as deadlifting, squatting, running, jumping, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last decade of sports science research, it has been shown\nthat movement is far more complicated than muscles just contracting and relaxing.\nWe have an entire network of fascia around our muscles, which requires the\ncorrect distribution of tension to make movement possible. Every time we move,\nthis chain of tension travels across the body starting from the feet (if we are\nstanding) to the body part\/object that we are moving. True functional strength\nis about having full control over the way this force travels through your body,\nand movement therapy involves identifying and correcting any \u201cweak links\u201d in\nthis chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 You mentioned Barefoot Strength training? What is it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Well, it’s not an hour of foot exercises, that I can assure. It’s a way to train full-body functional strength while making sure the foundation that we’re standing on is aligned and engaged. If there is a weakness in the foot, something along the chain of movement will always have to compensate. This is where we start to see postural imbalances, cartilage damage and then, of course, pain. It’s completely normal that our joints slowly become used throughout our life. Still, when I see perfectly healthy people in their 40’s give up on sport and regular activity because it gives them pain \u2013 the idea isn’t to stop moving, the idea is to move better<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6 \u2013 Is barefoot strength training suitable for everyone?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you have\nfeet, then it’s something you should already be doing. The question is the type\/intensity\nof training. I’ve had senior clients who need barefoot strengthening so that\nthey can get out of their chair without overusing their lower back. On the other\nhand, I’ve had clients who want to improve their Olympic lifting by creating\nmore power transfer from their feet to hips. It’s a vast spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 \u2013 You also mentioned movement therapy. What is it exactly? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is a way\nof identifying and correcting restrictions and imbalances in our movement using\na more holistic approach – so we are addressing entire movement patterns like\nrotation, pulling, pushing, squatting, sprinting, and not only individual\nmuscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 \u2013 What are the benefits of this approach?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s just that it applies more closely to the way our body works in real life. So for example, if you have back pain and are given back strengthening exercises, sure the exercises will strengthen the back, but it won’t necessarily change how the back behaves while walking, running, jumping, lifting etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 Is it only for people with pain or injuries?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

No \u2013 mostly\nwhat we’re doing is optimizing the way force is travelling through your body\ndaily. This plays a big part in keeping us injury free and ensuring our bones\nand joints stay healthier for longer as we age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was\nwonderful, Dina. Thank you very much for your time. See you soon at EVO! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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