Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

The vagus nerve is involved in nearly every physiological action in the body and harnessing its power can have an immediate and dramatic impact on your wellbeing.

In the world of fitness and physical performance, there has long been an unspoken belief that pushing oneself to the limits is the only way to achieve true strength and progress. Sweating it out at the gym, enduring grueling workouts, and…

The cardiovascular benefits of High Intensity Interval Training are undeniable, but for many HIIT triggers fear of injury.  Incorporating Precovery, Recovery and Self Massage (SMFR) are key for injury prevention. Change doesn’t happen in a day. In the body, it happens…

Master the Body-Breath Connection: Unlock Whole-Body Resilience with Innovative Breathwork Techniques in Body by Breath. An interview with Jill Miller When Jill Miller began writing The Roll Model, her first book, she sent out a call to action through her community:…

One of the most common yoga poses, Downward Facing Dog, can be treacherous if your shoulders are not properly prepped or your anatomy is not compatible with the shape. While there is definitely a standard human “structure,” the effects of daily…

Now that you have mobility in your pectineus, you can appropriately strengthen it using YTU exercises. Let me be crystal clear on mobility first: each muscle in your body has a length to strength ratio. If you do not have enough…

The hip is one of the most important joints in the human body— a source of stability and mobility when it’s healthy and functional; pain and stiffness when it’s not. Despite its central role in our ability to move through the world confidently and safely, it remains one of the most misunderstood anatomical structures. 

Proprioception is dropping your feet on the floor when you get out of bed in the morning without having to look down; keeping your eyes on your laptop at work while you reach for your coffee without spilling it; switching your foot seamlessly from the gas pedal to the brake in the car without bending over to look at the floorboard. You don’t need to think about it, and you don’t need to see your arms, legs, or feet for any of it to occur without incident— it happens automatically, outside of your conscious thought. And though proprioception occurs on a subconscious level, there are things you

COVID-19 has been grueling across the board for businesses, but few sectors have been harder hit than group fitness. Gym and studio closures and capacity caps that started early in 2020 continue to this day in some parts of the country.…