The high demands of training
Since little, I was taught that being active was a natural part of life. Moving, using our body – instead of just passively living in it- develops coordination, proprioception and […]
Category Archives: contortion
Why you need to learn to relax more than anything else
(The following statements come from my experience, not medical facts so take them as my personal advice but not absolute law!) I didn’t get flexible because I was naturally gifted, […]
Why I don’t do what I do to join the circus
“Oh you should join the circus!” “Why aren’t you in a show?” It’s funny how people can’t see why I would train so hard without having a definite end goal […]
Q&A about contortion
Even though I don’t consider myself an expert (I’ve only been doing this for 2 years), being an Exercise Science major and a personal trainer for more than 10 years […]
The value of having a coach
All my life I’ve been quite stubborn and thought I could figure things out on my own, like when I was doing fitness modeling and preparing for fitness competitions, dieting […]
Success is not an upright arrow
I used to think that with good motivation, dedication and correct training nothing really could have stopped me and everything would have come to me “easy”, work smoothly, with no […]
Why am I not making progress? 10 common mistakes about flexibility
Not long ago I wrote a post about the top 10 excuses about flexibility training, today I want to talk about which common mistakes I see people do (and I […]
The last one to open is the first one to close
I like to take notes of my body changes with training contortion, and lately I just came to a new interesting conclusion. Basically, the newest body part that improved in […]
Sofia Venanzetti 