Human Biomechanics Institute

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This is for you if you're tired of cycling through different tricks and exercises and you want certainty about what to do, when to do it and why.

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If you’re tired of always being taught more tricks or techniques, yet have no roadmap to know precisely what’s going on, what to do about it, and why — this webinar is for you.

In our body, we all have regions that move too much, and others that don’t move enough.

What makes it tricky is that by default, our body will always try to skip or bypass the regions that move too little.

This ends up making the problem worse and taxing the regions that move too much even more.

Now, what a lot of people do is simply MFR or “mobilize” the regions that don’t move enough, or they try to “strengthen” the regions that move too much.

That **can** produce changes.

But the changes won’t be sustainable because when you do so, you’re only addressing half of the equation,

You will constantly have to exert energy to sustain the “solution”, or do exercises to “maintain” the solution.

If you want to solve the full problem, you have to address what’s hypermobile and what’s hypomobile simultaneously, and do so in a very precise manner.

This isn’t something you can do simply by doing better “functional exercises”.

There needs to be a more precise intervention — one that challenges the structural capacity of your structure and redistributes the mechanical stress in your tissues.

This video was a snippet of a previous Problem-Solving cohort, and when I coached the participant through one of the sequences, he told us at the end:

“Before being aware of these variables, I thought that I would press or row myself out of my shoulder problems. Now I see that there’s no way I would have solved anything simply by doing that.”

This isn’t to say that presses or rows are bad — it’s just that they aren’t a solution.

The solution is in an accurate assessment and understanding of the structural reality of your body, then coming up with the right stimuli to generate the desired changes.

A lot of people make the mistake of seeing a pattern, then trying to avoid it simply by doing the opposite of that pattern.

For example, say someone has an excess of anterior tilt of their pelvis.

How much is it a solution to simply keep a posterior tilt?

Doing so is literally like trying to never get angry…

In some contexts, the cue might be helpful.

But in others, it will cause more problems than anything.

Because in some contexts, you NEED to be able to do some anterior tilt.

It’s all a question of what’s driving the motion, and how the mechanical stress is being distributed as you do it.

Now, I’m not saying that you should just “do everything” with your body.

There *is* such a thing as having available options that will end up taxing you in the long run.

Just take dancers or gymnasts for example: many of them are only 40 and have the joints of an 80-year-old.

That said, we have to be clear on what a sustainable option is vs. one that isn’t.

This is where the concept of Macro & Micro options becomes important:

Macro options are about big movements: running, throwing, punching, etc.

Micro options are how some specific joints and tissues deal with different types of mechanical stressors.

That said, there are 4 criteria for a Micro option to be available:

1️⃣ To be able to go in/out or avoid going into a range;
2️⃣ Concentrically and eccentrically;
3️⃣ At various speeds;
4️⃣ And do all of it while distributing the mechanical stress (no leaks)

The last point is particularly important — it’s what will dictate if a motion is sustainable or not.

A lot of people can achieve the first 3, but then they end up having a bunch of leaks in their movement, and in the long term, this leaves them with fewer options available.

So next time you cue someone in or out of a position, ask yourself this:

Are you helping them create more movement options, or are you just shifting the problem elsewhere?

Something we can’t see in the video is how much progress Brandon has made with his discomfort.

In our second session, without any weights or resistance, I cued him into a position his body didn’t like to be in, and his mid-back seized up for over a week. This got me wondering how long it would take us to be able to make him sprint and do dynamic exercises without the risk of triggering anything.

But Brandon has been particularly diligent, and about halfway through the process, he started getting substantial breakthroughs.

By the end of our sessions, he could do full training and complex motions with no fear of triggering anything anymore.

⬇️ Here’s his experience in his own words:

“Looking back at where I started compared to where I am now, the changes have been bigger than I expected.

Physically, the biggest breakthrough has been finally creating hip extension — something I genuinely didn't think would ever be possible for my body. I've also learned to better manage abdominal pressure, helping me move into a more upright position with far less hip shift. My stride length has improved, movement feels far more effortless, and I'm no longer dealing with the recurring lower back and knee pain that used to limit me.

What surprised me most, though, was everything beyond the physical changes. This mentorship completely changed how I approach movement and problem-solving. It taught me to slow down, ask better questions, and fully understand a problem before trying to solve it. Seeing the theory, the movement on video, and what I was feeling all align made everything click.

A huge thank you to Sam for the patience, guidance, and incredible attention to detail throughout the process. I've learned an incredible amount, both personally and professionally, and I'm excited to keep building from here.”

A huge thanks to you as well for putting in this great work, 💪🏼

Video details:
Before: Jan. 31, 2026
After: Jul. 16, 2026
16 Sessions, all conducted online.
Both videos were recorded at sprint speed

Only looking at joint angles gives you a very small portion of the story.

Because very often, people have the right angles with their body, but they reach these angles with a faulty mechanism.

So, what’s more important to look for is what’s DRIVING the joint in this angle.

That said, simply cueing people to go in XYZ position isn’t enough:

We need to make sure they’re doing it with the right mechanism; otherwise we're just shifting the problem elsewhere.

This video was taken from a previous cohort I hosted.

And as simple as it may seem in this video, paying attention to this nuance with this participant is what allowed him to actually take a step in the right direction with his problem.

If you want to join the next cohort and learn how to dissect the underlying mechanism of your biomechanical problem, send us a message, and we’ll send you the details.

Say you have a problem and you try to address it by looking at the whole body…

You’re doing it wrong.

✅ You want to start local — then global.

❌ Not global, then local.

Here’s an example:

Say you have a shoulder problem.

You could theorize on how the problem comes from the head, the knee, the pelvis…

But these will just be assumptions.

Yes, everything is interconnected in the body, but the truth is that no one really knows exactly how.

Sure, we can guess. But when it comes to solving problems in your body, do you really want to be guessing your way through it?

I know I don’t.

So if you want to solve your problem without guessing, the ONLY way is to start with the problem itself.

Doing so will eventually make you realize that everything is indeed interconnected.

But you’ll come to see it in a very tangible and concrete way.

Not just in “theory”.

So if you read that far, here’s an invitation:

Starting August 1, I’ll be hosting another Problem-Solving Cohort where I’ll teach you how to address problems this way.

If you want the details, send me a message.

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Registration will open next Monday (July 13) and you'll have priority to apply if you're in the waiting list.

What produces changes in your biomechanics has a lot less to do with techniques than you might think.

Yes, techniques have value, especially if you’re at the beginning of a process. But there comes a point where techniques aren’t as useful anymore, and what will make the difference between “a good workout” and “progress” isn’t something that can be achieved through techniques.

This is the “art” I’m talking about in the video.

The art of looking at what’s in front of you, interpreting the data correctly, and then precisely acting on the right parameters to drive change.

THIS is what true coaching and progress is about, and it’s not something you learn by doing special tricks that look like how your ancestors moved or cool protocols that unwind your fascia.

That’s why we double down more on the thinking process of our students than on the tricks we teach them.

If you try to improve your quality of movement only using concentric mechanisms, not only will your movement be very inefficient — you’ll also likely create more problems.

First, there’s a limit to how much you can fight a restriction with more contraction without taxing your joints and tissues.

And second, to move efficiently in space, we have to use other mechanisms than purely concentric forces.

There are 5 types of movement mechanisms that can drive (or limit) a motion:

- Inertia (momentum)
- External force
- Concentric contractions
- Eccentric contraction
- Myofascial/structural restriction

You have to learn how to use all five and do so in the right context, and if you can’t use one, you have to figure out why.

The better you can view and dissect your movements through this lens, the more clarity you’ll have with your problems, and the faster you’ll progress.