Foundation First with Chris Janke

Your Fitness Formula

Chris Janke and I talk about the importance of building a strong foundation, establishing core strength and flexibility while moving at your own consistent pace.

Chris Janke is a father, author, and host of the “Health in the Real World” podcast. He has been a personal trainer since 2004 and places an emphasis on first building a strong foundation and continuing from there. He is a big fan of bodyweight training and progressing in a safe manner. He aims to help his clients build strength, flexibility, and core at the same time. It was great to talk to Chris and learn about some of the more basic, yet no less important, parts of the human anatomy that should be focused on to live a truly functionally healthy body. You can find him and his personal training business at:

Website: https://mycorebalance.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mycorebalance/

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(02:52) How Chris became a personal trainer.

(06:50) The core, stabilizing, stretching, and recovery.

(10:10) Core work is about more than just prevention.

(12:22) Assessing a person’s foundation.

(15:39) How you look vs how you feel.

(17:52) Breaking down a few exercises from Chris’ list of 42 functional exercises.

(24:17) How isolation exercises help with dynamic movements.

(27:05) Why Chris finds pain relief more rewarding than weight loss.

(28:54) The power of consistency and taking your time.

(31:31) Closing - How to get in contact with Chris.

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