Sustainable fitness
Fitness you can count on to keep you interested and connected to your body. Most mechanical programs loose their luster after a while because they are boring and tiresome. 3-D Workout sustains your...
View ArticleAll bodies are not the same
Client question to trainer: “You say it’s the sitting for long periods or my sedentary lifestyle that is contributing to my back and hip pain…why are my other friends and colleagues not having similar...
View ArticleNew article about Core Stability
Just out in JBMT (Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies), is an arresting article on the assumptions about core stability, “The Myth of Core Stability” by British osteopathic physician, Eyal...
View ArticleWhat movement sequence tunes up the sacroiliac joint and trains the deep hip...
Answer: Thigh lift Thigh lift is the most important sequence for alleviating sacroiliac pain and restoring pelvic-femoral rhythm in the shortest possible time. Thigh lift activates what Bartenieff...
View ArticleWinter / Spring 2011 News
Overcoming barriers to exercise There is an excellent article by Len Kravitz, PhD in the January 2011 IDEA Fitness Journal, titled “What motivates people to exercise.” What drew my attention was a...
View ArticleSummer 2011 Updates
Travel and Teaching During an extended trip to Italy (Spring 2011), I taught a day-long workshop, “Mobilizing the Centre of Gravity,” in Prato, near Florence. Many thanks to Lorella Rapisarda, CMA, who...
View ArticleExercise for Arthritis
by Dianne L. Woodruff, CMA, PhD, Illustrations by Julia Blushak What should we be doing when we’ve had a diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA)? We’re already in pain, movement hurts, joints are swollen,...
View ArticleThinking beyond the box
Fascia is coming into its own. We in the movement community are now understanding what Irmgard Bartenieff meant when she spoke of whole-body “connectedness.” Science is catching up with what we have...
View ArticleWinter 2012 News, Products and Updates
New DVD Fascial Fitness DVD: Dr. Robert Schleip and colleagues have produced a beautiful DVD called Fascial Fitness: how to train your connective tissue network (2011). These examples of...
View ArticleUsing our brains, heels, feet and more
What’s special about 3-D Workout? What do you say when people ask you about 3-D? How is it any different from what you get at the gym? In the ten years since my first DVD came out we have come to...
View ArticleNo Sweat 3-D
3-D Workout™ is a program you can use in your workplace without a shower and change of clothes. The Level I exercises are more like tai chi than pumping iron or leaping around an aerobics class. With...
View ArticleFall 2012 news and updates
Transformational Fitness — Body, Shape, Space podcast Here is an interesting (and free) event that I think you will want to check out. I have been invited as one of six speakers to a special on-line...
View ArticleNew research: Get off your seat!
I’ve been an advocate of standing work stations for many years. Now there’s new research on sitting (too much): Neville Owen, professor of health behaviour at the University of Queensland has...
View ArticleFall 2012 News and Updates
Transformational Fitness — Body, Shape, Space podcast Here is an interesting (and free) event that I think you will want to check out. I have been invited as one of six speakers to a special on-line...
View ArticleAn exercise system that will keep you on your feet for a lifetime
Winter 2013 Newsletter Thoughts for you for the new year: Imagine an exercise system that will keep you on your feet for a lifetime and will always be age-appropriate. What could be better? Exciting...
View Article3-D Workout instructors graduate
Spring 2013 News Congratulations to our six new 3-D Workout, Level I instructors. All from the greater Toronto area, these women studied through the fall of 2012, finished their exams and graduated in...
View ArticleGive the gift of health and independence
3-D Workout DVDs and classes offer tools for good living: independence, energy, an active life.
View ArticleDianne’s new year’s message for 2014: the well-made phrase
A movement phrase or combination is a dynamic statement with its own character, purpose and challenges for the body. It has a particular intention and focus. It may stand on its own or be linked to...
View ArticleSwing into gardening, golf, tennis and running with help from 3-D Workout
While we wait through a cold spring to see flowers emerging from the soil, plan for the season ahead with a body tune-up using 3-D Workout. Sign up now for classes, instructor training and other...
View ArticleSummer 2014 news and updates
Don’t worry about big muscles, worry about function. It’s function that keeps you on your feet. If you have good function, the muscles will take care of themselves.
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