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Big News! Mobility/Aerial Retreat in Mexico Jan 10-17, 2026

Sep 17, 2025

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5 min read

Big News! Mobility/Aerial Retreat in Mexico Jan 10-17, 2026

My first in-person coaching in almost 2 years will be at Sweet Retreats in Mexico with aerialist and creativity coach Rachel Strickland

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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EROM Alchemy: Transforming Traditional Strength Training to Increase Mobility

Mar 27, 2025

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14 min read

EROM Alchemy: Transforming Traditional Strength Training to Increase Mobility

5 classic weight lifting exercises modified to build end-range strength for lasting flexibility

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Learning to Love the Shake: End Range of Motion (EROM) Strengthening Tips

Mar 5, 2025

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7 min read

Learning to Love the Shake: End Range of Motion (EROM) Strengthening Tips

End range of motion strengthening builds strength at the limits of active flexibility. It is also surprisingly difficult even for experienced athletes. Understanding why its hard and how to approach it can transform your training.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Strong AND Flexible: Understanding End-Range Strengthening

Feb 19, 2025

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7 min read

Strong AND Flexible: Understanding End-Range Strengthening

Learn the principals of building strength and flexibility at the same time and why traditional weight lifting misses the end range

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Joint Instability: 7 Signs You Might Not Expect

Feb 12, 2025

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11 min read

Joint Instability: 7 Signs You Might Not Expect

How instability maybe hiding in your joints, and how your training might be making it worse!

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Creating Stability for Lasting Mobility Training

Feb 5, 2025

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7 min read

Creating Stability for Lasting Mobility Training

Increasing range of motion alone doesn't create lasting, healthy changes to your joints, but building end range strength does!

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Does Passive Static Stretching Work to Relax Chronically Tight Muscles?

Dec 12, 2024

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5 min read

Does Passive Static Stretching Work to Relax Chronically Tight Muscles?

What are the advantages and drawbacks of using passive static stretching to increase your range of motion in mobility training?

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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What is Flexibility?

Oct 30, 2024

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7 min read

What is Flexibility?

Debunking the most common myth about flexibility training to understand what causes increased range of motion

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Preventing Long-Term Shoulder Injuries

Oct 2, 2024

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8 min read

Preventing Long-Term Shoulder Injuries

Pole dancers and aerialists are at high risk of shoulder injuries. Here are 3 things that you can do to reduce your risk.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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The Number One Reason for Lower Back Pain in Back Bends

Aug 21, 2024

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4 min read

The Number One Reason for Lower Back Pain in Back Bends

For a smooth, strong back bend with NO lower back pain you need hamstrings...

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Raffling off FREE Complete Hamstrings Program! Enter to Win

Aug 8, 2024

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2 min read

Raffling off FREE Complete Hamstrings Program! Enter to Win

Let us know a little more about your hamstrings' hopes and dreams and enter to win the Complete Hamstrings Program!

Olivia Saperstein
Olivia Saperstein

Hip Mobility

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Tight hip flexors despite all your lunge stretches?

Aug 1, 2024

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8 min read

Tight hip flexors despite all your lunge stretches?

Strengthen your hamstrings instead. I promise.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Fit and Flexible Over 40: 4 Mobility Training Tips

Jul 19, 2024

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8 min read

Fit and Flexible Over 40: 4 Mobility Training Tips

As we age we can still be fit and flexible but it requires some changes to the way we train. Here are 5 essential training tips for folks over 40

Hip Mobility

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How NOT to Train to do a Split

Jul 10, 2024

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5 min read

How NOT to Train to do a Split

The most common mistakes I see when training the splits, and what to do instead for sustainable, effective results.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Improve your Hip Flexibility with this Gentle Isometric

Jul 3, 2024

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4 min read

Improve your Hip Flexibility with this Gentle Isometric

Tight hips are almost always linked to muscle imbalances. Addressing tightness can be as easy as a gentle isometric hold once a day.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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How to Become More Flexible: One Simple Tip

Jun 26, 2024

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4 min read

How to Become More Flexible: One Simple Tip

One thing you can do every day for 5-10 minutes to painlessly increase flexibility

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Improve your Backbends with this Isometric Technique

Jun 19, 2024

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4 min read

Improve your Backbends with this Isometric Technique

Back flexibility requires your delicate back muscles to contract. This gentle technique is a great way to warm up for backbend mobility training.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Performing an Exercise vs. Experiencing an Exercise

Jun 12, 2024

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8 min read

Performing an Exercise vs. Experiencing an Exercise

Fitness training needs a new paradigm that allows us to learn and adapt. That means letting go of how we look when we are training.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Writing the next chapter of Fit & Bendy

May 29, 2024

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5 min read

Writing the next chapter of Fit & Bendy

Since I founded Fit & Bendy in 2012 I've been spreading the practice of safe, effective mobility training across the globe. Here's what I'm looking forward to at FaB...

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Hamstring stretch to learn to do a front split

Mar 1, 2024

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1 min read

Hamstring stretch to learn to do a front split

Hamstrings are one of the muscle groups that needs to be flexible for front splits. Here are some exercises to improve your hamstring flexibility for splits.

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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How to Improve Shoulder Mobility and Strength in One Exercise

Nov 30, 2023

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1 min read

How to Improve Shoulder Mobility and Strength in One Exercise

Shoulder exercises to be flexible and strong at the same time

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Core Strength

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Pilates Breathing for Spinal Health and Flexibility

May 2, 2023

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5 min read

Pilates Breathing for Spinal Health and Flexibility

Breathing has a profound affect on the way we bend our back

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Core Strength

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What is your “Core Muscle” Group and How Does it Work?

Feb 21, 2023

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8 min read

What is your “Core Muscle” Group and How Does it Work?

What we really mean when we talk about abdominal strength

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Improve your Toe Pointe with Active Flexibility Training

Jan 5, 2023

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2 min read

Improve your Toe Pointe with Active Flexibility Training

How to stretch your toe point without damaging your feet 👣

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

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Circus is Hard on the Body

Nov 28, 2022

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1 min read

Circus is Hard on the Body

How My Career as a Performer Caused My Arthritis

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares
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