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Foundational Mobility

Foundational skills for everyday mobility

Fitness Culture

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In Learning to Manage Injury, Look to Adaptive Fitness Leaders

Feb 5, 2026

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7 min read

In Learning to Manage Injury, Look to Adaptive Fitness Leaders

Coaches with disabilities already know how to make fitness work for people who are unable to train one-size-fits-all

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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Strategies for Preventing Cascading Injuries

Jan 29, 2026

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6 min read

Strategies for Preventing Cascading Injuries

How to reduce the risk of a current injury setting you up for future injuries and pain

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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What is Often Neglected in Physical Therapy

Jan 22, 2026

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6 min read

What is Often Neglected in Physical Therapy

Physical therapy is vital and highly successful, but skip this one vital need and future injuries become more likely

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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Injury as a Superpower

Jan 7, 2026

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5 min read

Injury as a Superpower

Come out stronger after the dark winter of injury, illness, and chronic pain

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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Thoughts on Forming New Training Habits

Dec 30, 2025

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6 min read

Thoughts on Forming New Training Habits

And a 50% off sale on Foundations of Flexibility 28-Day Mobility Program through January 8th

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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I Got Knocked Down, but I'll Get Up Again

Dec 4, 2025

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5 min read

I Got Knocked Down, but I'll Get Up Again

My thoughts on sustaining a very unexpected, serious injury and what comes next

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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What's Changed About the Way I Coach Flexibility

Sep 24, 2025

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7 min read

What's Changed About the Way I Coach Flexibility

If you've trained with me in the past you may find my flexibility classes look very different now

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

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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

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

Shoulders

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Understanding Anatomy for Shoulder Mobility

Sep 11, 2024

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6 min read

Understanding Anatomy for Shoulder Mobility

What all aerialists, contortionist, and pole dancers should know about shoulder strength and flexibility

Kristina Canizares
Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

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Struggling with Seated Toe Touch?

Aug 14, 2024

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7 min read

Struggling with Seated Toe Touch?

Here's a progression to help you get comfortable sitting on the floor and leaning forward

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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Hamstrings Mobility Workouts

Jul 24, 2024

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9 min read

Hamstrings Mobility Workouts

Hamstrings are so important to our entire body's flexibility and function, so they deserve a lot of attention

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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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

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

Spinal Mobility

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Tight Lower Back? Instead of Stretches Try Hamstring Exercises

Jun 5, 2024

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7 min read

Tight Lower Back? Instead of Stretches Try Hamstring Exercises

This reexamination of posture shows how hamstring muscles can be a powerful aid in improving lower back flexibility

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
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