•Turn your neck R + 1 nasal breath
•Lean your neck L + 1 nasal breath
•Turn your neck L + 1 nasal breath
•Lean your neck R + 1 nasal breath
•Extend your neck back + 1 nasal breath
•Flex your neck forward + 1 nasal breath
1 rep each. Many times/day.
@WGF1
@Matt_Van_Dyke
Conducted an in-service with the University of Pittsburgh Performance staff yesterday. Man do I love spending time with performance folks who are open-minded and hungry for that elusive edge!
Who’s up next?
The future of human performance is right here!
“Insiders look” at a SQUARE 1 session. If my students revealed this much on social media, they’d be hearing from me bc they’d be violating their nondisclosure agreement. 🤷🏼♂️🥴
If you learn something from this video & use it to help another, do the right thing & credit the source.
Multiple D1 football players (torn achilles) displaying more athleticism just 5.5 months post-injury bc of SQUARE 1? Why not?!
Interviewing & skillfully restoring neural organization means insane becomes the expectation.
All D1 & pro teams need SQUARE 1.
@WGF1
@Matt_Van_Dyke
SQUARE 1’s Isometric Challenge
Next workout, do this routine:
•2-3 rounds prior to your next workout
•mix in 1-2 rounds after every 2-3 sets within your workout
•if it’s cardio session, every 5-7 mins, drop in this routine
#proprioception
#square1
#isometrics
#movement
My buddy
@WGF1
gets invited into some pretty cool rooms. I’m very grateful that he’s always shining a positive light onto SQUARE 1 while he’s in those rooms.
Surreal past 24 hrs hanging out with & introducing Team Chris Hemsworth to SQUARE 1. A fantastic time with some fantastic people!
The future of human performance is right here!
It’s pretty surreal to be training up such esteemed industry pros like Coaches Chip Morton (27 year NFL veteran), Jeff Friday (21 year NFL veteran), Bryan Arndt (owner of
@athleticexplosion
), & Joel Smith (Just Fly Sports podcast).
Special thanks to our host -
@DCSportTraining
!!
Grateful to have been interviewed on one of the top podcasts in the human performance genre - Just Fly Performance Podcast! Thanks for the opportunity to get the word out about SQUARE 1 & the Signal 6° course
@justflysports
& thanks
@Matt_Van_Dyke
for getting me on Joel’s radar.
A winning relationship has begun between The SQUARE 1 System, The University of Texas Football Performance staff, & the UofT football players!
A knowledgeable & foreword thinking staff was very receptive to SQ1’s customized approach to improve brain efficiency w/ athletes.
@WGF1
In these 3 videos (2/3),
@Matt_Van_Dyke
, Associate Director of Applied Sport Science for The University of Texas Football Team, and I go over how SQUARE 1 can be used to increase an athletes’ neural tolerance to the squat.
@WGF1
Quite an honor to be held in high regard by Dan Fichter (
@WGF1
) & be mentioned alongside other industry movers & shakers such as Jay Schroeder, Mel Siff,
@XLATHLETE
,
@Matt_VanDyke
,
@MatBoule
, &
@DCSportTraining
.
SQ1 resets proprioception & brain-body-ground relationships.
Feel the ground shake just a bit?!
Excited to announce Dan Fichter (
@WGF1
) as SQ1’s Director of Collegiate & Pro Relationships! Dan’s THE MAN at combining neurology & athletics. He brought the Be Activated courses to the States which eventually spawned
@RPR_system
.
Let’s go!!!
Tomorrow’s gonna be a great day!
Headed to Austin to provide a workshop to the Football staff at the U of Texas. This will be the 1st D1 Football team to be educated in our game-changing motor control restoration system! I’ve been preparing daily for this moment for 11.5 years.
Instead of mastering an understanding of the basics, most movement pros play the game of “follow the mainstream leader” & focus on downstream outcomes (mobility, strength, power, skill...) & the exercise programs to improve those outcomes. This isn’t wrong, it’s incomplete.
The PCS is built from 3 senses - visual (~80%), vestibular (~10%), & proprioception (~10%).
Since SQ1 improves the integration of these 3 systems, we often observe changes in these 3 senses.
Check out how PT
@marcherschpt
has been improving peripheral vision with SQ1!
Remote sessions aren’t optimal but the coach on this call is a SQUARE 1 fan & he actually went thru some of our online trainings. So he’s familiar with neuro-response muscle testing. We used the coaches hands for some testing & I shot-called this session. Pretty cool!
@Schwarzenegger
“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
Maya Angelou
Arnie… 2 years ago you told the world that you’re a fascist. Wise people believe you. Hopefully your apology is sincere. How you respond the next time you wet your pants will be telling.
The CNS is wired for efficiency. Give it input that actually fills present voids & you provide it w/ a more efficient option.
So unless a very stressful event occurs post-intervention, the brain won’t revert back to a less efficient pattern.
@R_Thompson_LRR
@WGF1
@SirrVantes
As is to be expected in the early stages of our burgeoning industry-wide neural awakening, there’s a whole array of random, throw stuff against the wall to see what sticks, undisciplined approaches to improve the brain.
And we also have SQUARE 1.
Human movement boils down to bidirectional joint actions in 3 planes. Masters grasp how 6° of freedom applies to joints.
The key to unlock better, what
@WGF1
calls, “proprioceptive planning” is to restore brain-joint-ground connections. Signal 6° starts you down this path.
The kinetic chain is the integration of joint actions to perform patterns. Upright posture & locomotion are basic patterns. Like an orchestra, all joint actions must play their parts for there to be high quality patterns. A signaling deficit at any link means we compensate.
@WGF1
When an athlete cannot effectively leverage the stable ground and “own” specific athletic positions/postures/shapes/forms… he will compensate & be a lesser version of himself.
Reset before reps.
The future of human performance is right here.
Within the brain are hard-wired maps for 4 phases (left, right, up, down) of 2 rudimentary patterns (get upright, locomotion). Each phase contains either 98+ joint actions (right & left) or 7 joint actions (up & down). These maps are integral to motor control/pattern generation.
SQ1 students are building their businesses/careers & becoming “healers” within their circle of families & friends.
Newbie student
@bulldogbill605
stumbled & fumbled his way thru a SQ1 session w/ his wife & still ended up creating a masterpiece!
Pet body parts are so 2021.
When your (toes, feet, ankles, knees, hips, pelvis, spine, jaw, head, eyes, tongue, scaps, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers) can’t tolerate load… your connection w/ the ground is compromised.
The kinetic chain is real.
Someday, every physical rehab patient, elite athlete, & pain sufferer will have their CNS interviewed & perception reset via SQUARE 1.
The future of human performance is right here!
Patterns are integrated joint actions. Actions that the brain perceives as intolerant of ground force are missing links in the kinetic chain that drive neural compensation & disorganization.
“Training the chain” reinforces compensation. This is why the industry needs SQUARE 1.
Actions that the brain perceives as ground reaction force-tolerant are able to be used to construct movement patterns. Brain perceived GRF-intolerant actions are unable to generate patterns.
Rx: 5 min daily; visit active extreme ROMs for all of your joints; 6°; 10-40% intensity.
The 1st ever off-site SQ1 Level 1 workshop concluded on Sun in Seattle.
One student told me “I feel like I ripped you off. I got a lot more than I expected!”
If you are interested in bringing SQUARE 1 to your city/biz/org, we have a 5 student min.
@WGF1
@CoachKSammons
Ran my first 20’ Snellen eye chart test session.
Pre-SQ1:
Line 8 (20/20 vision)-8/8 (100%)
Line 9 (20/15 vision)-4/8 (50%)
Line 10 (20/13 vision)-4/8 (50%)
Post-SQ1 (~50 min):
Line 8 (20/20 vision)-8/8 (100%)
Line 9 (20/15 vision)-8/8 (100%)
Line 10 (20/13 vision)-7/8 (88%)
The brain perceives ground reaction force (GRF) as either safe/unsafe for every joint action.
The brain generates patterns (motor control) from GRF-safe actions & works around GRF-unsafe actions.
Resetting the brain’s unsafe perceptions back to safe optimizes motor control.
KISS principle applied to neurology.
Most everybody is subconsciously perceiving the ground as a threat. Change that for your athletes, clients, & patients & you become invaluable to them.
At its core, SQ1 gives the brain the specific sensory inputs that it needs 2 compensate⬇️
Reps, sets, & work are part of the process.
But organizing the nervous system is electrical! Resetting neural organization is like going to the fuse box & flipping the breakers back on. You just need to know what you’re looking for & then flip the switch.
@WGF1
@Matt_Van_Dyke
Traditional hardware-focused PT that disregards the CNS can only take you so far.
Check out golfer Marge’s massive increase in shoulder mobility. 62% more mobility from one SQUARE 1 session. Pretty decent start. 🤗
The future of human performance is right here.
Assessing an athlete on a table/open chain/feet off of the ground isn’t the same environment that they’ll commonly encounter in the real world. But that doesn’t mean assessing supine/prone in the open chain is bad. Just need to consider including GRFs as part of your process.
Dylan received ~8-9 minutes of SQUARE 1 on Mon night & boom... another SQ1 success! Stories like this are the norm when you can restore motor control.
All movement pros & teams need to implement a motor control restoration program or risk being left behind. SQ1 is here to help!
The CNS is all about survival & efficiency. So if u must redo the same neural intervention over & over again, understand that ur athletes’ CNS is providing u w/ feedback. It’s saying “I’ve specific needs & u aren’t giving me what I need to feel safe”.
Resets don’t need redo’s.
So many physical-mental-emotional issues stem from neural disorganization. SQUARE 1 improves neural organization which consistently, and often dramatically, improves a crazy array of outcomes.
Become an irreplaceable movement professional via SQUARE 1!
Got together with
@last_resort_restoration
to compare notes and play around with all sorts of sensory inputs.
“As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.”
Proverbs 27:17
#sensory
#motor
#results
The tagline for our Level 1 program (Signal 6°) is “60 Seconds to Better Movement”. Check the time stamp on the before & after videos. 945a. 946a. 79% more ROM in 1 min?! Yep! We’re not making this stuff up. This is what can happen when you feed the brain precisely what it needs.
Countless... hours in development, experiments, false ideas discarded, people thinking I’m delusional, nights of not being able to turn off my brain, amazing success stories, free sessions conducted, folks thinking that I’m “doing it all wrong”.
Grinding my way to the top!
The fastest & best way to become a game-changing movement “fixer” is to learn how to identify & restore flawed brain-body-ground relationships. Period.
The future is here.
This gets me fired up!!! Equipping a coach I’ve never met so that he could become the hero and help one of his players. ⚡️🔥🎯
The SQ1 snowball is only growing bigger & bigger &…
@wannagetfast
getting some love here too!
Always fun to show off the amazing SQUARE 1 System to other movement pros.
In these 3 videos (1/3),
@Matt_Van_Dyke
, Sport Science Ass. Dir. for The University of Texas Football Team, & I go over how SQ1 can be used to increase an athletes’ neural tolerance to the squat.
@WGF1
Grateful for the op’s being afforded me by
@RPJ1317
. Great article on the process at
@JohansenBaseba1
. I even got a 4-paragraph section in the article!
Fixing Fegan: Up-close look at how 2 White Sox coaches help hitters – The Athletic
The key aspect of human movement is the brain & ability to generate patterns.
Most movement pros currently have no intervention for addressing stress-induced neural disorganization.
SQ1 &
@wannagetfast
are working together right now to remedy this situation. Stay tuned!
Hrs after the Tulsa workshops finished up,
@JevonBowman
changed his MILs’ life.
She had been dealing w/ physical issues from a car accident 30+ yrs ago. Laterally flexed spine, breathing issues, morphine pump, trash sleep…
A little SQ1. Better posture, breathing, & sleep!
NBA? NBA. NBA!!!
An undisclosed NBA team will soon be beneficiaries of the incomparable SQUARE 1 System.
For years, many folks probably thought I was delusional when I’ve said this but “someday, every pro team in the US will be using SQUARE 1”. Someday just got a little closer.
Hardware & software issues require different solutions.
SQUARE 1 is the neuro-deficit sniper rifle. Head shot (to sensorimotor signaling deficits) after head shot. We don’t miss. Let’s go!!!!
The future of human performance is right here!
No vision training involved. No drills, sets, reps, practice, motor learning & no homework needed to maintain.
Only 4 min of sensory integration restoration work via SQUARE 1 was used.
Inputs dictate outputs.
Show the brain a more efficient path & it’ll ALWAYS take it.
The brain uses info from our spindles & GTOs to get an accurate read on the current positioning of all of our joints. Proprioception is critical to efficient movement.
SQ1 resets our GPS so the nervous system can generate the most efficient movement patterns possible.
The invisible problem
robbing us of optimal movement is our brains perceiving certain joint actions as unable to tolerate ground force. These actions are also unavailable as raw materials to generate movement patterns. The brain rewires around these actions. This is inefficient.
Stress compromises our signaling & erodes our ability to efficiently find our bearings in relationship to gravity & the ground.
Organizing the nervous system restores the ability to find midline in all 3 planes & fundamentally optimizes posture & movement. This is SQUARE 1.
Every day is 1 day closer to SQ1 totally blowing up! Consistently insane results & happy customers is the evidence. At some point, every pro team will be using SQ1. It fills in a big gap & is the perfect compliment to what the industry is already doing.
@WadeHouchin
SQ1 is built upon a clear & detailed understanding of the tri-planar joint action maps that the brain has wired into it for producing getting upright & locomotion patterns. Our Certified SQ1 pros can consistently & accurately pinpoint & resolve the SOURCE of neural compensation.
In these 3 videos (3/3),
@Matt_Van_Dyke
, Associate Director of Applied Sport Science for The University of Texas Football Team, and I go over how SQUARE 1 can be used to increase an athletes’ neural tolerance to the squat.
@WGF1
We challenge you to find a more practically useful course in the movement industry that doesn’t cost at least 10-fold Signal 6°’s $95 price tag.
Better neural organization = better outcomes.
Check out
@tywilliams_12
@UIndyBaseball
stunned expression & voice! “Shock & awe” is the term. SQ1’s process for restoring motor control is so exact, innovative, & effective at changing outcomes that most find the results hard to believe (even when they experience it 1sthand). 😊
When you know how to give the brain the specific inputs it needs to feel safe again, perception & performance can change instantly.
Blowing minds. Never. Gets. Old!
The future of human performance is right here!
Organize-integrate-perform!
Optimal posture-movement outcomes require optimal sensory integration.
SQ1 resets (IDs, isolates, restores) sensorimotor signaling quality (more organized). Then every breath we make & every step we take reinforces a more sensory integrated human.
Major love from my guys at Johansen Baseball -
@RPJ1317
&
@PearsonNate
on their recent podcast episode!
“some of the coolest stuff we’ve ever done... the fact that we could be that much better... is the most impressive part about... using Shawn & the SQ1 System...”
Ryan Johansen
Momentum is building. SQUARE 1’s been a game-changer since its’ inception in 2008. But as we teach more folks, more lives are being changed.
SQUARE 1 is incomparable. So there’s really nothing stopping us. You in?
The future of human performance is right here!
Hard work will produce better fruit when it’s layered on top of a solid neural base.
The CNS is the driver of the Postural Control & Human Movement Systems and getting it better organized will consistently produce downright amazing outcomes.
The kinetic chain concept is legit. While it’s great to understand how the big toe, forefoot, rear foot/heel, & ankle function during locomotion - what about the rest? Ground reaction forces don’t stop at the ankle.
Most movement pros need more knowledge of the kinetic chain.
It’s very humbling & exciting to hear 2 “name” guys like my buddies
@WGF1
&
@JustFlySports
talking about my baby, SQUARE 1, for 10-15 minutes at the very beginning of this podcast. Thanks boys!
Dan really dropped some SQUARE 1 bombs in the first 15-20 minutes of this podcast!
Students can now learn the SQUARE 1 System in their own homes via our Level 2 course.
SQ1 is the 1st motor control restoration system in the market & it quickly & consistently produces lasting & amazing results w/ human movement.
Be unique & valuable!