Metrics Fitness Lab

10/09/2026

This spaghetti example from Sam explains a big part of why I spend so much time watching how someone moves before deciding what to do next.

Sam describes areas where mechanical stress becomes concentrated as “leaks.”

The important question is:

Where is the stress going, and why is it going there?

That’s why I look at posture, walking, running, and movement patterns before deciding how I want to train someone.

I’m looking for where the system is becoming inefficient, what might be driving it, and whether I can actually influence it.

Then we test.

If I change something, does the thing I expected to change actually change?

If not, I need to keep investigating.

That process has become a major part of how I coach.

It’s also one of the reasons I’ve moved more toward one-on-one work. It gives me the time to look closely, test ideas, and let what I find guide what happens next.

The training isn’t predetermined.

What we do next depends on what your movement is actually showing me.

That’s a major part of what Sam and HBI have added to the way I think about biomechanics, and you’ll be seeing me share more of his work.

Sam Pelletier The Human Biomechanics Institute

AuburnAL

09/28/2026

A lot has changed for me personally over the last year and a half.

I became a father. My dad passed away. My sister is dealing with advanced-stage cancer. Two women who were like aunts to me also passed away. Add running a business, family responsibilities, and normal life, and it has been a lot.

I’m not sharing that for sympathy. It has reinforced something important for me as a coach:

Training doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

Stress affects sleep, energy, eating, recovery, consistency, and sometimes how much mental space you even have to focus on yourself.

I’ve felt that personally. I’ve gained weight. My own training and nutrition haven’t always been where I want them to be—and I’m a personal trainer.

That doesn’t remove personal responsibility. But it has reminded me that simply telling someone to “be more disciplined” is not always useful coaching.

Sometimes the better question is:

What does this person actually have the capacity to do today, and what still moves them toward the goal?

That shows up in my coaching all the time.

Sometimes I have a specific plan for a client, but they come in physically exhausted, mentally drained, or stressed. Changing movement and mechanics can take real focus.

A good coach has to know when to push for more change and when to simplify without abandoning the goal.

Sometimes the best session isn’t the hardest or most technical one. It’s the one that meets that person where they are that day while still moving them toward better movement.

That’s one reason I’m enjoying one-on-one training more and more. The better I understand the individual—their movement, goals, limitations, stress, schedule, and real life—the better I can decide what actually matters that day.

I still believe in accountability. I still believe consistent action matters.

But consistent action has to be realistic enough to actually become consistent.

That applies to my clients.

And right now, it applies to me too.

Consistent Action, Measurable Results.

09/04/2026

Functional Patterns gave me exercises and techniques. HBI gave me tools.

By tools, I mean principles and processes that help me think through a problem: What am I seeing? What matters most? What should I test? Did it actually help?

That’s what I was looking for from the beginning—first-principles thinking.

With Functional Patterns, my experience was that deeper questions too often came back to some version of trusting the chambers, the process, Naudi, or the results. Results matter—but somebody else’s results don’t tell me what’s happening with the specific person standing in front of me right now.

That’s where Sam and the Human Biomechanics Institute have changed a lot for me. I can ask why, work through the reasoning, challenge an idea, test it, and go back through the process if it doesn’t produce the change I expected.

I can also rewatch the education. I don’t learn by hearing something once. I need to digest it, apply it, revisit it, and come back with better questions.

That change in how I think has made me better in the studio. I’m better able to isolate problems, make more specific decisions, test what I’m doing, and adjust to the individual in front of me.

Metrics has also shifted toward more one-on-one training and a little less small-group work. One-on-one gives me more opportunity to do the individualized problem-solving I really enjoy.

To be fair, Functional Patterns does teach assessment, biomechanics, and movement principles. I’m describing what I personally came away with after years in the system. I’m grateful for what I learned there, still use some of it, and still think they make great equipment.

But I don’t want my value as a coach to be the system I follow. I want it to be my ability to think, question, test, learn, adapt, and help the person standing in front of me.

Sam and HBI have played a huge role in that evolution—and that’s why you’ll be seeing me share more of their work going forward.

Sam Pelletier The Human Biomechanics Institute

09/02/2026

10/08/2024

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10/07/2024

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07/10/2023

In Hot Topics, Ike asks the question for self evaluation: Are you eating out of boredom as a way to entertain yourself? Or are you making great food choices to fuel your body so you can thrive in life?

Eating is a necessity for humans to live, and we have the added benefit of it being a pleasurable experience. But many of us are making choices to reach for food as a stress reliever or to have something to do.

How is that impacting your goals?

06/28/2023

One of the chief considerations for assessing your posture is observing how engaged your foot muscles are, and their placement in each movement, in each step.

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06/26/2023

Just in case you needed a reminder, CONSISTENCY is the most important ingredient in your health and fitness success.

When you show up and train intentionally, with regularity, your goals become within reach. Consistency does not mean perfection. Consistency allows you to listen to your body when it requires rest and take a day off. Consistency makes room for anniversaries and special dinners and vacation without completely derailing your progress because those are exceptions, not the norm.

Sometimes we need support creating consistency in our plan, so our Metrics team meets you where you are and provides the motivation and education to help you win!

And thanks to our friends we now have these snazzy new t-shirts to remind us how important it is!

06/23/2023

Need to work on balance? Most of us do! We took this picture of our clients in mid stride, focusing on the slow and controlled movement that helps to develop optimal balance. The kind that supports our walking or running movement as we shift our weight from side to side and stand on one leg at a time.

Whether you’re an experienced athlete or you’re in your senior years needing to guard against a tendency of falls, the Metrics program can improve your performance.

Not sure where to start? Give us a call to set up a detailed fitness evaluation for only $75.