08/11/2026
Your massage therapist at 7 AM on a Tuesday. š
Doing bodywork for 23 years doesnāt happen by chance. Longevity in my career is built. It requires more than just strong hands.
Itās a full-body job.
I spend hours standing, hinging, rotating, reaching, bracing, shifting my weight and generating force through my arms and hands.
When I was young and dumb, I trained body parts splits. Not functional movement patterns. And I paid for it with some lumbar issues.
So if I want to do this work for the long haul, I better train my body like an athleteānot just stretch it when it hurts.
š„ Training Posterior chain.
Glutes. Hamstrings. Back.
These muscles help me create power from my hips and transfer that force through my body instead of dumping all the load into my shoulders, elbows and low back.
š„ Training Cross-body patterning
Thatās where movements like this single-arm kettlebell pendulum swing come in. Iām training my body to coordinate the hips, trunk and opposite side of the body while maintaining control and producing force.
That matters when your job requires you to use your entire body to create pressure and movement for hours a day.
Did you know the lifespan of a massage therapistās career is 7 years?
And Iām not interested in *just* being able to do this work.
I want to be really fāing good at itāand still be doing it 20 years from now.
So yeahā¦
This is your massage therapist at 7 AM on a Tuesday.
Training the tool. š„µšŖš¼
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