Enter reality; where equations are more like A(B/D)xE2=Z.

Imagine a river with a strong current, watch how effortlessly the water flows downstream.  Millions of gallons traveling with an amazing amount of speed and force.

Enter the beaver dam.

An obstruction blocking the natural flow of the water. Does the water stop? Of course not, it continues to flow finding ways around the dam. However, any path it chooses will not be as efficient as its originally intended path.  Over time it will even begin to change the landscape by eroding and cutting away surrounding land to accommodate its new path. That's a lot of energy spent with a large amount of damage dished out to the surrounding area.

If the dam were removed the natural flow would be restored preserving the surrounding areas, thereby instantly increasing the power and efficiency of the river.

This is exactly what mobility work at Performance Locker does.

Optimal joint movement is all about the efficient transfer of force throughout the body. Think of strength, speed, and power as "energy flow". If at any point the flow is disrupted by a joint that can not move through full range of motion your body will work around it; eroding the surrounding areas and carving out a new (always less efficient) path.  By increasing the agility of key joints like the ankles, hips, thoracic spine and shoulders to move through full ranges of motions we are essentially breaking down the dam allowing energy to flow more efficiently and not create harmful work-around paths.  This practice will instantly unlock new performance capabilities much faster than any other method with ZERO collateral damage to the surrounding areas.

The moral of the story is once again ... working smart trumps working hard.

#5. Grindhouse; Death Proof & Planet Terror (Quentin Tarantino, 2007) 

Technically these are two movies but I am lumping them together. These two films were released simultaneously as a double feature and are an homage to the "Grindhouse" movies of the drive-in theaters back in the day. Death Proof is more psychological thriller with a super awesome villain named Stunt Man Mike (Kurt Russell) and his car. Planet Terror, a campy, over-the-top outbreak movie is the perfect amount of bad and is wildly entertaining in a ridiculousness kind of way. Both are filmed in a very grainy, low budget style to really deliver the drive-in experience at home.

#4. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968) 

Originally intended to be the "warm up movie" at a drive-in double feature, Night of the Living Dead not only blew audiences away but set the standards and 'rules' for all Zombie movies to follow after it. The making of this movie is a fascinating story and it is told in a Netflix documentary titled, "Birth of the Living Dead". This film is classic and iconic and every time I watch it, I find something new to appreciate.

#3. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) 

Creepy Carrie! Creepy Carrie! Creepy Carrie! You will never look at John Travolta the same again. This screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel by the same name is a psycho-sci thriller classic and no respectable film lover library is complete without it.

#2. Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder, 2004) 

What if zombies could run? Think about that for a minute...

#1. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)

I cannot get enough of this movie. I have watched it every single Halloween since I was in the 7th grade, where I saw it for the first time with my old man. I look forward to it each and every year and will not watch it any other time. So to celebrate the best horror film ever made, here are 5 things you may not know about John Carpetner's Halloween:

• Michael Myers famous white mask was actually a William Shatner Captain Kirk mask purchased from a local costume shop and painted white.
• The film was shot in California where "fall" does not really exist which is a problem as the story takes place in Illinois.  To make the outdoor sets look like fall in the mid-west they had to spread leaves on the ground and on each location change, collect all the leaves to reuse them for the next shot.  Notice when watching that all the trees are full of green leaves. This technique takes advantage of our brain's "closure" mechanism wherein we fill in the gaps to make sense of things. We see fall colored leaves on the ground and the character Laurie carrying an orange pumpkin - bam! It must be fall. 
• The role of Dr. Loomis was turned down by Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee before being offered to Donald Pleasence.
• Carpenter was a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan; the name for the Dr. Loomis character came from Janet Leigh's lover seen in the first scene of "Psycho" .  Janet Leigh who played Marion Crane in Psycho and star of the famous "shower scene" was also Jamie Lee Curtis's mother (who makes a small cameo in 1998s Halloween H2O).

• The character of Michael Myers was originally intended to be a nameless embodiment of evil simply referred to as "The Shape".  The blank, white, emotionless mask was intended to portray that Michael Myers was "pure evil".