What you think is physically possible for your body may not be the full truth—and these beliefs may set you up for failure in your fitness or rehab journey. The real limiting factor? Your proprioceptors—the thousands of mini “computers” throughout your body that sense movement, joint position, and potential.
Just being awake doesn’t mean these proprioceptors are switched on and working at full capacity. As the body becomes less active, these sensors go dormant, limiting the feedback they send to your brain. When you attempt a new exercise or corrective movement and it feels foreign or impossible, it’s not your true potential you’re experiencing—it’s the limits of your barely-awake proprioceptive system.
A common experience: a client asked to protract and retract his shoulder blades, essential for upper body mobility and health. Despite anatomical possibility, the initial attempt feels impossible—his proprioceptors are “asleep.” With guidance, assisted movement, and repetition, those signals begin to fire, a feedback loop forms, and new movement becomes possible.
This process reveals a critical rule for successful fitness: what feels difficult or awkward is a prompt to build your practice around it. Targeting these “impossible” actions gradually awakens proprioceptors, increases coordination, and resets your sense of what’s possible. With time, your body awareness improves, dormant movements activate, and your true functional capacity expands far beyond initial perception.
If frustration or belief in limitations is keeping you stuck, remember: your brain and proprioceptors can be rewired. With structured programming and repeated, conscious movement attempts, you’ll unlock new ability, awareness, and confidence.
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