RMR Training Podcast Performance Through Better Movement with Lawrence Van Lingen
Feb 22, 2026
Lawrence Van Lingen, movement expert and clinician who trains athletes in breathing, nervous-system health, and running form. He explores why quick fixes fail. Short practices like crawling restore shoulder-hip synergy. Breathing, vagal tone, CO₂ tolerance, and daily maintenance underpin sustainable performance and injury resilience.
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Elite Athletes Healed By Movement Not Just Strength
- Lawrence helped elite runners like a South African marathon record holder and an Olympic champion by fixing movement and trauma-related distortions.
- He traced injuries to high-performance interventions that 'trained the talent out' rather than intrinsic practice.
Train Slow To Make Fast Automatic
- Over-cuing and pulling athletes into conscious competence ruins flow and performance.
- Aim for unconscious competence by training slowly and simply (skill before speed) so patterning expresses automatically under load.
Daily Crawling Patterns To Improve Running
- Do daily crawling pattern practice to restore homolateral movement and create length that simplifies contralateral running mechanics.
- Lawrence uses lying-on-back breathing, homolateral drills, tummy work, then crawling to let better running emerge naturally.
