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Remote one-on-one consultations and customizable monthly coaching plans to change how you move, feel, and perform.
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Through a lifetime of passion, learning, honing, refining, and distilling methods and practices of both the western and eastern world, I have developed a system that helps everyone from the office jock to top performing athletes and c-suite executives to move better, perform better, feel better with less pain, achieve faster and shorter recovery times, and at the end of the day live better lives. On this site, you will find resources, guides, and tools to empower you to move to feel & live better. Welcome!
– Dr. Mark Cheng
See how to work with meFeatured in the 4 Hour Body, and many other publications, podcasts, DVDs, and more.
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Tai Cheng, Prehab/Rehab 101 and more, available through my partners around the world.
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The Approach
Decades of RKC/StrongFirst, TRX, and FMS/SFMA methods distilled into lasting, pain-free, athletic movement.
My story“Slowness is the mother of all good movement. Slowness is the mother of speed because slow movement allows you to be mentally serene, dynamically smooth, intrinsically strong, & interactively safe. Even in an art like swordsmanship (where most fixate on speed and/or savagery), slow training allows you to observe strategy with structure and detail without distortion, developing an awareness of subtlety and giving you a pathway to learning supremacy. You groove skill without stress, you learn synergy without strain, and you learn suppleness without sickness.”
– Dr. Mark Cheng
In the same way that I took traditional Yang style Tai Chi and reformatted it into an easily understood and digestible learning and training method with Tai Cheng (available through Beachbody, the producers of P90X), I’m bringing you this special Cliff’s Notes version of some of my best stuff. To get sneak peeks on these mobility, flexibility, longevity, and functional fitness workouts, please visit my Instagram here. You’ll get unique insights and special announcements about training tools before the rest of the crowd.
Explore movement consultingQuestions about Dr. Mark Cheng
Dr. Mark Cheng is a movement and rehabilitation specialist who blends eastern and western movement science to help people move, perform, and feel better with less pain and faster recovery. He created Tai Cheng, the Tai Chi program sold through Beachbody, and his work is featured in The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss.
He holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Chinese medicine and acupuncture, along with a California acupuncture license (L.Ac.). His undergraduate years ran from Caltech to UCLA, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies. He has also taught Tui-Na, a Chinese manual therapy, at Chinese medicine colleges in the Los Angeles area.
His system draws on RKC/StrongFirst kettlebell strength training, TRX Suspension training, and Functional Movement Systems (FMS/SFMA) movement pattern analysis. He combines those with traditional Tai Chi and the biomechanical principles he has studied in cultures around the world.
His clients have included Olympians, CEOs, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms, kids, and college athletes. Monthly plans are open to any level of ability or background, so you don’t need to be an athlete to start.
Yes. Remote consultations happen one-on-one over video. He also sees a small group of patients and clients at his clinic in Santa Monica, California, and he’s taking only a handful of new clients right now.
A 20-minute Quick Fix video consultation costs $699, and the standard 60-minute consultation costs $1,699. Pick the short call for a precise question about form or technique. The hour gives him time to assess what’s going on and build a training or corrective exercise program around where you are.
Customizable monthly plans cost $3,000 a month with a three-month commitment. You start with an introductory package that includes one 60-minute consultation, one 20-minute consultation, a personalized training and movement plan, and email support of up to 12 emails a month.
Tai Cheng is Dr. Cheng’s program built on traditional Yang style Tai Chi. He reformatted it with techniques from modern sports and fitness science so it’s simple to understand and easy to follow. You can get it through Beachbody, the producers of P90X.
He calls slowness the mother of all good movement. Training slowly lets you see the structure and detail in what you’re doing, and it keeps you calm and safe while a new skill settles in.
His programs sell through partner sites, and the products page links to each one. Tai Cheng, Kettlebell Rehab: Hardstyle Methods in Corrective Exercise, and Prehab/Rehab 101: The Groundwork Progressions are available now.
Yes, along with special projects and partnerships. Email team@drmarkcheng.com to ask about a booking.
No. Nothing on this site replaces a face-to-face consultation with your physician, and none of it should be taken as individual medical advice.