HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... 1. When it comes to advanced soft-tissue work, the foam roller and lacrosse ball just don't cut it. Quit wasting your valuable training time with minor results to show for your diligent daily work and start doing Hands-On Self Myofascial Release (SMR) Techniques 2. Hands-On Self Myofascial Release Techniques [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Fixing shoulder posture isn't as complicated as you think it is. Using only a band and your own body, these staple exercises have the ability to create neutral shoulder and upper back positioning and also add some impressive thickness and strength to the area. [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The shoulder and the thoracic spine are hugely related as it pertains to movement synergies. In order for the shoulder to maintain optimal health and function over the long run, your thoracic spine better be able to extend, side bend and rotate freely if [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. If you crank forward lunges out long and hard enough, they will catch up with you, and that's a fact. No matter how pristine your forward lunge technique, time only leads to discomfort, pain and injuries. Enter the reverse lunge! 2. The reverse lunge can be a great alternative [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Primitive developmental positions such as the all-fours quadruped and crawling positions will link up our muscular and nervous systems to keep you highly healthy and functional. 2. The quadruped position is versatile and can be utilized within dynamic warm ups, within specific neuromuscular activations drills, and in metabolically [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Without intelligent, purposeful program design, the MORE mentality that has caught fire in the North American fitness culture can create a slippery slope for many types of trainees. 2. With this physical, mental and emotional exhaustion lurking, get ready for a prolonged path to nowhere. [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The most notorious suspect for front-sided shoulder pain in the gym is the bench press, and its many variations. Ask yourself the question, is the bench causing you more pain than the gains that it is yielding? 2. Here's why your shoulder hurt; your program ratios are off, your training [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Foam rollers are showing up in gyms all over the world and becoming a popular component to nearly any type of fitness regimen. But like my motto goes, "Burn your foam roller and give your tennis ball to the dog!" 2. A majority of the more [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Lower body training is inherently nasty, especially when trained passionately to the edge of failure multiple times during a single session and involving the Bulgarian Split Squat. 2. The addition of a final superset that manipulates both position and tempo to put the finishing [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The kettlebell swing is one of the most dynamic loaded movements in any athlete's training arsenal. 2. This is not a dynamic loaded squat! The KB swing gets butchered with this common mistake over and over again until a proper hip hinge fundamental movement pattern is grooved. [...]
