It’s time to face the facts that you’re getting older and your body can’t complete the same tasks it used to. Each movement must be a little more calculated, and your body needs to go through a sufficient warm up in order to avoid a tweak or injury. And lets be honest... [...]
The landscape in the world of sports performance and fitness is changing. With the injury and burnout rates across an alarmingly wide spectrum of populations on the rise, we are battling to keep our society healthy, functioning and progressing towards achieving longevity in their physical practices of choice and beyond. But [...]
Testosterone Levels So Low We Changed Normal Values? Testosterone. The word itself sounds powerful, masculine, and maybe a little bit misunderstood. If you are a man who cares about his health, then you better care a whole hell of a lot about your testosterone to help combat the dreaded low testosterone epidemic [...]
Cryotherapy and other thermal agent based modalities are the latest rage in today's sports performance and fitness industries. But with people shelling out hundreds of dollars on these cryotherapy tanks, float tanks, ice-baths, infrared saunas (the list could go on and on) the question remains, is there any actual scientific benefit to [...]
The big compound lifts are some of the most technically advanced movements in the gym that need to be learned, mastered and maintained over time to continue to progress while staying injury-free in the process. But as every serious strength athlete knows, there are times in your lifting career when your [...]
We Are In The Midst of an ACL Injury Epidemic The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most important stabilizing ligaments of the knee. Its primary function is to control the anterior translation of the tibia (prevent the tibia from traveling too far forward). This particular tissue is vital [...]
Nutrition For Performance Vs. Aesthetics Vs. Health If someone asks me what my goal is, why I’m training this hard and this often, and why I’m so committed to proper nutrition, I’d like to tell them, “I’m training to be shredded while deadlifting 3x my bodyweight for reps… and to live to [...]
Do You Screen For Injury Risk In Training? The first tenet of training is to do no harm to your client. While most coaches and trainers shrug off this golden rule of fitness, many professionals in our industry truly don’t fully understand nor appreciate the depth of importance of the “do no [...]
Athletes Battling Low Back Pain It always amazes me that 80% of people in the world have had low back pain at least once in their life! That statistic is huge. I mean, come on now, 80% of people in the world! That stat isn’t just saying people who sit on the [...]
The box squat is one of the most underutilized tools in the gym that has the ability to rebuild your squat pattern from the ground up while adding a safe spark to your explosive strength and power work. But simply put, the box squat has gained the notorious reputation for being an [...]
