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17 04, 2018

The Performance Recovery System
Recover Faster, Train Harder, Optimize Results

2020-03-31T08:26:26-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

The Foundations of Recoverability With the sky rocketing popularity of high intensity training across the board in our fitness and sports performance industries that's predicated on the "more is better" mentality, more than ever, athletes and fitness consumers alike are hitting the proverbial brick wall with extremely poor levels of recovery, [...]

10 04, 2018

Letting Kids Be Kids: The Secret To Optimizing Elite Athletic Development
At What Age Should An Athlete Specialize In A Sport?

2018-04-17T11:55:09-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

At What Age Should An Athlete Specialize In A Sport? It's one of the most highly debated topics in the world of athletic development and sports performance today; at what age should a child specialize in a single sport? With the large spike in early sport specialization programs that have children competing [...]

4 04, 2018

5 Quick Fixes For A Pain-Free Bench Press

2018-04-04T18:47:03-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

Put An End To Painful Bench Pressing The barbell bench press is one of the single most overtrained movements in the world of strength training, but it also happens to be one of the most notorious shoulder killers across an impressively large spectrum of athletes and lifters. While the barbell bench press [...]

27 03, 2018

5 Functional Reasons For NOT Skipping Direct Arm Training

2019-10-08T13:25:06-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

Is Direct Arm Training Actually Functional? We’ve all heard it before, smug functional training zealots preaching against the programming of direct arm training due to having no functional carryover into athletic, strength or power performances. It’s time to stop being scared away from direct arm training from the guys who don’t even [...]

19 03, 2018

Anti-Core Training For Banged Up Meatheads

2018-05-13T14:25:23-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

The Commonly Misunderstood Core Training Spectrum Core training is a truly continues to be one of the most misunderstood topics in the sports performance and fitness industries. Lets be honest, we’ve all seen some crazy shit when it comes to training the abs, or in attempt to develop a “stronger” core as [...]

13 03, 2018

The Cure for Lower Back Pain

2018-03-13T15:41:20-05:00By Tim Danchak|

The Most Common Painful Region In The World Lower back pain is one of the leading conditions among the United States population. This commonly leads to people becoming more inactive, or leading people to believe they need to completely stop exercising altogether in order to let it heal. Instead of using lower [...]

4 03, 2018

The 4 Mandatory Physical Traits For Health and Longevity

2018-03-05T09:44:48-06:00By Charles Staley|

The 4 Primary Attributes: Fitness Goal-Setting Concepts When I work with my clients, I usually start by encouraging them to do some careful introspection about where they’d like to be physically 6 months from today. To help these folks get very clear about setting meaningful physical goals, I recommend framing their goals around 4 primary fitness [...]

25 02, 2018

The 5 Best Single Leg Exercises For Strength, Balance & Agility

2021-08-22T08:06:43-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

Cheaters Are Going To Cheat Single Leg Lifts Training single leg movements like the lunge and RDL can be a brutally humbling experience for any serious athlete or lifter. But chances are if you suck at unilateral work, your ego isn’t the only thing likely to endure some serious hurting. A [...]

18 02, 2018

Best Way To Use Partial Reps For Rehab & Recovery

2018-02-18T08:29:27-06:00By Chris Cooper|

How To Strategically Use Partial Reps Without "Cheating" We have this notion that everyone should be able to squat past parallel, deadlift from the floor, and/or bench to their chest. Let’s throw in overhead press for good measure too. But unfortunately we live in the real world, where people have structural limitations [...]

12 02, 2018

15 Exercises To Instantly Improve Knee Pain

2020-05-08T11:47:58-05:00By Dr. Russell Manalastas|

Is Knee Pain The New Lower Back Pain? Knee pain is crippling out physically active society. But not all "knee pain" is created equally, it actually comes in many forms. If you’re reading this, then you: Currently have knee pain. Your knee pain has been going on for a long time. You [...]

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