Stop Letting a Piece of Paper Define You We are in the midst of an orthopedic injury epidemic. More people are hurt than ever before, and shockingly, more people are receiving "conclusive" imaging and quick fix surgical interventions than EVER before. It's time to take a stand. This is a no holds [...]
The Emergence of the Hybrid Coach In Fitness With the marked rise of the incidence of injury in sport and fitness over the last decade, many personal trainers and strength coaches have been forced to evolve into a more hybrid role managing pain and dysfunction that is present in nearly every athlete [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Getting Stronger Without Adding Weight To The Bar It’s been ingrained in our psyches for ages; the thought that if you aren’t adding weight to the bar, you are NOT getting stronger. But unless you are stepping onto the platform with competition goals any time soon, absolute strength should only be a [...]
There's a reason why most fitness and health goals turn into pure and utter BS in a matter of a few weeks, especially this time of year. Sure, change is hard, but it's also not acceptable to pigeon hole your goals before they even start with magical quick fix mindsets that [...]
There are some absolutely amazing females in the fitness industry. These women are incredibly knowledgable, experienced, empowering, are constantly learning, and are incredibly strong, and deserve the same amount of respect and coverage as their male counterparts. While IÂ have a massive amount of respect for all of the amazing male coaches in [...]
Should You Really Care About Posture? One can define posture as the position in which the body operates under gravity. With that definition in mind, many possibilities come to mind. It could be that we are referring to standing, seated or lying posture, for example. Why is standing posture more intriguing? Your [...]
Warning: this post contains liberal amounts of ad homonyms, strawman arguments, and pure cow manure; but hopefully will inspire some mutual eating of crow and perhaps some critical thinking. I Have a Joke For You, And It's Not Your Ugly Squat It's truly amazing that amongst all the peasantry and squabbling in [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Over coaching, overtraining and over specialization is hurting your kids athletic development, period. And no, it's not your kids fault. The problem is with the parents and the coaches. 2. Athletic development and sport is just another motor learning skill, thus the reason to know and appreciate [...]
