The Pain-Free Power of The Row The upper body pull pattern may be the most misunderstood upper body movement, especially as it pertains to developing bulletproof shoulders and a resilient back. While we know that strong, stable, pain-free shoulders depend on pulling more than pushing throughout a training week or block, many [...]
The Stronger The Person, The More Resilient They Will Be When did people become scared to train hard, go heavy and get strong? In today's fitness industry where chronic pain and injuries have become the norm, no longer the exception, it's time to call out one of the biggest reasons why... a [...]
Why Do People Still Ice Injuries? For decades, the go-to advice when treating an injury was the acronym RICE, rest, ice, compression, elevate. We've all heard it before, if you get hurt, you ICE that injury right away! But as athletes, coaches and rehab professionals, we need to stop blindly buying into [...]
"I've Never Seen a Strong Person with a Small Ass." Legendary strength coach Louie Simmons has a way with words, doesn't he? But the man does know a thing or two about building a big, strong powerful posterior chain arguably better than any other coach on earth. Training the posterior chain [...]
Rebuilding Shoulder Strength, Stability & Performance When it comes to excelling at pull-ups, bench press or literally ANY other movement on earth, having strong and stable shoulders, and also being able to control the mobility of your shoulders and shoulder blades is absolutely imperative for performance and shoulder health. Many people fall [...]
The Most Notoriously "TIGHT" Region of The Body Have you ever asked the average person who has been battling chronic lower back pain or a painful hip pinch what they think the problem is? As a physical therapist and coach, I ask these questions for a living. And usually, the answer goes [...]
Theoretical "Pain-Free" Shoulder Exercises Gone Wrong With the ever growing incidence of shoulder pain among the active population, many in the sports performance and fitness industries are seeking instant gratification in the form of a magic pill for shoulder training and health. Not dissimilar to the quick fix supplement industry, an emerging [...]
Isometrics for More Muscle and Strength There are three primary actions a muscle can perform: concentric, eccentric and isometric. A concentric action means the muscle fibers are shortening, such as the “up” phase a biceps curl. An eccentric action means the fibers are lengthening, the “down” phase of a curl. An isometric [...]
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 [...]
What Ever Happened To Intelligent Conditioning? In the strength and conditioning world, strength is often prioritized and conditioning is somewhat of an after-thought. To give you an example, take the typical college football program. I'm going to use mine as an example of one I've had first-hand experience with. Between your [...]
