The Foam Roller Isn't Just For Traditional Self-Myofascial Release Just because you are using a foam roller as a tool doesn’t necessarily mean that movement should be considered a self-myofascial releases (SMR) technique. This may be hard for some of you overly touchy feely soft tissue zealots to conceptualize, but the foam [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Want to target the entire core, including the shoulder and hip complexes in addition to the abdominal wall simultaneously to improve functional strength? Try the Pallof Press. 2. Make this staple "anti-rotation" core strength movement even more effective by dropping down on one knee. This will challenge [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Coaches, athletes and rehab pros need to stop force feeding the barbell squat! Not every person is going to be able to tolerate the this variations due to pain, lack of technical skill, and of course their goals not matching up to having a barbell on their backs. 2. We [...]
How To Be A Strength-Focused Physical Therapist “Hi, I’m Scotty and I’m a Physical Therapist.” It wasn’t that long ago that this confession would have been my caveat emptor prior to engaging in conversations about physical therapy and strength training. There has been both much criticism and much support for the idea [...]
Hack Your Body with Bodyweight Training Getting really strong at the big three -the bench, squat, and deadlift is awesome and necessary for long term strength and ability. Too often though, people prioritize these moves over the ability to move their body through space. During a fat loss phase or when trying to [...]
Sports Specialization Is Making Youth Less Athletic A new study by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health which included over 1,500 high school athletes found that athletes who specialized in one sport were twice as likely to report a lower extremity injury as compared to those who [...]
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 [...]
Are You Force Feeding The Barbell Deadlift? Let’s be honest, we’ve all tried to force the issue with certain lifts at some point in time during our lifting careers. We read all these different articles from different sites that say you have to do X, Y, and Z, and then when you [...]
Foot and ankle training is a topic that is relatively neglected and overlooked in the field of kinesiology. However, proper activation and function of these areas is not only vital for maximizing performance and strength but is also critical for tissue health and injury prevention. Other than [...]
Kick Your Old Warm-Up To The Curb Get stronger, faster, with a smarter approach to warm-ups. It’s a case of “same old, same old” for most people when it comes to warm-ups: foam rolling or riding a stationary bike. But what if I told you there was a better way? A way that [...]
