Is Barbell Deadlifting Inherently Dangerous? I’ll be the first to say that “absolutes” are not a wise idea in the world of fitness or strength and conditioning. That being known, if I had to choose one exercise that is worthy to be considered the foundation for every other exercise it would be [...]
Struggling To Stay Healthy While Progressing Your Squats & Deadlifts? The squat and the "deadlift" AKA hip hinge patterns are the cornerstone of foundational and fundamental lower body movement. They have the ability to develop resilient strength, enhance performance and help prevent chronic and traumatic injuries from occurring. As powerful as these two movements are, [...]
Feeling Band Pull Aparts In Your Traps? You're Doing Them Wrong If you want to build strong and healthy shoulders, the band pull apart needs to be a staple movement in your dynamic warm up preparation, period. Though this pain-free shoulder movement (along with it's sibling the banded face pull) is responsible [...]
The Trap Bar Is More Than Just A Tool For Deadlifting Chances are you've used the trap bar to deadlift, but it would be foolish to think that this versatile piece of equipment's use is just limited to lifting heavy off the floor. Due to it's unique shape, size and handle placement, the [...]
The Power of Concentric-Only Training One of the most vital requirements of training is that an exercise or program must give more than it takes. This is one of the most surefire ways to prolong your time in the iron game. But what happens when an exercise no longer gives you what [...]
The Best Squat You Aren't Doing: The Goblet Squat If you're struggling with the barbell squat, chances are you never earned the right to throw the bar on your back and squat with it. Too many people are quickly jumping into barbell squat variations and neglecting one of the most powerful types [...]
The Theoretical Advantages of High vs. Low Bar Squats The myth of dogmatically squatting high bar or low bar based on solely on your goals or training type needs to be debunked. Long term success for both performance and resilience to injury is found in the customization of movement patterns, NOT based on theoretical wants, but [...]
What Is The Future of Healthcare? That's a loaded question, I know. Currently, we have a healthcare system based on complexities and high costs. How can we fix the current healthcare problem? Simple... First, we need to differentiate is that health insurance is NOT healthcare. Health insurance is a private industry [...]
Not Every Youth Superstar Is Going To Be A Professional I want to be the next Michael Jordan! Kobe… Brady… Lebron! As strength coaches, we've heard it all before not just from kids who we work with, but from their parents and sport coaches as well. At the very first glimpse of talent at a [...]
Deadlifts Aren't Hurting You, The Way YOU Deadlift Is Hurting You. The hip hinge movement pattern often times gets confused with the traditionalist barbell deadlift exercise. What's the difference? The hip hinge is the broad umbrella movement pattern which all exercises, such as the conventional barbell deadlift, fall under. When you step [...]
