Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about my rules for training that I try to live by. The goal is to have something tangible and useable I can apply during each training session. My rules have evolved from many down to 3 simple and
This is a phenomenal guest post written by Sarah Rippel. This represents is a complete guide to using half-kneeling and tall-kneeling variations for mobility, stability and strength that can be immediately put into practice. This article also features an extensive video library of exercise demonstrations.
I’ve got quite a backstory. Literally. I’ll give you the abbreviated “cliff notes version” if you haven’t heard me discuss this before. I had a major low back injury many years ago in my training career (*severe L4-5 disc herniation with persistent radiculopathy that required
How important is the the warm-up? How much time should be spent on the warm-up? What should you be spending your time on before a strength training session? I’ll make a case to answer these questions for you in this article. Let me be the
No doubt, you train hard. Hard training means you need to recover. The question came up recently in a group discussion – “What do you do on active recovery days?“ It’s an interesting question. I felt like I wanted to share it here and expand
One question I’m asked a lot about is deloading. For me personally, deloading is one of the key contributing factors to my own training longevity. What I’ll answer here are the key questions: what exactly is it, why you should use it, and how to
Mobility, mobility, mobility. We hear about it all the time and we all need more mobility, right? Mobility is very important and I’m even working on a new program right now to improve mobility (although it actually addresses much more than that). But what about
Is it just me or does the the rounded back deadlift seem to be getting a lot attention these days? Does this technique have any unique advantages or is this a disaster waiting to happen? In this article I’ll share my perspective on the rounded
Is the overhead press bad for the shoulders? That’s a common question and often a very debated one. Should you avoid this exercise? And, what are the benefits versus the risk? I’ll give you my perspective, as both a strength athlete and former PT (physical
