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Why? Because sad shoulder blades are the number one cause of my headaches. Well, I don’t know that they’re sad, but they’re definitely depressed. The fitness industry has raved about the lower trapezius fibers for YEARS now, and with good reason! They are consistently weak in people from all different backgrounds. The problem arises in [...]
Not enough coaches out there discuss properly regressing clients. Don’t get me wrong, I hate to do it because I love to see people moving forward, but you have to think about what’s best for your clients. Trying to drive through problems will make them mentally frustrated in the short-term and pathologically physically dysfunctional in [...]
A quick synopsis of the final Game 6 Face meets glass, blood spilled, 5 minute major. This penalty led to THREE goals for the Kings. Ref gets trucked, blood spilled. Dustin Brown is a phenomenal captain: scoring goals, getting assists, blocking shots, and being a very strong physical presence. Attacking the goalie: game misconduct. Irate [...]
When I see someone who looks strikingly similar to a toothpick, I feel bad for them. Sure, they’re missing out on all of the great things that can come from having a healthy, muscley body, such as not constantly feeling cold, being strong enough to move furniture, and increased frequency of sexual interactions (no guarantees [...]
Guys, I get the bravado. I understand where you’re coming from. “He’s a pretty little girl because he doesn’t break parallel when he squats, bro.” I could go on and on about how there are millions of things more determinant of one’s character than how low he squats. For the love of all that you [...]
Gross movements are multi-joint movements. They can also be disgusting and offensive, but we’ll save those for a more off-topic post. Some common examples of the gross movements we’re discussing in this post are the overhead squat, push up, and lunge. I don’t want to belittle these tools because they are extremely useful. They can [...]
During our training session over the weekend, I happened to randomly conjure up a few new cues. As you may know, it is of utmost importance that your programming address stability in all planes. To consider why you should train frontal plane stability, imagine your favorite contact sport. If someone attacks you from the side, [...]
After seeing a video on the RTS forum of some deadlifts, I noticed that the puller’s biggest problem was that he wasn’t using his lats to his advantage. I thought simply telling him this would be enough, but alas, I was wrong. He said he really doesn’t know how to turn them on when he [...]
First and foremost, let’s get one thing straight: I like to laugh. It’s even pretty easy to make me laugh. Given this fact, it’s no surprise that I am into Comedy Central’s hit show Tosh.0. Daniel Tosh is a hilarious human being. He’s been riding this whole “internetz” thing out pretty well, even using Twitter [...]
By a suggestion from Bill Hartman, I’ve started to pick up on Leon Chaitow’s blog. The most recent topic was brought to him from a recent paper by Zieman and colleagues (2009) entitled The Amygdala Is a Chemosensor that Detects Carbon Dioxide and Acidosis to Elicit Fear Behavior. He states: So we have overbreathing leading [...]
