Ever find yourself in a time crunch where have to “get in, get out” of the gym quickly and efficiently? Yeah, me too. Probably more than I’d like. Those of us enlightened folk know that a proper warm-up – consisting of self-myofascial release, dynamic flexibility and mobility work, along with a few acute corrective drills, [...]
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Whether it’s a third grade spelling bee or the Superbowl, putting yourself into competition takes a ton of courage. At 64 years young, Conrad of SAPT fame decided that it was time to enter into his first powerlifting meet (why not?). Even a double knee replacement wouldn’t keep Conrad from competing, and he decided to enter into [...]
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For us Muggles, a foam roller is more effective than a wand. Yes, SMR is more important than a wand is to Harry Potter. Why? The short answer is we have a lot of gunky junk in our muscles that are impeding movements and causing aches and pains. And who wants to feel like a bag of junk? [...]
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It’s back to school time which means it’s time to sit at a desk for long periods of time shortening your hip flexors and putting yourself into a kyphotic posture; ever so slightly changing you into Quasimodo. This is mainly for my high school kids who think that this unnatural posture is an inevitability rather [...]
READ MORE »I was recently reminded of this drill as, last week, I tested my hip internal rotation and found it to be woefully lacking, compared to just twelve months ago (pulling SUMO five days a week, along with already possessing extremely overused and stiff external rotators, will certainly have this effect….) While I’ve been much more [...]
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My amazing spouse surprised me with a short getaway this past weekend. He coordinated everything: Arabella’s weekend care, room at the Gaylord in the National Harbor, meals, and – what I want to focus on – a massage. It’s been a while since I had a really good massage. My last one was also a [...]
READ MORE »Here’s a quick video on an excellent hip mobility drill I like to use to open up the hips before training. Have a frogtastic weekend everyone.
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If a bigger bench press is your goal there is a chance that at some point you will experience some type of elbow pain. This is usually brought on by the intensity, volume, or frequency at which you are bench pressing and most likely the combination of the three. What results is inflammation of the [...]
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I received this question from a friend of mine who is currently in physical therapy school and thought I’d share my response here. Q. Had a question. I know that at [X clinic he worked at] some of the therapists told me that overhead press was bad to do due to some impingement of the [...]
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Designing a warm-up for a large team looks easy if you’re watching passively from the sidelines. Unfortunately, this ease is quite deceptive. There are actually several critical aspects that need to be taken into account if you want you’re warm-up to go from adequate to Fine Art status: 1. Time: how much do you have? [...]
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