We all have one muscle that we think is the true mark of a great physique. Many will say it’s six-pack abs, while others will argue it’s a big set of traps. There’s another muscle …
If shoulder pain has made you hit “pause” on your favorite sports and activities, you might have shoulder impingement syndrome. Shoulder impingement is painfully common. In fact, it’s thought to be the culprit behind 44–65% …
For many years I scoffed at yoga – “I’m not a ‘yoga person’” I’d say, “If I’m going to spend time working out, I’m going to get a real workout in – one that leaves …
If you think knee pain is an inevitable occurrence of growing older, you’re wrong. Joint mobility exercises need to be a key component of your training. Find out the top five knee mobility exercises that fighter, coach, and master trainer Joey Alvarado uses for himself and his clients.
When I look at the current state of the fitness industry I am saddened and excited all at once. Saddened because so much of what is proliferated in our industry is still reliant on fad …
Push Ups are an essential exercise in your training. One area that I spend a lot of time addressing with my clients is the structure and strength of their most distal extremity, the hand, and wrist. …
Do you have a bad knee or knees? You can become your own physical therapist by using these 5 resistance band knee exercises to help reduce knee pain. These movements are great for alleviating any knee …
Hip Strength Mobility Workout The following simple hip strength mobility workout can be performed before a workout or during an off day. You will be performing 12 repetitions of the Forward Leg Swing followed by 12 repetitions of …
If your kettlebell lifting is causing back soreness, there may be a few things to look at and some effective habits to put into practice to help address it. I like to keep things simple, …
A Step in the Right Direction Whatever the source of your bad posture, the foot will always be involved. As we mentioned in the previous article, the foot is man’s primary contact with the ground. …
What would you say if I said most therapies designed to reduce pain and improve posture were palliative at best, harmful at the worst, and just plain ineffective at getting to the cause of dysfunction? …
Chances are, if you’re training like a high-performance primal athlete you’ll suffer from the occasional ache and pain. And knee problems are the most popular area of discomfort most athletes experience, especially when you’re building …
There are many reasons why your lower back might be sore from kettlebell training. One of the primary ones is weak, immobile shoulders. fix it! Your overhead kettlebell position will be unstable and weak if …
CrossFit Shoulder is an anterior tilt of the scapula, or anterior resting position of the humeral head commonly seen in CrossFit athletes as a result of poor movement, over programming, and a diet of common …
Ankle strength and mobility are often neglected. And that’s terrible because these small joints carry the entire weight of your body every day. Most people don’t spend dedicated time training and strengthening the ankles, and …
We live in a world where time at the desk and computer is unavoidable. Our hands and wrists become more used to typing and scrolling than gripping and ripping! That’s why when people start to …
It’s a rare person that hasn’t experienced some shoulder issues in their life. Whether in training or in other activities, tweaks in our shoulders can stop us from progressing and getting the most out of …
A strong and flexible back is crucial, not just for athletic performance, but for everyday life. Back pain and stiffness are unfortunately a regular part of too many people’s lives. But it doesn’t have to …
In a perfect world, every step of a runner’s mile would be 100% pain free. No Runner’s Knee, no Tendonitis, and no hamstring issues. But the reality is that pain, limitations, and tightness throughout the …
It’s my intention for this article to help reduce the likelihood of back pain and for those currently experiencing back pain to find relief by trying this training method. Most of us at some point …
A number of years ago, I broke my wrist playing professional football, and had to have surgery in which doctors took a bone out of my hip and put it into my wrist. This surgery left me in …
Mobility training, along with breathing exercises and selective tension exercises, form a foundation for my training system called Compound Conditioning. There are multiple reasons for it: Mobility training lubricates the joints with synovial fluid, helps …
Olympic skier Larisa Yurkiw went from a destroyed knee to representing Canada in 2014 Olympics. Learn how you can recover faster from your next injury. Growing up, I was a pretty reckless athlete. I grasped …
As an athlete or active individual, many of us are not fortunate enough to avoid The Piper that looms around, waiting for the chance to catch up to us one day and demand our payment for …
There are a few essential tools for becoming strong but the exercise bench is not one of them. Take a few lessons from old-time strongmen, modern champions, sports science, and common sense about why exercises …
Growing strong, mobile, able shoulders can be tricky at times when old or new injuries hinder our progress and aches and pains get in the way of creating bulletproof shoulders, that any member of the …
The ability to carry heavy loads is not only a vital part of work and life – it’s also just plain cool to do. But if heavy lifting regularly leaves you injured then you’ve got …
The person who came up with the saying, “ Age is just a number,” was probably some young smart-ass in their twenties. Tell my aching ligaments and joints that “age is just a number” and …
Yes, it used to be that only the young trained hard and the old just got older. I look forward to a new era where the young learn from the old that freakish strength, vitality, …
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