Do you want to know how to get back to the gym without hurting yourself? Check out this quick read to ensure your gym return is fluid and pain free! Look, we all go through lulls in our training… Maybe a pandemic hit and gyms across the country closed their doors. Maybe you just...Read More
When you think of doing an exercise for your core, what exercise comes to mind first? Here is my guess: you pictured laying on your back, knees bent and hands behind your head while pulling your chests towards your knees. Am I right? You pictured a sit up? This is normal. A common thought is,...Read More
Want to learn how to squat? Understand how different squats can help you reach your goals? Clean up your stance? Be able to drop it low without hurting yourself? This, and the answers to all your squat questions can be found here… This is not meant as a straight read-through (although you are more than...Read More
“Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and need a comrade to pull you up? So what?” -Marcus Aurelius In the spring of 2015, the spring break of my junior year at JMU, I was sitting on the coach...Read More
Does a morning like the following sound familiar to you? It’s early when you hear the familiar buzzing of your alarm clock—and there it is again, back pain. From the moment your day starts, lower back pain is there; it hurts to play with your kids, sit at your desk, even tie your shoes, and...Read More
“ ‘Variety is the spice of life.’ But notice it does not say, ‘variety is the entrée of life.’ ” -Chip and Dan Heath In the fitness world there is an emphasis placed on change, that is, changing up exercises; changing up sets and reps; or changing up entire workouts. Variation in fitness is...Read More
According to last night’s Superbowl halftime show, 43 & 50 are the new… what… 30?!? Jess (my wife, for those that don’t know) and I were talking, and of course it could be easy to dismiss JLo and Shakira as having access to the best nutritionists, doctors, drugs (?), etc… and THAT’S why they look...Read More
Most people grasp the main technique points of squatting rather quickly. That is, they initiate a squat by reaching their hips back slightly, “spread the floor apart” on the way down, and “drive the ground away” to stand back up; there are other technique points of course, but those are the big ones. Sometimes though,...Read More
A few weeks ago, I had someone ask me why their program was written as a full-body routine, instead of a body-part routine. This client had experience with strength training, but in the form of body part splits, so it was a fair question to ask. Before we get into the nitty-gritty details of...Read More
When someone says the word “deadlift” to you, what do you picture? Think about it for a second. Maybe this? While the above picture is indeed a deadlift, it’s not the only variation. That image is also what people think of when they hear the myth that deadlifts are bad for your back. It’s a...Read More
