Several misconceptions about the correct barbell squat form and popular coaching cues persist. And those cues are hurting your results. You've heard them all before. "Squeeze your shoulder blades!", "Chest up!", "Drive your knees out!", "Spread the floor!" and "Squeeze your
When the goal is to improve movement and performance, understanding the core muscles and their function is crucial for maximizing your training. Technically, core muscles include all the muscles of the trunk, pelvic floor, and hips surrounding the spine and abdominals.
Fascia is a spiderweb-like connective tissue surrounding and supporting our muscles, bones, and organs. It plays a crucial role in force transmission and movement efficiency, acting as a scaffold for muscles and tendons to attach to. Fascia is what allows
If you want to improve your rotator cuff, you need to focus on strengthening the muscles that support the shoulder joint through targeted exercises and movement. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that due to overuse, injury,
Femoral acetabulum impingement (FAI) is a condition where the front of the thigh bone (femur) and the bone of the hip joint (acetabulum) contact too early, causing pain, usually in the front of the hip or groin. FAI is also known
The difference between flexibility and mobility or the argument of mobility vs flexibility often gets summed up with the statement "mobility is active and flexibility is passive". Unfortunately, as ingrained as that statement is in our industry, it's not an
In today's post, we will share our go-to exercises for someone with femoral acetabulum impingement (FAI) or hip impingement (hip pinch). We'll also cover the reasoning behind why we've chosen to include each exercise in the program. The goal of
Can you have a successful business online by filming fitness classes? Yes. The shift to filming fitness classes at home with your phone comes with a lot of challenges, but we created this guide from our experience to help those
HIIT vs Zone 2 training. What's the best choice? It’s common to think that Zone 2 training and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) sit at opposite ends of the conditioning continuum. But it’s not always as clear-cut. For the heart to respond
Our latest Mobility Coach Plus guest presentation is Heuristics Of Manual Therapy With Ryan Esdohr. What are heuristics? Heuristics are mental shortcuts that can facilitate problem-solving and probability judgments. Ryan is a phenomenal practitioner who we have learned a lot over the years originally connecting
Our latest Mobility Coach Plus guest coach presenter is athletic trainer Greg Hawthorne. Greg is based in Georgia and is known for his advanced knowledge of muscular physiology. The Postural Restoration Institute and Bill Hartman are two of the many major influences