In the world of physical therapy, chiropractic, and personal training, professionals love to use phrases like: “Your glutes don’t work” “Your glutes don’t turn on” “We need to activate your glutes” It’s not all bad. And it’s not all a complete lie. Professionals mean well. Though, words still matter. And I don’t believe these phrases […]

Sharing the last decade (plus) of my movement journey. Let’s begin: It’s 2010. I’m 11% body fat and grippin’ n’ rippin’ weights. Focused only on breaking college weight room records, with no sense of what the shit I’m doing. It’s 2012 and I *think* I’m the fittest I’ve ever been. I undergo meniscus surgery from […]

Let us lunge. I’ve seen these movements called different things throughout my years of training. Call them what you may, they’re all different versions of the same mother pattern: the reverse lunge. This post is your prime time example of simple > fancy. Want to progress a movement? Give your body a little shock? A […]

I used to think core work was an extra. That core work was not necessary in addition to heavy squats, and deads, and other axial loaded or compound movements. I no longer think that. So, YES, core specific work is (depending on your training style and goals), necessary in my opinion. ESPECIALLY if you are […]

The fitness industry is young in the grand scheme of things. I used to believe things that were backed by science, or we didn’t have the science to back them yet. Either way, I’ve changed a fair amount about what I stand by in fitness. So today I bring you: 10 Truths from 10+ years […]

The box jump is a complex movement, and its often oversimplified in both performance and programming. Today’s post is addressing ONE way to progress the box jump. Before even doing a box jump, you’d need to work on LANDING mechanics, and then jumping to a box you can easily clear (focusing on getting TALL) rather […]