Whether you have painful shoulders or just can’t perform chin-ups or pull-ups, you can still do your vertical pulling exericse. After some experimenting with a few versions, we’re using this one with great success with clients who just can’t do an effective pull-up or chin-up. Sure we still use bands to assist with vertical pulls, […]
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Single-Leg Solution Sale ends at Midnight
Hi all, Yes, I’m aware that I haven’t posted in a while. I have some stuff going on that’s taking priority, so my apologies. However, I wanted to make sure that you were aware that my buddy Mike Robertson still has his new Single-Leg Solution on sale until midnight tonite. Mike’s new program is an integral […]
Neurologic vs. Physiologic Stiffness
We all know that it’s important to have adequate dorsiflexion. A lack of dorsiflexion prevents effective squatting, drives feet into pronation, alters pelvic tilt, promotes quad dominance, and a number of adaptations up the kinetic chain. Ever have an athlete that no matter how hard to you try to impact dorsiflexion, you don’t see the […]
How Big is Your Library?
Amazon.com loves me. I buy quite a few books each month. Some are technical, some business, some just for fun. I remember being in Don Corrigan’s office when I was in grad school at Purdue. He had no walls. Just bookshelves filled with books. It must have taken decades to accumulate his library. You may […]
Active Thoracic Mobilization
Here’s a great “big bang” active thoracic mobilization. I’d seen it done with the shoulder in internal rotation, but those that are prone to shoulder impingement couldn’t tolerate it. So we tweaked it a bit. You’ll see that Mark brings his fingertips together and actually pushes the shoulders into external rotation. This small modification relieves […]