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So much for the body-mind connection myths perpetuated by the yoga fanatics. In a head to head comparison between an aerobically trained group of senior citizens and a progressive stretching group (all participants were previously untrained), the aerobically trained grandmas showed a 25% greater cognitive improvement than the stretchers. Now before you yogi’s get your […]

One of the big challenges when monitoring your food intake, is avoiding overeating and dealing with poor food choices at all the cook-outs, summer pizza parties, and countless social events that go along with the improving weather. Mike Roussell, author of Your Naked Nutrition Guide, sent me this little gem recently. Consider Pre-Eating… Pre-Eat when […]

Fully recovered from the previous evenings festivities (thanks again to Chris Poirier for his hospitality and John Hall for the ride back to the hotel), Day 3 started off strong with Gray Cook of the Functional Movement Screen fame. His topic was safer strength with a focus on progressions to mastering the deadlift which he […]

I started day 2 with the Gray Institute presentation. I already had a good idea what to expect being familiar with Gary Gray’s approach. The word functional is used heavily throughout. They also use terms such as tranformational zones which if you know what the stretch-shortening cycle is (eccentric to isometric to concentric) then you […]

I attended the Perform Better Functional Training Summit in Chicago last weekend. To say that Chris Poirier and his staff at Perform Better pulled off a great event is an understatement. I predict that this tour will become the standard in the fitness and sports training industry. Here’s a quickie rundown (keep in mind that […]