Question: In the newest episode of the IFAST podcast, you mentioned your daily mobility routine as part of your morning ritual. Can you talk about what you’re currently working on in that program and how it has changed for you over the last 4 years? In this video: I demonstrate 3 exercises I’ll use to […]
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Why Does Your Shoulder Hurt When You Bench Press?
You want a big chest and a big bench press to go with it. Placing progressive demands on a muscle is a requirement for strength (aka force production) and hypertrophy (muscle growth). The consequences are bigger chest muscles and more weight on the bar. This can be a good thing. BUT there can be undesirable […]
Q & A for The 16% – Understanding Rotation Biases in Athletes
Question: Can inhale and exhale strategies be unilateral or more pronounced in the left or right, more specifically in unilateral sports athletes such as baseball, softball, volleyball, hockey etc..? In this video: I show how an athlete creates rotation and how breathing and propulsive strategies can either support turning or prevent normal rotation from occurring. […]
Q & A for The 16% – Exhalation Strategies for Wide Infrasternal Angle vs. Narrow Infrasternal Angle
Question: Why is it that increased airway resistance in a pursed-lip exhale has a facilitatory bias towards external oblique activation, while decreased airway resistance with an open, relaxed jaw exhale biases more internal oblique activation? Is the difference in airway resistance even the mechanism driving the bias between the different muscle groups? #infrasternalangle #breathingexercises #billhartmanpt […]
Q & A for The 16% – Can You Make a Narrow Infrasternal Angle into a Wide Infrasternal Angle?
Question: Is it possible that a narrow ISA became wide ISA after prolonged period of compressive training(ie powerlifting)? If so, will you treat them as narrow or wide? Question 2: I’ll second this question, phrased differently can a narrow ISA present with a wide ISA measure and would to total shape of the rib cage […]