Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Mobility”
While corrective exercises aren’t sexy, they are fundamental for safe overhead lifting. I didn’t know anything about these types of exercises when I started weight training, and if I did, I probably wouldn’t have hurt my shoulders! If you aren’t ready to overhead press, you’ll want to do these exercises regularly as part of your warm-up and recovery routine. Every. …
If you’re still using the same warm-up routine your high school gym teacher taught you, it’s time for an upgrade. A focused, targeted warm-up doesn’t have to take a ton of time, especially if you group a few activation and mobility drills in a sequence you can move through efficiently. I came up with a mobility flow recently that hits …
Let’s break down what it takes to start barbell training because there’s a lot of misconceptions out there about it and it can be very intimidating to start. Barbells aren’t necessary or right for every body, and most healthy individuals might not need to learn more than just a few basic barbell exercises in their lifetime. It all depends on …
You know what will never get old in the fitness world? Confusion. Confusion about diets, confusion around exercise, and my new favorite, confusion around mobility techniques. The deeper we go into the health and fitness world, the more we realize that there are a thousand and one “solutions” for a single problem. I personally don’t mind having so many options, but then …
In this special edition of “Funny sh*t people say,” I bring you the irrational yet hilarious comments clients say. Client: “I need to get more flexible before I go to a yoga class.” Me: Um, isn’t the point of yoga to achieve more flexibility? Client: “I have no mobility in my body whatsoever.” Me: Are you a corpse? Client: “I don’t …
