Posts in "Articles"
Gray Cook: Motor Control and Stability and Prime Mover Training
Gray Cook makes a clear statement: View stability with a strength mentality and you’ll miss the nuances of motor control, coordination and stability and ...
Jerry Scarlato: Fitness Marketing – Three Priorities for Trainers
Trainer and fitness center owner Jerry Scarlato answers the go-to questions about getting started in personal training, rising above your competition and bringing attention to your abil...
Mark Cheng: Movement is Just Like Money
Mark Cheng’s movement philosophy uses the analogy of money: Are you borrowing more movement than you have? How do you save the buffer you need?
Joey Wolfe: Connecting with Players is Coaching to Win
Using his personal experiences as a baseball player, baseball coach and trainer, Joey Wolfe looks at the vital need for coaches to know their athletes, personally and emotionally, in or...
Chip Conrad: Pushup and Plank Stability
Chip Conrad tells why he uses planking and pushups to stabilize, support and strengthen the spine and offers advice on the one movement you should you think about when you do push-ups.
Vince McConnell: The Best Damn Training Program, Period (Relatively Speaking)
There are two key words omitted from any advice on the best training program that are absolutely essential: “Relatively speaking.” It's all in finding what your body needs to respon...
Dan John: 5 Basic Human Movements
Dan John discusses the 5 basic human movements: Push, pull, hinge, squat and loaded carry and prioritizes their impact on strength training. What do you do in the weight room?
Shoulder Health: An Overview of Anatomy and Injury
Shoulder health involves understanding a complex joint—the body's most mobile and least stable. Small changes to anatomy can mean big injuries. There are many ways to injure your shou...
Craig Liebenson: Restoring Hip Extension
Gluteal amnesia? Craig Liebenson discusses hip extension, delayed glute activation and shows some of the reactive techniques that have been developed to reset and restore this important...
Stuart McGill: Taking Charge of Back Pain — Empowering Self-Advocacy
Dr. Stuart M. McGill discusses the specific information that the individual with back pain needs to know to be an educated self-advocate and help take control of their painful spine. Wo...
Lee Burton: Balance and Stability for Older Clients
Lee Burton looks at mobility restrictions and the resulting compensations and discusses the training implications of seeking balance and stability for older clients.