If you work with athletes that are trying to improve their exercise technique for olympic weightlifting, squatting or overhead lifting, chances are you’ll have to employ some mobility strategies
Continue readingMy 3 favorite interventions for improving mobility are stretching, foam rolling and eccentrics. Stretching and foam rolling are both well known and utilized far and wide to gain mobility excellence everywhere.
Continue readingIn the last few article we’ve been discussing reasons why technique falls apart. In my mind, technique generally falls apart for 3 major reasons: Mobility Deficits Technique (lack of coaching
Continue readingStretching is a pretty complex topic lately. I think this is mostly because we’re figuring out that stretching doesn’t really do what we once thought it does. For example we’re learning
Continue readingShoulder mobility is going to be very important for all exercises performed overhead. If you want to be performing movements like push jerks, snatches and pull-ups properly then you’ll want to
Continue readingRecently I’ve heard a lot of hatred and negative talk toward foam rolling. A common reason for this is the plethora of research coming out about foam rolling having short term effects when it comes
Continue readingI’m a big fan of the joint by joint approach as a basic understanding of how the joints in the body interact for movement. As a refresher the joint by joint approach was popularized by Gray Cook
Continue readingSo, I’ve said it myself. It’s important to have mobile lats. Having adequate lat length will allow for overhead mobility. Overhead mobility is super important for: Optimal technique
Continue readingHey guys, a bit of a whopper for you today. As you know, I work for a company called Power Monkey Fitness. It’s a continuing education company for olympic lifting, gymnastics, running, rowing
Continue readingI think sometimes we forget that good old eccentric training can be an effective way to gain mobility. It’s a well studied phenomenon and under utilized tool in my opinion. A couple reasons why
Continue readingThis month’s Insiders webinar is part 3 in our discussion on improving overhead mobility. One major issue we tackle are sets, reps, frequency, duration and intensity. One thing I’ve never understood
Continue readingThis month’s Insiders webinar is a continuation of last month’s series on assessing overhead mobility. Last time we went through the step by step process of how I assess overhead mobility. This
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