The human body is complex. Assessment, corrective exercise and injury prevention is also tricky. If we’re new to the game, how can we begin to figure out our deficits and address them? If
Continue readingDan and Rob Discuss: Common shoulder injuries in the fitness population Prevention strategies Rehabilitation Strategies Our favorite exercises for shoulder health How the prowler makes people throw up
Continue readingI really like Coach Burgener. If you haven’t heard of Coach Mike Burgener, he’s the Senior International Weightlifting Coach for the U.S. Somewhere along the way he got involved with the
Continue readingUnfortunately there is not any research to be found that I know of for crossfit exercise and injury. Luckily crossfit has pretty much stolen their exercises from other sports where some solid research
Continue readingThe Famous Coach Dan John Packing some Shoulders If you’ve been hanging around strengthcoach.com or listening to some of the top level strength coaches speak, you’ve probably heard the term
Continue readingAs we all know, the first time trying an overhead squat can be quite the experience. It feels super awkward, its hard to put all of the pieces together and often times your body just does not feel like
Continue readingIf you read my training journal at all you know I throw around the words “prehab”, “static stretching” and “dynamic warmup” quite frequently. A lot of people have
Continue readingBy: Rob Rowland DPT To piggyback off of Dan’s post on building a bigger bench press, I wanted to share a few points on how to bench while decreasing risk of injury. Now it is hard to find good, quality
Continue readingRob practicing what he preaches. I’m very excited to be posting this article from Rob Rowland. I met Rob about 3-4 years ago at my very first strongman competition. This was before I even had
Continue readingHey guys, I love lifting heavy stuff as much as the next meat head but let’s make sure we aren’t destroying our shoulders in the process right? Here are 5 popular exercises I see being done quite
Continue readingHey guys, here is an excerpt from my upcoming e-book I’m in the process of finishing up. The e-book is a guide to preventing shoulder pain and dealing with achy shoulders in cross fit athletes. I
Continue readingUsing this new technique will feel a bit awkward at first but I promise in the long run this will pay off, both adding more weight to your bench and keeping your shoulders healthier.
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