Why would anyone want stronger hips? They say loose lips sink ships. I say weak hips lead to instability, which leads to your life sucking. Not as catchy of an idiom, but that’s what they say anyways. All fun and word games aside, developing stronger hips will greatly improve your side…
In this weeks reading nook, I bring you all that is women training over the age of 40. On top of that, I have a read on life lessons from 17 years of training full of little nuggets, some great mobility drills to get you up and going, and lastly…
If there is one thing I love it is the feeling of being able to do more than you thought you were capable of. Then again this is why I no longer go to Chinese buffet after proving myself wrong on too many occasions lead me to feelings a more…
This week I got articles talking about lifting frequency (how much is too much), I got articles on how to Squat like a badass, and apparently the internet was big on Squats this week or my eyes was just drawn to the artile name/picture combo, because I got another article on all about Squatting…
Wait, wait, now just wait a second I know what your thinking, but just stay with me. There are many different ways to warm-up. There are long warm-ups and short warm-ups, and there are even people who just skip the warm-up all together (I am guilty of this myself,…
I can’t believe it is that start of a new year; it seems this happens almost every year. And the soundtrack to Space Jam keeps becoming more and more relevant to me (you know, “time keeps on ticking, ticking into the future”.) as I become more and more dated…
Rotation is an everyday movement – we see it when we turn side to side. I was, in fact, just doing some rotation the other day, if you can believe or not when I unloaded my dishwasher; bending down, lifting some heavy plates over my shoulder, and reaching to the tippy…
This is an article for all you ladies and gentlemen out there that are looking to take your bench game to the proverbial next level. The Bench Press to an outsider looking in looks to be a pretty straightforward lift. You lay down with you face to the sky, grab…
Back pain is one of the most common aches/pains someone will encounter during their lifetime. Not all instances of back pain are avoidable, but many are. Back pain does not often just happen because you pick something up wrong once; no, it happens after you have done something wrong…
Increasing your strength happens in 4 major ways. First is neuromuscularly, meaning the body’s nervous systems gets better at contracting muscles at the right time to make lifting more efficient. Second is by progressive overload, meaning over time the weight you use is heavier and the body adapts by hypertrophying…
