"Use bearable static pressure when Foam Rolling (SMFR)" There are a lot of approaches circulating when it comes to applying foam rolling soft tissue work. Many are plausible and effective for different objectives, but when It comes to managing neural and muscle tone or activity, the original message associated with the resilient technique still reigns supreme after all these years. Be sure to also look out for triggers that tend to form at or near the musculo-tendonous jun

"Movement evaluations are mandatory for all clients and athletes" I want to preface that at one time or another over the past 20 years I have practiced exercise testing and various popular and supposedly essential movement evaluations with my clients and athletes. Whether Its The NASM's OH/Single Leg Squat Screening, Goniometric Testing, The Functional Movement Screen, or Orthopedic Tests (i.e. Kuhns Series), Impingement Tests, or any other I've been there and done that. Th

The Foam Roll Pushup w/Deficit This diverse and unique pushup variation combines shoulder stability/centration, potential chest and shoulder hypertrophy and endurance, upper body warm-up/preparation, improved flexibility and mobility, and basic levels of strength in beginner-level clients, or de-load and neural maintenance in advanced-level lifters. If you were to pick one exercise type that provides the most training variation, then the push-up would undoubtedly be at the to

Sometimes during this wonderful journey of learning and growing as a coach, you simply miss or underrate training concepts or exercises that you should have been doing. Fortunately, if you are reading this, then I'm going to be providing you with some valuable insight that has somehow managed to stay under the radar for all these years. I should have connected the dots, and usually do when it comes to the practical application of training theory and research, but for some r

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE WARM­UP I’m sure many of you can vividly recall going through traditional calisthenics, or sport stretching routines prescribed by your coaches and physical education teachers. Do you remember the laps upon laps of light jogging, loads of slow static stretching, countless jumping jacks and pushups, and the other staples of the traditional warm­up? It was probably evident to many of you that what you were doing at the time was a hand me­ down