If you’ve never foam rolled, you need to try it out. In a nutshell: -Your muscles should feel smooth to the touch. I bet they feel bumpy. The bumps are due to knots which are really just areas of tensed muscle tissue. -Foam rolling helps relax the muscle and gets rid of knots and trigger [...]
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The Squat and Stand is a simple movement that really helps you establish range of motion in your hips. There is a school of thought in the training world that says if you are deficient in a basic movement pattern, such as the squat, instead of trying to figure out which muscle is causing the [...]
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The external rotators of the hip can be summed up in one muscle, the piriformis. There are a number of external rotators, but the piriformis is the most important and virtually the only external rotator that is ever covered in the literature. External rotation happens in two ways. If you are standing straight, point one [...]
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The Spiderman is a dynamic warmup exercise that I first discovered in 2005. I couldn’t do them, however. To say my hips were screwed up is an understatement. Sitting at a desk for 10 hours a day had resulted in severe hip range of motion deficits. What you’ll see me do in the video was [...]
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The Split Squat Jump is a more advanced movement that helps to build strength and power in your legs by requiring your brain to quickly recruit fast twitch muscle fibers. Beginners shouldn’t do any type of jumping if they haven’t first developed an appreciable level of strength first. The reason is two fold. First, jumping [...]
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