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2026-09-8
What Fitness Gets Wrong About Explosive Power
For most of my career, if you had told me Tai Chi could teach me something about explosive power, I probably would have been MORE than skeptical. Like a lot of fitness professionals, I put “mind-body” exercise into a particular […]
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Hamstring Tightness Isn’t a Flexibility Problem
Tight hamstrings are something that I think I have been dealing with since I was a teenager. When I hurt my back at 14, therapists had me stretching and stretching my hamstrings. Looking back, I don’t think that tight hamstrings […]
read more2026-08-31
Side Planks Are Not An Oblique Exercise, But Rather….
Ask most people what a side plank is for, and you’ll hear the same answer: it works the obliques. Look at how it gets programmed almost everywhere a static hold, tacked onto the end of a core circuit, treated as […]
read more2026-08-27
Have Back Pain? Do Nothing?! Crazy But Right!
In one of our recent online Masterclasses, a student asked a question that comes in many forms: “Some days I wake up with a tight back. What should I do?” I told them: nothing. Not right away, at least. I […]
read more2026-08-22
2 VERY Different & Powerful Squats For Stability & Strength
Ask most people what makes a squat variation “different,” and they’ll point to depth, tempo, or how much weight is on the bar. Change where the load sits on your body, though, and you’re not just adding variety you’re fundamentally […]
read more2026-08-22
The Most Underrated Shoulder Solution You’re Not Doing
Shoulder mobility is something that limits SOOOO many people from training like they would really like. After over 30 years of coaching, restricted shoulder movement was not something that was unusual, in fact, I would say it was almost expected. […]
read more2026-08-20
The “Just Push the Plate Away” Myth And Why It Fails Almost Everyone
If you’ve spent any time in fitness spaces, you’ve heard some version of it: weight loss really just comes down to willpower. Eat less. Push the plate away. Want it badly enough, and the rest takes care of itself. It’s […]
read more2026-08-18
5 Key Movements to Help Prevent (and Address) Knee Issues
Knee pain rarely starts at the knee. Most of the time, it’s the result of what’s happening or not happening at the joints and tissues around it: the ankle, the hip, the core, and the deceleration mechanics that control how […]
read more2026-08-15
How I Train Even When I Don’t Feel Great
I’ll be honest with you: there are plenty of days I don’t feel inspired to train. My health conditions mean I’m competing for energy on a daily basis, and my chronic pain isn’t consistent, some days it’s manageable, other days […]
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