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2026-01-13
How to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness Without Beating Up Your Body
I love training hard. I love pushing myself. I love doing things I once thought were impossible. That feeling of growth through challenge is powerful. But over time, I’ve learned two really important things. First, those outcomes can be achieved […]
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Why Breath Work & Stress Management Is Making You Feel Worse!
The title of today’s post may sound like clickbait, but I promise you it isn’t! You may be asking how things that are suppose to be good for you and rooted in science actually make you feel worse? Well, it […]
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Build Stronger Hips by Training the Whole System, Not Just the Muscles
I’ll be honest, mobility was never my strong suit. Even as a kid, basic movement felt hard. Add a serious back injury and years of chronic issues, and I was never going to be the “naturally mobile” guy showing off […]
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Why Fitness Needs to Evolve: Coaching the Whole Person, Not Just the Workout
Don’t miss a great opportunity to learn how to improve your strength, mobility, balance, stability, and resilience both mentally and physically with our NEW MIM Intensive Coaching Program. Over 9 hours of in-depth coaching on how to integrate the qualities […]
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When Good Exercise Programming Isn’t Enough
Whether you have been coaching or training for a long time, I know you’ve probably experienced quite a bit frustration. You’ve follow evidence-based principles. You balance strength and mobility. You progress load responsibly. And yet, despite doing “everything right,” people […]
read more2026-01-6
Pain Isn’t Always a Damage Problem It’s Often a Movement Problem
For most of my life, I believed pain meant damage. That belief made sense. I lived with chronic pain for over 35 years and underwent seven spinal surgeries. Yes, all my procedures were necessary to fix significant structural issues, but […]
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The Power of Diagonal PNF Patterns for Pain, Mobility, and Strength
Movement in life is rarely linear. We walk, reach, twist, push, pull, and shift in spirals and diagonals every day. Yet, much of traditional training focuses on straight-line movement lifts, presses, squats, and lunges in the sagittal plane. While valuable, […]
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Why Myofascial Stretching Is More Effective for Flexibility, Mobility, and Pain Relief
When it comes to improving flexibility, mobility, and even reducing chronic pain, most people automatically think of stretching. We all know the classic static stretches: hamstring reach, quad pull, shoulder stretch. But while traditional stretching can help increase muscle length […]
read more2025-12-31
How Fitness Keeps Getting New Year’s Resolutions WRONG & How To Fix It
Every January, fitness braces for the same cycle. Motivation is high, schedules fill up, and “this year will be different” is everywhere. And yet, by February or March, many of those same clients have disappeared. A Forbes Health/OnePoll survey reported […]
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