Monthly Archives: October 2013

Philadelphia Union Fitness Coach Kevin Miller on Optimizing Movement

Philadelphia Union Fitness Coach Kevin Miller on Optimizing Movement

My new DVD set Optimizing Movement was released several months ago and I continue to get outstanding feedback from a wide range of professionals throughout the training and rehabilitation spectrum. Today I wanted to share a review that Kevin Miller, Fitness Coach for the Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer Team, recently sent me. This is a… Read more

5 Ways Breathing Affects Sport Performance

5 Ways Breathing Affects Sport Performance

Being a strength coach and a manual therapist has given me a different perspective on how important it truly is to assess athletes for structural and functional limitations and address them before they become serious injuries and surgeries. Exercises that revolve around optimizing breathing patterns have become a big piece of that equation for me… Read more

Chest Breathing vs. Belly Breathing

Chest Breathing vs. Belly Breathing

When I first started learning about breathing, it was within the context of “chest breathing is bad, belly breathing is good.” The short explanation for this thought process is that belly breathing is driven by the diaphragm, whereas chest breathing is driven by “accessory” respiration muscles and ultimately leads to dysfunction and/or pain. This explanation… Read more

High Performance Handbook: Guest Post from Eric Cressey

High Performance Handbook: Guest Post from Eric Cressey

Hopefully you were able to grab a copy of Eric Cressey’s The High Performance Handbook already and grab all of the great bonuses Eric offered the first day. After reading through the book, I asked Eric if he’d write a post discussing the importance of individualization, which he humbly agreed to. This is a cool… Read more

Customize Your Training Program (and Win Free Stuff!)

Customize Your Training Program (and Win Free Stuff!)

In anticipation of the release of his new training system The High Performance Handbook, Eric Cressey released three great videos last week that I hope you had an opportunity to check out. In addition to watching the videos, I spent the last week digging through the High Performance Handbook and am really impressed with the… Read more