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Today’s Thursday Throwback is one of my most popular posts ever. This post gained traction quickly as it discusses the largest underlying factor in why so many athletes and lifters alike get shoulder pain while benching and doing other pressing exercises. Since this post was first published over 3 years ago, I’ve continued to emphasize […]

A few years ago I had a really interesting conversation with one of our D1 hockey players at Endeavor. It was his first Summer with us so I didn’t know much about him, but the report I got was that his coaches felt he was extremely skilled, but too fat, slow, and lazy to contribute […]

Today I have another awesome sports nutrition tip from Brian St. Pierre, who authored the Nutrition Guide for my new program Ultimate Hockey Transformation. Enjoy! – KN Tip #2: Slow and Steady Wins the Race Have you ever missed out on accomplishing a goal or task because you were overwhelmed? Maybe you had too much […]

Today’s Thursday Throwback takes us back to 2010, when a controversial article questioning the benefits of “core stability” training was published. The post discusses what core stability really means, and the most effective progression we’ve found to not only minimize injury risk, but also to improve performance in athletic settings. We still use variations of the […]

When I was growing up playing hockey, at least once every season I’d have some sort of left groin or hip flexor issue. None were ever significant enough to keep me off the ice, but they were always enough that I was constantly “aware of it”, which is not where you want your focus going […]

I’ve always been a huge proponent of the benefits of getting quality manual work. When I first started at Endeavor, one of the first things I did was do a search for local practitioners that had a few specific skill sets and mailed out letters introducing myself. This process, albeit a little awkward, was crucial […]

In an effort to constantly improve, one phrase that I often repeat to myself is: “If you want better answers, you have to ask better questions.” With this in mind, I enjoy reading articles and listening to presentations that are more theoretical in nature and pose a lot of questions, but don’t necessarily provide the […]

Today’s Thursday Throwback features an important article that I originally wrote back in 2010. The concept of Michael Boyle and Gray Cook’s “Joint by Joint Approach” discussed below is the single most effective way to communicate to clients/athletes how a limitation at one joint or segment can influence function or pain in a different area […]

A couple years ago I was invited to go speak at and run the off-ice training for a USA Hockey Regional Festival for 14 year olds. I was really excited about the opportunity for a lot of reasons. First off, I love working with players at that age. They’re sponges for information and are at […]

Over the last several weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a successful athlete and reflecting on how good of a job we’re doing at cultivating these qualities in our athletes. Running a sports performance facility puts us in a great position to influence an athlete’s physical development, which will have a profound […]