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Boxing Day Special

Boxing Day Special

I hope you and your families are enjoying a relaxing holiday week. This is one of my favorite times of year, as the holidays not only give me an opportunity to spend some more time with friends and family, but I also enjoy the cooler temperatures, getting to check in with some of our college […]

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Reactive Core Training Exercises

Reactive Core Training Exercises

As a quick note, the extended Extended Holiday Sale for my Optimizing Movement DVDs ends this Saturday (12/14). If you’re interested in grabbing a copy, you can save 20% until Saturday here: Optimizing Movement In this “Throwback Thursday” segment, I wanted to bring back a few exercises that I think can be extremely effective in […]

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Optimal Movement: Dissecting the System

Optimal Movement: Dissecting the System

Over the last couple of weeks I shared a 3-part series on optimizing movement that dove into the importance of recognizing individual structural differences, what you need to know about “corrective” exercise, and how to individualize exercise in a group or team setting. If you missed those posts, I’d encourage you to check them out […]

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Optimal Movement: Individualizing Exercise in a Group Setting

Optimal Movement: Individualizing Exercise in a Group Setting

If you missed the first two parts of this “Optimal Movement Series”, I’d encourage you to check them out at the links below, as they really lay the platform for today’s discussion. Structural Adaptations: Not Just a Hockey Problem The Truth About Corrective Exercise One of the big questions that comes up in discussing integrating […]

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Optimal Movement: The Truth About Corrective Exercise

Optimal Movement: The Truth About Corrective Exercise

Part 1 of the “Optimal Movement Series” discussed several reasons why it’s so important to have an assessment process in place and identified a few ways in which structural changes will influence movement. If you missed that, you can check it out here: Structural Adaptations: Not Just a Hockey Problem Today we’ll continue the discussion […]

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Optimal Movement: Structural Adaptations Are Not Just A Hockey Problem

Optimal Movement: Structural Adaptations Are Not Just A Hockey Problem

If you’re reading this from the U.S., I hope you and your family enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving yesterday! I’m still fighting off a pie coma, but was able to get some writing done earlier in the week so the day wouldn’t be a complete loss. Enjoy! Over the last several years, I’ve written a lot […]

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Olympics, Breathing, PRI, and Athletic Excellence

Olympics, Breathing, PRI, and Athletic Excellence

I spent the weekend in Phoenix, AZ at a PRI Vision course and spending some time with Neil Rampe, Charlie Weingroff, Doug(las) Kechijian, and a couple guys from the Diamondbacks staff. I still have a lot to digest and will spend some time studying the course materials over the next few weeks to see what […]

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Understanding the Bilateral Deficit

Understanding the Bilateral Deficit

As the next segment in my “Throwback Thursday” series, I wanted to repost an article discussing the bilateral deficit. This article was originally published in June of this year (2013, if you’re coming to us from the future), which doesn’t make it much of a throwback, but the last post on “Rethinking Bilateral Training” (which […]

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Passion, Vitamin D, and Stress

Passion, Vitamin D, and Stress

I’ve been buried at work this week trying to work on a few different projects, so I haven’t had much time to write. Fortunately, I’ve come across a few great articles/videos that I think you’ll enjoy. Check them out at the link below: Does your player have the passion necessary to become elite? from Josh […]

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Rethinking Bilateral Training

Rethinking Bilateral Training

Over the last 5 years I’ve written over 650 articles for this site. It’s a little crazy to think about! Because of the sheer volume of content, I find myself answering a lot of emails these days by searching for old articles I’ve written that answer the person’s question and just firing them back over. […]

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