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Thoughts on Posture: Part II
In the previous post, I discussed a few thoughts, ideas and myths surrounding our posture. A key concept is that posture actually isn’t tied very strongly to back pain. There are still good reasons to...
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Size Matters Not: Part I
I’m very grateful to Jamie Atlas of Bonza Bodies for giving me the opportunity to write a guest post for his blog. He runs one of the big group bootcamps at Red Rocks. He’s been featured in 5280 and...
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Size Matters Not: A Case for Strength Part II
In Part I of this series I suggested that you should see progress in your exercise routine. Further, I broached the idea that muscular strength and muscular size are not necessarily the same. Finally,...
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Size Matters Not: A Case for Strength Part III
Who should be strong and why? Clearly athletes benefit from more strength, but what about someone who doesn’t label him or herself an “athlete?” Well, strength is like money in the bank: No one ever...
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Coaching Movement: Internal vs. External Cues
I recently listened to an interview with Todd Hargrove of BetterMovement.org at the Well Rounded Athlete. At about 21:30 in the interview, Todd discusses the idea of internal cues vs external cues as...
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Breaking Plateaus: the MilitaryPress
I’m a big fan of the military press (aka the press, the standing press, the overhead press). I like putting the weight overhead. It’s a challenging total-body exercise that in my mind probably delivers...
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Science, Belief, Psychology and Nonsense
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson I want very much to be on the side of science. The scientific method is perhaps the most...
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The Goblet Squat
Nearly all of my clients squat. Sometimes instructing the squat can be a challenge. Though it’s essentially just sitting down, the squat can become complicated and difficult. It’s easy to over-coach...
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Tiger Woods’ Back Pain Mythology
For effective management of persistent pain, provide a clear understanding of the factors that drive pain, develop graduated strategies to normalise and optimise movement patterns while controlling...
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Techniques to Help You Run Pain Free
I’ve used a few simple techniques to help a few of my clients with their running technique. These ideas have also helped me overcome a long-term bout of heel and Achilles trouble. My clients often...
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Sleep: Think You Can Do Without It?
This is the cutting edge of health! A recent TED Talk has grabbed my attention. The topic is sleep. (I’ve written before about this vastly under-appreciated component of health here and here.) The...
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Thoughts on “Diet Cults”
I’m about to finish Matt Fitzgerald’s Diet Cults and I’m enjoying it a lot. He discusses the extent to which we identify ourselves by how we eat. Many of us proudly and loudly claim the label of Paleo,...
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Motivation vs. Willpower
I mentioned in the last post that I was reading and enjoying Matt Fitzgerald’s Diet Cults. Chapter five of his book contains some information that I found very thought provoking. This chapter discusses...
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Tracking Weaknesses: An Efficient Way to Monitor Progress (or Lack Thereof)
I’ve been deeply immersed the FASTER Global curriculum over the past several months. Efficiency (getting to your movement, physique and performance goals as fast as possible) is the key focus of...
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Colon Cancer & Sitting
The New York Times Well Blog discusses an alarming trend: Incidences of colorectal cancer have been decreasing by about 1 percent a year since the mid 1980s, but incidences among people under 50 — the...
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What I’ve Learned: Principles of Movement & FASTER Global – Part I
I spent much of the Summer and Fall going through the FASTER Global Specialist in Functional Performance and Specialist in Functional Therapy courses. It’s been a fantastic experience. At times it was...
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What I’ve Learned: Principles of Movement & FASTER Global – Part II
From gym work to “real life.” Athletic endeavors and typical daily movements are rarely symmetrical. We’re often stepping from one foot to the other in any of several directions, swiveling and/or...
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What I’ve Learned: Principles of Movement & FASTER Global – Part III – Lunge...
In the previous two posts, (here and here) I discussed what I’ve learned by going through the FASTER Global coursework. (If you’re a fitness professional who wants to truly become an expert at...
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Good Words from Steve Magness at Science of Running
“Which brings me to the point. You can’t force things. In life or in running. You’ve got to let them come to you.” – Steve Magness, Science of Running I’m a big fan of Steve Magness’ work. He is both...
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What I’ve Learned: Principles of Movement & FASTER Global – Part IV
I’ve been discussing movement, exercise and how to make traditional exercises more applicable to real-life and athletic activities. I’ve discussed going from two feet to stepping. From there we can...
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