The Cause of Your Tight Muscles pt. 2 - Do You Wonder Why Tightness Keeps...
Ever try to walk or run on ice? What happens? You brace or tense up to create extra stability throughout your body in an attempt to survive. This could very well be happening and you don't even know...
View ArticleThe Cause of Your Tight Muscles pt.3
The problem with sitting isn't so much the sitting; rather, it's the fact that you aren't climbing, swimming, paddling, rolling, running, dancing, or crawling. Continue reading →
View ArticleSprinting Rules pt.1 - Tissue Quality and Mobility Essentials
Sprinting puts a ton of stress on the body and unless you're prepared to absorb and distribute those forces appropriately, it's like playing with fire. Before you even think about starting a sprinting...
View ArticleMiddle Back Mobility: Why You Need It and How To Get It
Restriction in the upper/middle back, or thoracic spine (T-Spine), is one of the most common areas of the body to tighten up. And it's insidious, too. That is, the tightness evolves slowly month by...
View ArticleThe One Trick Pony
Here's the problem with running as your only fitness activity. To a large extent, it neglects 2 of the 3 fitness bases. Not only that, I'd say over time it ERODES those bases. That's right, if you're...
View ArticleImprove Your Warm-Up With The Lunge Matrix
Think about your current method (if you can call it that) of warming up. Perhaps you bend over and strrrrrretch to tie those shoes and then off you go? I think we can do better. This week I want to...
View ArticleLeg Stiffness: When and Why It’s A Good Thing
Typically used as part of a good warm up, practicing the “ankling” drill will teach you how to be stiff at the right time and how to react off the ground properly. Continue reading →
View ArticleRace Pace Before The Race?
That feeling of “holy crap I'm in a race and I'm already sucking wind and I'm not even at the 1 mile mark yet” used to be pretty familiar to me. Let's fix that, OK? Continue reading →
View ArticleChronic Tightness? Don’t Just Stretch – Ask WHY.
Wondering why that tight muscle is always tight? After a massage you feel great …then the tightness returns. Why is that? Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Form Flaw You’re Not Seeing
There's been a ton of focus in recent years on running form. Yet certain aspects of form have gotten WAY more 'press' than others. I'm thinking specifically of footstrike. Forefoot? Mid-foot? Heel...
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