Like many things, it depends. What are you recovering from? It seems like every week there is a new recovery tool showing up in the Fitness industry. When I started as a personal trainer 15 years ago, the options were pretty limited. Recovery tools consisted of old, warped whiteish/yellowish foam rollers and a lacrosse balls. … Read More
Mobility Monday
Lateral Squat with Counterbalance
The lateral squat with counterbalance mobility drill can improve your efficiency in the squat, single leg squat, single leg deadlift, lunge, and deadlift. However, like all exercises, you must perform the drill properly to reap the benefits. It’s best to start this drill without any weight until you own the pattern. Once you understand the basics, it’s … Read More
Move Better with Hip Prying
Hip prying. You should be doing this! Yes, you. Hip prying might be one of the quickest and most effective hip mobility drills that I know exists. In just a few minutes, I’ve seen clients go from barely being able to squat at all to squatting below parallel! Steps to Perform Hip Prying Mobility Drill … Read More
Effective Hip Mobility Drills
For this week’s Mobility Monday, we are flashing back to the first part of a series we did on hip mobility! If you are familiar with our original tag line, it’s as follows: Move Better. Feel better. Perform Better. We meant it. 🙂 If you move well, you will most likely perform well. Here is … Read More
Deconstructing the G.O.A.T
For today’s Mobility Monday, we’re going to dive in and deconstruct a mobility drill that is used by thousands of strength coaches. This mobility drill can also be called the greatest stretch of all time or if you’re looking for something a bit more descriptive, hands-to-instep with a rib pull. I’m sure there are some slight variations of … Read More
Three Ways to Increase Your Ankle Mobility
In the strength and conditioning world, you always hear people preaching about “moving better” and becoming more mobile and/or stable. There is nothing wrong with these things, but often times we need to be a bit more specific. Ankle mobility plays a vital role in pretty much every lower body movement. If you are lacking dorsiflexion, … Read More
How to Improve Overhead Shoulder Mobility
Today I’m going to show you a new drill to help clean up your overhead shoulder mobility. I train people with various backgrounds every day. Time and time again, I see people struggling to achieve a healthy overhead position. Why Do You Have Poor Shoulder Mobility? Whether it’s years of poor lifting, poor posture or simply neglecting … Read More