Do You Know What Your Core Really Is and What it Does?
Your core is a complex series of muscles, extending far beyond your abs, including everything besides your arms and legs. It is incorporated in almost
Author: Jeff Kuhland
Jeff Kuhland is a fitness professional who is living the dream. He is the owner and author ofAthletic Human. He also works as a Certification Team Instructor for MovNat, and is the Program Director at The Aid Station. Before this he began his fitness career inhigh school where sports were always a focus. After running cross country, indoor and outdoor track, and playing soccer, Jeff went on to run Division I track at James Madison University. He now participates in many endurance and outdoor sports, including ultramarathons, adventure racing, kayaking, rock climbing, wakeboarding, snowboarding, and many other extreme sports.
He is currently training to set speed records for kayaking the James River and New River.
Jeff's career highlights include winning Nationals for the U.S. Challenge Adventure Racing Series in Lake Placid in 2008 and placing 1at Worlds for the Intelligent Sport World Series held in Cyprus. Jeff has completed the Mountain Masochist 54-mile ultramarathon, kayaked/rafted the Grand Canyon (226 miles), and is currently on a quest to hike to the top of all fifty United States.
He earned a B.S. in Sports and Recreation Management with minors in Business, Economics, and Exercise Science from James MadisonUniversityin 2009. Jeff completed his Master of Business Administration from Lynchburg College in 2012.
Posts from this author
Get Smart About Your Press
The press, push press, push jerk, snatch, and overhead squat all require a specific level of shoulder mobility before you should perform them under any
Become a Badass Athlete: How to Incorporate Natural Movement
We live in a world unlike anything else before. Modern conveniences allow us to exist with little effort. Everything is designed to be comfortable –
When Comfort Is Uncomfortable: You Need Natural Movement
We live in a world unlike anything else before. Modern conveniences allow us to exist with little effort. Everything is designed to be comfortable –
Product Review: wodLIFTS
wodLIFTS inserts are designed to give you the benefits of Olympic lifting shoes by converting your current shoe. You simply take the wodLIFTS insert, place
Product Review: The Armaid
The Armaid is a self-therapy device that allows you to treat repetitive strain issues. With this tool, you can address tension in the forearm muscles,
Product Review: wodLIFTS
wodLIFTS inserts are designed to give you the benefits of Olympic lifting shoes by converting your current shoe. You simply take the wodLIFTS insert, place
The Safest and Smartest Progression for Building Your Overhead Lifts
The press, push press, push jerk, snatch, and overhead squat all require a specific level of shoulder mobility before you should perform them under any
Product Review: The Armaid
The Armaid is a self-therapy device that allows you to treat repetitive strain issues. With this tool, you can address tension in the forearm muscles,
A Weak Foundation: How to Screen Your Ankles, Improve Performance, and Decrease Injury
No one would’ve opened this article if we called it, “screening your ankles and increasing your mobility.” However the truth is the ankle may be
Opedix CORE-Tec Compression Shorts (Product Review)
As an athlete and coach, I am intrigued by any new sports performance gear, but CORE-Tec’s advertising caught my interest. Clothing that helps to align
How We Can Apply the Olympics to Our Own Training
Olympians are glorified and their success is celebrated worldwide. Their biggest dreams come true, but at what cost were they achieved and what do they
