Dr. Kelly Starrett’s name has become synonymous with self-care for athletes and making you an injury proof CrossFit competitor. K-Star, as he is known, has been actively pursuing the field of athletic ... Continue Reading
How You’re Sabotaging Your Posture and Your Time in the Gym
Good posture means maintaining correct alignment of your body in a seated position, while standing, and during motion. Most athletes and active people pay attention to posture during exercise, but after a ... Continue Reading
How to Stretch Like the Professionals
The fitness industry is filled with idiots. There, I said it. One of the biggest myths about training is the one that centers around stretching. Do it, don’t do it, do it fast or slow, do it at ... Continue Reading
3 Ways to Work Mobility and Stretching Into Your Workouts
Stretching and mobility are the most skipped parts of fitness, and also the most misunderstood. Mobility is the ability to move freely and easily, while stretching is a key way to help achieve this. We are ... Continue Reading
7 Essential Elements of Rest and Recovery
Rest and recovery are critical components of any successful training program. They are also the least planned and underutilized ways to enhance performance. You may not be aware there is a difference ... Continue Reading
The Daily Pre-Workout “Tune Up” for Your Race Car (Your Body)
Let’s call a spade a spade – you’re a mess. Years of hard training have taken their toll on you. Joints hurt, some parts don’t move like they should, maybe you’ve had surgery and while the pain is gone it ... Continue Reading
How Kelly Starrett’s Mobility Seminar Ruined Me
Over the weekend I took a CrossFit Movement and Mobility trainer course given by Kelly Starrett, doctor of physical therapy, healer to world-class athletes, and, in general, the guru to whom we run to fix ... Continue Reading
Why Screening and Corrective Exercise Should Be the Foundation of Every Exercise Program
Functional exercise, prehabilitation, and corrective exercises are growing exponentially and being addressed in everything from Runner’s World, Men’s Health, collegiate strength and conditioning journals, ... Continue Reading
Squat Therapy: 4 Drills That Will Improve Your Squat
Welcome to Squat Therapy. Squat Therapy is what I call these drills when working through them with my clients. The words seem to strike a perfect balance between the fact this is not going to be a ... Continue Reading
Sitting at Your Desk Is Eating Your Muscles
Do you work an office job and sit all day? We have heard increasingly in the past years that this is just plain bad for the human body, but how bad is it, and what should we do about it? Sitting Is ... Continue Reading
Foundation Training: Relieve Pain and Improve Performance
It’s the unfortunate state of our sport. Ask any physical therapist, chiropractor, or acupuncturist what they think of CrossFit and the reply is usually, “I love CrossFit, they keep me in business.” ... Continue Reading
Product Review: Rumble Roller
Any semi-serious athlete knows the joys of self-administered soft tissue work. The lacrosse ball, the tennis ball, and the foam roller are all implements of pain used in pursuit of a greater purpose. We ... Continue Reading
