I connect with a lot of folks who have developed wrist issues. Whether I'm talking to fellow climbers, my students who work at a computer all day, or my jiu-jitsu players who have wrenched their wrist yet again while rolling, lots of folks develop sore, achy, painful, wrists. I decided to share
Two Big Reasons You Don’t Make (And Keep) Mobility Gains
Which of these sounds like you? 1) You do mobility work and feel like you make progress in your session. But the gains don’t seem to stick because each time you go to start your mobility work, it feels like you’re back on day one again. 2) You make quick ‘gains’ to your mobility by using a few
The Difference Between Mobility And Flexibility
Once you recognize the differences between flexibility and mobility, you start making better use of your 'mobility training time'. When I first became a trainer in 2002, I didn't know this stuff - even with the education I got in school and my certification training. So don't feel bad if you didn't
Healing Pain: How Your (Mostly Subconscious) Stories Influence Your Symptoms
I was driving down the highway one night when something caught my eye. It was up ahead off to the right, a shadowy thing that was moving in a way that wasn’t correct for any of the things that would be expected to be along the side of the highway. Construction trucks or workers, signs, piles of
How To Recover From Hard Workouts
A necessary part of taking care of your body is recovery. If you don't know what 'recovery work' is, I have a video below that will point you in the right direction. And if you already know about 'recovery work' but struggle to get it in, think of it like this... Instead of looking at 'recovery'
Podcast: MTN RDY
I was recently invited on the MTN RDY podcast with host, Sean Crotty, to discuss the fundamentals of building an unbreakable body. I shared more about the Six Pillar system, why it works to help you know how to take care of your own body, and what's inspiring me these days. I also shared a
Knee Pain: Get These Basic Knee Functions First
Knee pain is highly disruptive to your life. Patellar tendonitis, meniscus issues, ACL tears, patellar tracking issues, your basic “ache in your knee”...all of them tend to last far longer and be more frustrating to heal than issues that arise in other areas of the body. When you lose knee
Passive Range Of Motion & Active Range Of Motion: Why Your Mobility Depends On Both
Do you know the difference between passive range of motion and active range of motion? And do you know why it’s vital that you have both in adequate quantities if you want to be mobile, injury-resistant, and strong? Most people don’t know that there is more than one kind of range of motion (ROM),
Four Myths About Mobility Training – Part Two
In Part One of this post, I shared the first two mobility myths with you. They covered foam rolling and self massage tools, as well as stretching. If you missed those, you might want to click back to Part One and read that first. In today's Part Two of this break down of common myths about
Four Myths About Mobility Training – Part One
If you wanted to strength train, you wouldn’t use jogging as your primary form of achieving that. Because you know that’s not how ‘building muscular size or strength’ works. And yet, you might still be doing things to ‘improve your mobility’ that aren’t actually creating the changes you’re