by Adam Vogel | Sep 29, 2017 | Technique
MINDSET: WHERE SHOULD YOUR HEAD BE WHEN STARTING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM? How many times have you started and stopped an exercise program? You begin with the best of intentions and then suddenly you get busy, you get bored or you get hurt. It happens to the best of us....
by Mike DeMille | Sep 26, 2017 | Mobility
DO YOU HAVE STIFF ANKLES? Your feet and ankles are amazing spring-like mechanisms that offer tremendous amounts of elastic recoil when they are fully functioning. On the flip side, when you’re missing range of motion at your ankle joints you have no choice but to...
by Adam Vogel | Sep 22, 2017 | Biomechanics
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF POSTURE ON BREATH AND ENDURANCE PART 2 As we look at how to improve athletic endurance, we explored in Part One the connection between good posture and breath and some consequences that occur when this relationship is disrupted. Here, we...
by Adam Vogel | Sep 19, 2017 | Biomechanics
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF POSTURE ON BREATH AND ENDURANCE PART ONE The influence of posture on breath and cardiovascular performance is one of the most underappreciated factors in endurance training. In this article, we’ll take an in-depth look at how posture...
by Sam Sturgis | Sep 15, 2017 | Mobility
The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the human body, making it the most susceptible to injury. Whether you’re an “overhead” athlete (think baseball, tennis, swimming) or someone whose job requires a lot of overhead work, strengthening the muscles in and...