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Don’t Let That Injury Derail You

Today’s guest post comes from a former distance coaching of mine, Australian strength coach Shannan Maciejewski. Shannan started working with me when he was coming of a pretty serious ankle injury, and he hired me to help him sift through the program design process as he worked his way back to playing competitive rugby. As […]

Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: “GentilSet” or “SomerCore” Workshop?

1. I’ve got some exciting news to report. No, Matt Damon isn’t reprising his role as Jason Bourne. No, a group of Victoria Secret models haven’t moved into the vacant apartment upstairs. And no, unfortunately, Justin Bieber hasn’t fallen into a live volcano. While all of those things would be pretty awesome, what I have […]

Deadlift Cueing and Fixes

A few weeks ago I received an email from a DPT student in central Florida detailing a research project that he’s doing alongside a fellow student (as well as with one of the faculty at his school) looking at ways to use the deadlift pattern to treat patients with low back pain in a therapy […]

5 Reasons to Join a CSA

I don’t go out of my way to write a lot about nutrition on this site for a few reasons. For starters it’s a highly debated topic with so many varying opinions and foods for thought (Ha! Pun intended), that I just assume avoid any confrontation with the Paleo Bullies for having the gall to […]

Why Shoulder Injury Prevention Programs Are Failing

I recently had the opportunity to write an article for Stack Magazine, which is an online resource for high-school athletes and coaches. When I was originally contacted and asked if I’d be interested I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to write about. Then it hit me: Um, dude – you work with a crap […]