Posts Tagged with "hip hinge"

Let’s Not Make Things More Complicated Than They Have to Be: The Hip Hinge

Some things, no doubt, are complicated: Long division The Kreb’s cycle Nuclear fission Brexit Figuring out the plot of West World Vaginas There’s a bevy of examples in the universe. I’m sure collectively we can think of several hundred (if not thousands) of them. The hip hinge isn’t one of them. Or, at least it… Read more

Exercises You Should Be Doing: Bench Assisted ValSlide RDL With Reach

I know the name of today’s Exercise You Should Be Doing seems like a mouthful, but I promise it’s easier done than said. More cogent to the point is that it’s one of my new favorite drills to help trainees groove the Single Leg RDL. I’ve Written About This Shit Before I view the Single-Leg… Read more

Hip Hinge 2.0

In today’s guest post by strength coaches and physical therapists, Sam Spinelli and Jason LePage, they break down the hip hinge from beginner level to more advanced iterations. Ain’t no party like a hip hinge party. Enjoy. Hip Hinge 2.0 Your hips have a powerhouse of potential for performance. In the realm of athletics hip… Read more

Lets Pump the Brakes Internet: No, Deadlifts Won’t Make Your Spine Explode. And No, Not Everyone Has to Do Them

The internet is a funny place. Regardless of the topic – Presidential elections, Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter, GMOs, or debating the original Star Wars trilogy vs. the prequels – people tend to marry themselves to extremes. They’re either way over on the left or way the eff over on the right. There’s… Read more

Everyone NEEDS to Deadlift

Note from TG: If there was ever a blog title conceived specifically for this website, this is the one. Jason Bourne, an F-16 fighter jet, and a lumberjack punching a grizzly bear in the face while eating a bag of beef jerky could have steel cage match and it wouldn’t be as manly as this title…. Read more

Kettlebell Swing: How to Cue the Hinge and Never Perform a Squat Swing Again

There’s just some things in life you don’t do. 1. You don’t punch kittens in the face. That’s just common sense (and really cruel). 2. Guys: you don’t not pay for the first date. And ladies: the fake purse grab at the end of dinner makes us guys feel good, and we appreciate the sentiment;… Read more

A Simple Way to Pattern the Hip Hinge

Sometimes I think to myself how much of a moron I am. And I don’t say that lightly. I’m 100% serious. I’m a moron. Or, to use a more “Tony’esque” term…..an asshat. Lets rule out the obvious offenses like that time, as a freshman in my first college start, I threw a 3-2 hanging curveball… Read more

Master the Kettlebell Swing

Before we get to the meat of today’s post I have a few housekeeping items to relay: 1.  Today is the last day to take advantage of the 30% discount for my Deadlift Specialization Program. The program itself will never go away (ever!!!) and will always be available to start whenever you’d like, but this… Read more