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Greg Dea and Rod Harris: Bench Press Movement Mistakes — Lock Them Out or Learn from Them

You've got two choices when it comes to improving movement. Your options are: Correct the mistake using the learning strategies we were born with, or lock ...

Adam Wolf: Shoulder Impingement and Humeral Head Positioning

Adam Wolf demonstrates a simple assessment to observe asymmetries in shoulder mobility and anatomical causes of shoulder impingement. https://www.youtub...

Marcus Santer: Helping Your 40-Plus Client Age Successfully (and Look Great)

My 40th birthday was a pivotal moment for me. Like most good clichés, it’s true. [caption id="attachment_35180" align="alignright" width="208"] The ...

Charlie Weingroff and Mark Cheng: Touch the Wall Drill

Drs. Weingroff and Cheng cover a quick and easy drill to make sure your hip hinge is where it needs to be: as far back as your anatomy and flexibility will...

Chris Holder: Strength and Conditioning Coaches, Are We Lifting the Athleticism Out of Our Athletes?

That title is not a rhetorical question. Are we lifting the athleticism out of our athletes? It’s something that has been on my mind for a long time. Fr...

Eric Beard: Spine Mobility vs Stability

Eric Beard describes spine mobility and stability, providing a full explanation of the anatomy at play in thoracic spine movement. https://www.youtube.c...

David Weck Coiling Core

David Weck: Enhancing the Core of Athletic Movement

There is a time and place to brace your core and keep your spine neutral. And then there is everything else you do, which includes moving athletically, wi...

training for tomorrow with Dan John

Dan John: Training Economics

People are always trying to sell you a magic pill to get you leaner, faster, stronger. But as far as training is concerned, a long-term vision is far bette...

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Dan John: Three Secrets of Performance

There is a story about Gary Player, the great golfer, which may or may not be true. Frankly, I don’t care. He was coming off a terrible round of go...

Lee Burton: The FMS is the Entry Point

Lee Burton uses the FMS Performance Pyramid to demonstrate how the Functional Movement Screen and the SFMA work together to screen and assess movement when...

Chris Holder: Mentoring Young Coaches

Mentoring young coaches might very well be a larger task than coaching an athlete to reach his or her potential. The hand-holding, the pushing from behind...