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T-Spine Mobility: Why It’s Important
Many of our daily activities are often done sitting down, rounding through the thoracic spine, which can wreak havoc on posture and put stress on the rest ...
Dave Draper: The Dungeon, 1963
Dave Draper reminisces about an important era of his training history and the history of bodybuilding and weightlifting; stories about how far we’ve come and how far you can go.
Dan John: Training for Tomorrow
Tons of training experience and wisdom in a quick video from Dan John on separating practice from performance.
Dan John: Wandering Weights, Issue # 101
Wandering Weights Our Epic Journey Through All Things Heavy, Issue # 101 New on OTP this week: Eric Beard on t-spine impairment I have had a delightful time in Ireland. I am on the tra...
Eric Beard
Eric Beard, an NASM certified corrective exercise and performance enhancement specialist, is the author of— Thoracic Mobility (video) The Anatomy of Shoulder Impingement (lecture) L...
Eric Beard: Thoracic Spine Impairment and Dysfunction
Eric Beard reviews the causes and symptoms of thoracic spine dysfunction and explains the corrective strategies that he uses with success.
Dan John: Wandering Weights, Issue # 100
Wandering Weights Our Epic Journey Through All Things Heavy, Issue # 100 ISSUE # 100! No misses, 100 in a row. WW Swimming in Galway I had a lovely week in Galway and leave for County ...
Glenn Pendlay: Do You Need to Stomp in Weightlifting?
Well, do you? Glenn Pendlay thinks it’s helpful for beginners to stomp or jump because it can break a bad habit.
More Reasons Why the Squat is Called the King of Exercises
The second installment of the squat primer: the information you need to understand the squat as a movement pattern and exercise . . . and get more from it for yourself and your clients.
Gray Cook: Working on Breathing in Patterns
Gray Cook discusses using the Functional Movement Screen to identify and correct pattern-based and position-based breathing problems. Are you being robbed of mobility and strength?
Dan John: Wandering Weights, Issue # 99
Wandering Weights Our Epic Journey Through All Things Heavy, Issue # 99 Last week on OTP: Eric Beard Explains Thoracic Spine Disassociation I’m sitting in my apartment in Galway, Ire...