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Charlie Weingroff: Corrective Exercise for the Movement Professional
Corrective exercise works through negative feedback, so when Charlie Weingroff wants to program exercises that work . . . he tries to pick something that h...
Gray Cook: Coddled Conditioning
Is conditioning incompatible with coddling? Gray Cook thinks so: your clients shouldn’t always get their way. They should get what they need.
Gray Cook: Stability vs Mobility
Got enough mobility? . . . Unable to put it to use? Static and dynamic holds are where you pick up the stability you want and need.
Chris Holder: Achieving Training Goals — The Devil is in the Details
We all want to leave the gym better than when we arrived, but all too often, poor technique, misguided programming and inefficiency set us up to miss our training goals, and even worse,...
Dan John: Older Clients and Falls
Thousands of Americans die every year from falls and fall-related injuries. The right exercises for your older clients can help prevent falling . . . so why aren’t we doing them?
Lee Burton: The History of the Functional Movement Screen – It’s Conception and Misconceptions
The Functional Movement Screen has become a popular tool to identify basic movement dysfunction, but where did it come from? From the point of view of a co-founder, Lee Burton covers th...
Eric Beard: Global vs Local Musculature
Eric Beard categorizes the musculature of the thoracic spine, discusses the different muscle groups and how they can control safe range of motion or contribute to stress and strain.
Dan John: Six Decades of Competition
Dan John recounts his 60 years of competition and shares his mistakes, his successes and his inspirations along the way.
Gray Cook: Don’t Rush the Movement Learning Process
During the first four weeks of strength training, your cellular metabolism and cellular structure don’t change. What happens? Movement learning happens . . . if you give it time.
Chris Holder: Qigong for Recovery and Health
Qigong is one of the most layered, ancient and powerful practices used to bring about massive health benefits and recovery efforts. Chris Holder tells us how it’s still relevant today...
Lorimer Moseley: Learning from Phantom Pain
Lorimer Moseley shares an interesting anecdote about a lost hand that helps bring understanding to the complexity of pain.