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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 movement and further ass...
Chris Holder: Mentoring Young Coaches
Chris Holder speaks from experience as he explains the how to (and how not to) do your job mentoring young coaches into successful coaches.
Stuart McGill: Can Movement Quality Predict Future Injuries?
Stuart McGill discusses injury prediction, movement quality and why you should pay attention to the many variables in the studies that you read. Is it really saying what you think it’...
How to Coach a Bigger Deadlift
Get more from the deadlift: Here are tips from Gray Cook, Dan John, Mike Boyle and other masters that will help you coach your clients to bigger numbers and better form on this multi-ta...
Adam Wolf: Hip Motion in Gait
Adam Wolf gives a quick assessment of hip motion in gait, using the pelvis and femur as reference points for bone-to-bone and side-to-side comparisons.
Glenn Pendlay: The Training Log
Progress doesn’t happen without a plan, and for Glenn Pendlay, a plan doesn’t happen without an old-school training log. It can work for you too.
Lorimer Moseley: Pain and the Placebo Effect
Pain expert Lorimer Moseley describes an interesting placebo story that has major implications in human behavior and pain science.
Mark Snow: Using the FMS in a Group Fitness or Bootcamp Class
The typical fitness client is tired of what most big box gyms offer. Mark Snow observes and discusses the weaknesses of cookie cutter programs and proposes using the FMS to achieve the ...
Mark Reifkind: Foam Rolling Pain Points
Mark Reifkind approaches foam rolling with a plan of action: he tries to find the most painful spot within the most painful spot in order to teach a lesson on pain.
Planes of Human Motion
What are the planes of motion and why do we care? While it's true most of us don't really *need* to know this stuff, it's also true we're often going to bump into the terms when reading...
Chris Holder: Training Failure – When to Push Young Athletes and When to Wait
From a coaching perspective, you never want to see your athlete fail . . . but many young athletes seemingly set themselves up for training failure. Chris Holder looks at a few reasons ...