The purpose of this post is to share my lessons learned from preparing for and completing Ironman Chattanooga. In my anxiety-laden build-up, I read a few other first-person accounts of the race, and some of the lessons learned were highly valuable in my preparations. Hopefully, this post can do the same for someone else out …
Over the last year, I have worked with over 250 different CrossFitters from the Atlanta area in pain. Upon reviewing the data, shoulder issues are the #1 thing I treat—specifically shoulder impingements. If you look at the movements programmed in WODs, it makes sense. All of these involve the shoulder girdle. Bench Press Burpee (all …
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Running is quite possibly the most complicated thing we do as humans. Fast locomotion of our bodies over distance requires the orchestration of joints moving, muscles contracting, and stabilizing. Nerves are messaging to create contraction and relay information about the body’s joints in space, the status of the biochemical soup, and so much more. Couple …
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I am a human who likes to put it to the screws of life. I like getting after everything that I do, whether it is working out or celebrating on Holiday. So naturally, I am not a big fan of the “just eat in moderation” on Thanksgiving. If I eat a meal that has enough …
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If you train hard, you are going to get some tweaks. Sore lower backs and strained muscle tissues are inevitable. Usually, these tweaks are nothing to worry about, and you should continue working out like normal. Eventually, though, we are all confronted with something more significant than a tweak. It can be tendinopathy, bursitis, sprained …
What Your Squat Says About Your Body Performing a proper squat requires significant mobility throughout the body. Still, the ability to move all the involved joints through their available ranges of motion does not necessarily ensure a perfect squat. The squat also requires considerable motor control, meaning that you must utilize your functional mobility through …
Key Points Sitting is terrible for you It should be a goal to move for 5 hours per day Sitting is inevitable and will cause musculoskeletal issues that limit your performance/cause injuries in the gym/sport Incorporate the 5 exercises below to help improve your performance, prevent injury and even reduce the risk of an early …
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Pain is a tricky feedback loop. From birth, we are taught that it’s a bad thing, a threat to our homeostasis, and if we feel anything painful, we should stop doing the pain-causing behavior to keep surviving. However, sometimes pain is a good thing. For instance, if you are looking to improve your strength, the …
Why Sit-Ups Won’t Give You a Six-Pack By Coach Johnny B It’s one of the most stubborn exercise myths out there that doing thousands of sit-ups is the way to get a six-pack. In truth, six-packs are made in the kitchen, not the gym, and smashing out countless sit-ups is more likely to result in a …
Wave loading is a progressive rep and intensity scheme that has a lifter perform a series of sets with increasingly more weight and less reps per wave, followed by 1-2 more waves, each starting slightly higher in weight and running through the same rep scheme. For example, a common wave loading plans may have a …