This weekend a lot of college kiddos will be walking across the stage with parents, family, and friends watching them reach out and take their hard-earned diploma. Congratulations grads! Speaking of, I did that same walk four years ago (!!) and I thought I’d impart some of the wisdom I’ve picked up since then. Most [...]
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” What do you do when one limb feels stronger than the other, do you just work out that one limb?” Fantastic question! Short answer: no. Long answer: Everyone has one limb or side that’s going to be stronger, more adept, and easier to progress than the other. That’s the result of handed-ness (being right- [...]
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I had an interesting conversation with one of our college athletes this week. She’s a graduating senior who played on George Mason’s basketball team, and is ultimately set on making it to the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball League). She was telling me about a final project for a class she’d been working on: a book [...]
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Do you have tight hamstrings? Do you stretch them only to find that you’re not any closer to the suppleness that you desire in those posterior hip extenders? Do you feel they’re tighter than Gringotts Bank Security? Have you tweaked/pulled your hamstring (due to your tightness maybe?)? Today, we’ll go over some of the reasons why the hamstrings [...]
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Who wants strong glutes and hamstrings? (Everyone should be raising their hands and jumping up enthusiastically. You’ll jump even higher with strong glutes….) Enter the single-leg RDL (that’s Romanian deadlift. Don’t ask me why the Romanian’s get their own deadlift variation. Apparently they jumped on the posterior chain training first.). Now, the SL RDL is [...]
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One of the more challenging exercises, notably for women, is the chin/pull up. Hauling up your bodyweight is tough work and a mark of a pretty strong person, especially if the hauling of the body can be done multiple times in a row. I’ve written about pull ups before and how they’re not just for boys. Proof: Michelle [...]
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Spread it like peanut butta baby! Allow me to explain. This is a cue that I use with folks when teaching them how to engage their glutes and hamstrings and get the maximum benefit out of their squats. “Spreading the floor,” entails pushing against the outsides of the feet (without the rest of the foot [...]
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Remember this post? Did anyone write down goals? How are you doing on those goals? I challenge you, if you didn’t write any down, to write one, just one, and work towards it. Seeing as the new year is approaching (and the world didn’t end), now would be a good time… I wanted to be [...]
READ MORE »What’s the point of this post? I was told it is a good great idea to put that at the top of each post to act as an easy reminder to stay on course for the duration of the brain dump. Thanks, Lisa! The point of this post is to give an update on my [...]
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A few weeks ago Misty May Treanor had a Q&A in the New York Times. In it she discusses how her training and preparation for this upcoming Olympics has evolved over the years. She also is a strong believer in the weight room, using free weights, and working on “the little muscles” – it’s a [...]
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