The more I learn about physiology, the more I realize the need for all trainers and coaches to understand the basics. Here’s some truth for you all: Instead of running advertisements to help trainers and athletes form sales funnels, we need to increase the quality of our trainers and coaches as a whole. All over […]
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You may recognize Andrew Dettelbach as the crazy shirtless guy from MoveU. But his story goes so much deeper. After a severely herniated disc, Andrew didn’t get the recommended surgery but instead rehabbed his body. He learned about movement, he learned about mobility, and he learned about how physical therapy gets it wrong sometimes. Now
On Wednesday of this week, one of my best friends in the world became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Her name is Kristi Mason, and she is 46 years old. I met her along with her husband Chris “Ox” Mason (who is also my business partner and one of my best friends) while I was
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I was at Lenoir-Rhyne the other day talking with Dr. Alex Koch – and the subject of fatigue came up. It’s a subject that has fascinated Dr. Koch, and now I’m fascinated too. Just think of the possibilities to maximize progress (and avoid problems like overtraining and injury) when we can dial in just the
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It has been a hot minute since I wrote anything regarding post-activation potentiation, AKA the Mash Method. That doesn’t mean we have abandoned the theory. Quite the contrary! I based the majority of my personal training on PAP without really understanding why I was using it. I just knew it worked, so I continued. Now
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I was so excited to recently announce the start of a new university weightlifting program at Lenoir Rhyne. I wanted to give everyone the full story – to take a look at the past few years of weightlifting, what I’ve learned along the way, where the dream started for this university program… and most of
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