What the barbell has taught me about life
When you talk about sports psychology with an athlete, most will shut down almost immediately. Sports psych has a bad stigma among athletes in America – and that’s very unfortunate because it’s the one area where most athletes need help. ‘CLARKING’ I have a young female athlete who should definitely be the next one to […]
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“A little puking never hurt anybody.” That’s what Jason Spray said as we were talking about mental toughness. Sure, he doesn’t run kids until they’re sick – but as I share in this one, sometimes I think that’s what some kids need. Jason Spray is one of those coaches who can not only motivate and
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About the Author: Eric Bowman is a Registered Physiotherapist in Ontario, Canada who works in the areas of orthopedic physical therapy and exercise for people with chronic diseases. He’s also intermittently involved with the University of Waterloo Kinesiology program and the Western University Physical Therapy program. He also competes as a powerlifter in the Canadian
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When anyone in the CrossFit world thinks about mobility, one name comes up first. And Kelly Starrett joins us today to drop some wisdom. Too often you don’t get answers straight from the horse’s mouth, but you only have opinions that have been formed by picking up pieces of information here and there. So it
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About the Author: Eric Bowman is a Registered Physiotherapist in Ontario, Canada who works in the areas of orthopedic physical therapy and exercise for people with chronic diseases. He’s also intermittently involved with the University of Waterloo Kinesiology program and the Western University Physical Therapy program. He also competes as a powerlifter in the Canadian
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My friend JL Holdsworth is a successful gym owner and powerlifter. He’s also one of the men behind Reflexive Performance Reset. I’ve heard about RPR but didn’t know much. What he shares blew me away. He has a way to retrain your nervous system to recruit muscle optimally. The results seem almost magical, but JL
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