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Yesterday, my favorite basketball team took a disappointing loss. The Hotshots fell to the Bulldogs in a hard-fought game during the local 2nd-grade championship tournament. My favorite player—and seven-year-old daughter—put in some valuable minutes with a rebound and very close to one assist throughout the tournament. However, despite her hustle…
I remember a job interview I had for a position as a trainer when I was fresh out of undergrad. In the interview, I was asked: “How would you rank your fitness knowledge on a scale of 1-10.” I think I was supposed to shoot for somewhere in the middle so…
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about gains. But not the beach body ones, rather the ones that happen via the nervous system. Check back to The Movement – 116 for a refresher on the nervous system adaptations to lifting, but many of you may just want to know: How…
When you lift weights, your muscles get bigger, and that makes you stronger—it’s science. But many people don’t realize there are many other ways that strength gains occur. For example, a massive portion of strength development happens via the nervous system. This week The Movement will focus on the neuromuscular gains that help you…
There are health and fitness professionals that train the pelvic floor muscles with the same enthusiasm that a bro does biceps. Unless you’re in the niche of women’s health, this level of zeal about the levator ani and coccygeus is overkill. Although, the pelvic floor still deserves some attention if…
I usually feel cool and confident when leading a training session. But at this particular moment, I felt helpless. I turned to find one of the athletes in my class lying face up on the ground, holding her ankle. I found she sprained it when dropping down from the pull-up…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This fall, 36 players enrolled in Cannon Arm Training for an 8-week throwing academy. The program included 4 training sessions per week, with the primary goal to increase velocity. After 8-weeks the average increase in velocity was 5.36 MPH. Tyler Shepple, former professional pitcher and owner of Cannon Arm Training…
I received an important piece of advice from Ben Bergeron that every gym owner needs to hear. It’s the secret to success for growing your gym into a mini fitness nation. People travel from all over the world, and spend good money to hear Ben’s thoughts on building a successful…
We learned it from Chubbs… “It’s all in the hips.” When looking across all athletic performance this rings true. That’s because the hips are the powerhouse of the human body. The hip is a combination of big movers and smaller stabilizers that work together to generate both power and balanced…