How to Structure a Warm Up
Hopefully if you're used to reading my material you understand that a warm up is not just doing a few minutes of running [...]
The True Hip Flexor Stretch
'Tight' hip flexors is probably one of he most common gym niggles that trainers hear about. However, are hip flexors genuinely short, [...]
How breathing affects just about everything…
Talking about breathing is very 'on trend' in the fitness industry right now. Breathwork classes are popping up all over social media, there [...]
What is Butt Wink, and how do we fix it?
Butt wink - the fitness industry colloquialism for a persons hips tucking underneath them at a certain point in a squat. via GIPHY [...]
Why Are My Hamstrings Tight?
But I've been stretching them every day and they still feel tight.... I'm sure everyone who works with people who move has had [...]
Movement and Mental Health
We have known for some time that core training and core control was about so much more than a six pack. But did [...]
What we do we must undo
We focus a lot (and rightly so) on strengthening the hip extensors and the posterior chain (hamstrings, glutes). However, it’s important not to [...]
My go-to PRI Drill
This is one of my go-to Postural Restoration Institute drills for slotting in before more dynamic warm up activities.⠀ https://youtu.be/qR8Xp10CHV8 The hip lift [...]
Top 3 Shoulder Sparing Exercises
One thing I would absolutely tell my younger self is that prehab exercises do work! ⠀ ⠀ Spending a little time before or [...]
Causality, Correlation or Just Coincidence
I made a social media post this week on this subject and, safe to say, my inbox was nearly at melting point! Rather [...]