All human beings should be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves – Kelly Starrett These are wise words from Dr. Starrett, owner of CrossFit San Francisco, founder of MobilityWod.com and author of the revolutionary book, Becoming A Supple Leopard. With great strength comes great responsibility – that is, for keeping your body in top …
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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin There’s always a lot of buzz around the Perform Better summit and this past weekend I got to go to my first one. The lineup didn’t disappoint. I got to see some extremely influential people in …
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I work with a lot of clients who spend 8-10 hours a day at a desk or in the car. Needless to say, most of them don’t have perfect posture. Whether it’s low back pain, an inability to reach overhead or an unattractive forward head position, we spend a lot of time working to fix …
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Pitchers LOVE bands. But do bands love them back? The answer is yes, but only if used correctly. “Arm care” is kind of a funny term when it comes to baseball. What exactly IS arm care? Is it rotator cuff work? What about long toss? Icing after a game? Lifting weights? Truthfully, all those things …
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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” – Joseph Brodsky I did more reading in 2013 than in the past decade combined. Unfortunately, I still didn’t read for pleasure as much as I’d like. Even more unfortunately, I tried and failed (twice) to read some fiction. Either way, …
The fall sports season is underway for many collegiate athletes across America, which means training camp is in full gear. Sports coaches everywhere are scrambling to get under-trained athletes in shape as quickly as possible, which means thousands of athletes are running til they puke. And then running some more. Throw an out-of-shape athlete into …
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