It's a universal truth. The easiest, quickest way for most people to feel and perform better is to get their ass in gear...literally, like, make it do something other than store Krispy Cremes. "for us, for athletes, glutes are everything -- the absolute epicenter and powerhouse of all athletic movement. It's all about the ass."- Mark Verstegen Simply put, the glutes are the most important muscle group in the body. "Maybe normal people don't discuss this all day long, but we sure do," says Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. "Every strength coach I've ever been around, it's glute, glute, glute -- always, always, always. It's a broken record. I can't tell you how … [Read more...]
Doing it Better: Lunges
February 5, 2013 by
Your lunges are terrible.... So bad you shouldn't do them. At least not until after you read this. Your lunges probably don't look like this.... I can say with almost 100% certainty that when you do a lunge one of these things happens: From start to midpoint: Step out is too small, not giving the hips enough room to drop down. Step out is too big and the back leg has to be kept straight to be used as a kickstand. The Step out foot is placed towards the mid-line of the body. Contact on the step out foot is on the ball of the foot not on a flat foot with pressure in the heel. The knee collapses in towards the mid-line of the … [Read more...]
The Epic Hip Hinge/ RDL Post
January 10, 2013 by
"I don't do those cause they hurt my back..." http://youtu.be/9X3g8-v3iOw And because of that I stopped putting the Romanian Deadlifts into most programs because inevitably I got that or, "I don't know how to do that" I know, you're thinking? WTF? You don't know how to bend over? To which I respond: It's NOT about "bending over" and that's the problem. People think it's just bending over.... It's about: "hinging the hips". http://youtu.be/Gh5lyIbMe8c Bending over happens when the torso (shoulders) is projected forward over the toes with little to no backwards counter-movement of the hips and is usually accompanied by a flexing or "unlocking" … [Read more...]
