The Dangers of Dogma: The Overhead Swing The danger of a purist mindset is that you run the risk of letting dogma disrupt potential. Turkish Get-Ups are NOT for conditioning. The kettlebell is NOT for swinging overhead. James Van Der Beek can NOT be a lead role. Why? Says who? Every single circle has their [...]
Coach's Lab 8: Fix Your Hip Angle to Improve Stroke Economy One of the most common mistakes that we see are athletes who break their hips open way too early. In the transition from the catch to the drive, many athletes will open up early, which causes a bleed in power, slower time, and higher fatigue [...]
Coach's Lab 7: Deadlift Set-Up The deadlift is a great movement, we all know that. However, many athletes limit their progress and cause more pain and soreness than is necessary, often the culprit of a faulty set-up. Today, we are going to teach you the proper set-up in the deadlift and how you can deadlift [...]
How to Do a Better Pistol Squat The pistol squat is an excellent movement that develops unilateral leg strength, ankle mobility, and athleticism. It's a very popular movement that lots of athletes want to do, and as a result, often poorly rush the process and rely exclusively on momentum instead of strength. When performing the pistol, [...]
Coach's Lab 6: The Proper Way to DB Row Rowing is great movement for balance in our scapular muscles, as well we building strength and muscle in our upper body. However, these benefits are only received if you pay close attention to proper rowing technique. FAULT: Rowing high on the pec = Engaging the upper [...]
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BURPEES SUCK Written by Dave Thomas The burpee is a movement that gets a bad rep because we assume it has to be done poorly. Thanks to too much beginner exposure to fitness for sport, we are used to this image of the fatigued athlete flopping down and having high school intercourse [...]
Relationship Between Neck and Hip Position in the Push-Up by Dave Thomas Performance360 The push-up is a movement that most people think they have mastered, when in reality very few athletes actually perform well. There are few keys to the push-up that we want to focus on when performing reps. Start by creating tension in the lower [...]
The Movement Fix, Ep. 9: "Pinky" Push-Ups by Dave Thomas USAW, NSCA, CNC, CPT In Episode 9 of Coach Dave’s The Movement Fix, he leads us through a movement hack for the push-up. Where you distribute your weight in your hands is going to correlate directly to activating the correct musculature. What will today’s episode [...]
