mobility
5 Must-Do Mobility Exercises for Baseball Players
Over the course of a long season it is important to maintain proper shoulder mobility. The repetitiveness from throwing tightens up the shoulder and...
How to Foam Roll Your Shoulders to Relieve Pain and Improve Range of Motion
Many athletes foam roll their lower bodies, but neglect the upper half. (Learn how to foam roll your upper back.) That's a missed opportunity because it's especially important to foam [...]
Why Improving Flexibility Isn’t Always a Good Thing
When writing a strength and conditioning program there are a variety of variables that must be taken into consideration. To set yourself up for...
5 Reasons Why You Should Improve Your Ankle Mobility
An improvement in ankle mobility is commonly associated with a decreased injury risk. However, there are various performance aspects which can be...
Why Baseball Players Need to Combine Core and Shoulder Exercises
Observe your average high school or college weight room while the baseball team is training, and you're guaranteed to see a plethora of ab and shoulder...
3 Core Exercises That Help You Lift Heavier Weights
When you hear slinky SQUAT, what are a couple words that come to mind? For me it's flexibility or mobility! Which means that a slinky SQUAT spine = a...
12 Dynamic Mobility Exercises That Alleviate Tight Muscles and Prevent Injuries
A Dozen Sports and Exercise Performance-Boosting/Injury-Preventive Dynamic Warm-Up Movements By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Perhaps the most important part of...
3 Ways to Fix Bad Squat Form
Why Does Back Squatting Feel Awkward? Back Squatting tends to make its way into most strength and conditioning programs. So why is this exercise...
How to Safely Return to Training After an Injury
return to training As athletes, most of us are going to experience that universal unpleasant inevitability: injury. Sure, there are those few...
How Supersets Might Be Sabotaging Your Max Strength and Power
Supersets, tri-sets and giant sets have become staples in many strength and conditioning programs, and for good reasons. First, pairing exercises...
