Myofascial Flossing: Compression Bands 101

Do you floss daily? You should. Yeah, it may sound like I’m echoing your dentist, but I’m actually talking about myofascial flossing! If you’re already a fitness professional or looking to become a personal trainer, you would do well to master these pro tips for banded flossing. “Floss” for your muscles, not your teeth, is […]

Understanding Cavitation and Tension Adjustments: What’s all that cracking and popping?

Snapping hips, crackling knees, popping knuckles…all part of the human experience. Fully decoding these noisy joints may never come to pass for the technology required to glean such knowledge is for now, out of reach… Just kidding! Modern science knows exactly what these are and why these happen. Put on your safety belts and keep […]

Designing a Functional Push-Up Routine

Push-ups feel so good. The work to your shoulders, arms, and back all the while working your core, toning glutes, lengthening our chronically tight iliopsoas/hip flexor group… add to that the hundreds of standard variations you can employ to custom tailor the movement that’s right for your body…I can’t get enough. Let’s jump into how […]

The Sitting Solution: Body Hacks to Keep You Loose While Stuck Inside

It’s a quarantine conundrum…as the body adapts to staying at home, how do we avoid the deleterious effects of our home behaviors? We all know sitting can be rough on a body, so here’s a little run down on the basics of why that is, and how we can curtail the seemingly unavoidable soreness and […]

What Are Trigger Points?

There exists as a ubiquitous part of the human condition a vicious cycle of myofascial pain and compensation that is self-perpetuating and inescapable, and quite relevant to the job of a fitness professional. Welcome to Trigger Points 101. Myofascial pain is rough. Those familiar with it will use such terms as “sharp, dull, achy, tight, […]