View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Nov 6, 2018 at 5:32am PST Motor Skill Mastery in The Warm-Up ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “The brain wants to be able to set up conditions by which it can solve the task in almost any circumstance.” – Michael Mezernich ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Warm-ups… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on May 3, 2018 at 2:53pm PDT Multi-planar Active Hip Stretch For lack of a more creative name I call this a “Multi-planar Active Hip Stretch.” In reality it’s an active mobility drill for the anterior and medial hip musculature.… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Oct 26, 2018 at 12:39pm PDT At Home Full Body Interval Routine ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As it pertains to health or fat loss, training success doesn’t hinge on a big gym, fancy equipment or complicated programming. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Success will weigh far… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Apr 28, 2018 at 9:29am PDT Lever Bells At @bodybyboyle we’ve really enjoyed playing with these new Lever Bells from @perform_better. These provide a unique tool to load traditional exercises in multiple planes and provide a challenge to the… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Oct 15, 2018 at 11:02am PDT “My Child Needs ________ Specific Training” Insert: Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey etc, etc… The truth is good training is human specific with a tinge of sport driven specificity only when the athlete has… READ MORE
If you coach kids here is something to keep in mind. Less than 6% of high scool athletes will compete at the NCAA level. If you are only focusing on athletic development and not human development then you are missing the big picture. Consider this quote: “One of the great myths in America is that… READ MORE
At one of our recent Certified Functional Strength Coach courses someone asked, “what order should I cue in?” Without realizing it until after I thoroughly explained, my answer made a nice acronym for cueing any exercise: P.A.F Position Action Finish and Feel Cue the POSITION you want them to start in (including the weight if… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Sep 25, 2018 at 3:31am PDT Double KB Snatch and Squat Circuit with Heart Rate Monitoring. Last week my friend @chweingroff tweeted: “Random exercises and declining output with increasing exertion can be defended at some level. No attention to… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Apr 7, 2018 at 3:36pm PDT Navigating The Squat Progression In my experience traveling and teaching I find that there’s often a lot of confusion about how we utilize the squat at @bodybyboyle. Do we hate squatting? Is it… READ MORE
Question: Where do you see the fitness industry going in the next 20 years? My Answer: I see the industry shifting from Transactional fitness to Transformational fitness. In the near future, we’ll no longer see gyms offering cheap memberships along with cheap service. The ones where you scan your card, put in your headphones, and… READ MORE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Movement As Medicine (@movementasmedicine) on Apr 2, 2018 at 5:53am PDT Coaching and Progressing The Inverted Row The inverted row is one of the most programmed exercises in our training toolbox. This upper body pulling variation is so accessible to a wide range of… READ MORE
We can all benefit from having a mentor. And not just one. Like a snake sheds its skin, we shed our mentors when it’s time. And although your mentor will change throughout your career, the fact that you need one never will. Over my career I’ve had some incredible mentors. I truly stand on the… READ MORE