*photo credit: the Rock, sportster.com* I got asked this by one of my clients. My short answer to the question is, “it depends,” as whether or not doing cardio every day is “good” or “bad” depends 100% on context. My long answer to the question, however, involves changing it slightly. Instead of asking… […]
Should You Train to Failure?
The short answer to this is “no, you should not train to failure.” Or at least, you shouldn’t train to failure on a frequent basis. Training to failure – despite what’s commonly purported in most fitness magazines – will NOT help you get stronger. In fact, training to failure on a regular basis can actually […]
My Top “Bang for Your Buck” Mobility Exercises
If you’re like me – a college student who spends a lot of time in lecture halls, or doing homework in his Family Guy pajamas – you tend to sit a lot. And if you sit a lot, you’ve probably developed a few mobility restrictions that need a bit of attention. Now, not everyone develops the […]
Read Up on Pain Science
I recently bought a book called A Guide to BETTER MOVEMENT by Todd Hargrove. The book is about movement (Ha, big shocker there), the nervous system’s effect on movement (we’re starting to realize that the brain has much more of an impact on force production, mobility restrictions, stiffness, etc. than previously thought), and strategies […]
Fix Muscle Imbalances with Unilateral (Single Limb) Movements
Nick Smoot Smootfitness.com Do you have any muscle imbalances? Yeah, me too, and so does almost everyone else currently reading this article. What gives? Well some of us tend to favor one side over the other in our day to day activities. Some of us have had previous injuries that forced us to rely […]