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11 Dec Lifter’s Guide to Treating Tendinopathy

Posted at 18:00h in CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by Zach Long 0 Comments

Note: This article is a bit heavier on the science than what I typically put out. BUT understanding WHY tendinopathy occurs is vitally important to properly rehabbing them. Please thoroughly read this before implementing it with yourself. As clinicians, there are some injuries and dysfunctions we...

04 Dec Five Simple Tactics to Improve Your Handstands

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Upper Body by Zach Long 0 Comments

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20 Nov Fix Your Hip Flexor Mobility!

Posted at 18:00h in Core, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by Zach Long 0 Comments

Without a doubt the most common complaint I hear from athletes is that they have "tight hip flexors". Most of the time they've spent months stretching and foam rolling with no effect. Most of the time, performing combinations of core strength, hip flexor strength, and loaded...

13 Nov Plank 2.0 – Building Serious Core Strength

Posted at 18:00h in Core, Exercises, Injury Prevention by Zach Long 0 Comments

Front and side planks are great for teaching core positioning and beginning to develop strength. But quickly they become more of an endurance exercise than a trunk & core strengthener. If you want to build serious strength, then you are going to need to up...

06 Nov Improving Positioning In The Snatch

Posted at 17:22h in Blog, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Upper Body by Zach Long 0 Comments

James Tatum joins me this week to discuss improving positioning in the snatch for optimal performance and decreasing excessive strain on the body. James has won three national championships in weightlifting and has extensive knowledge in prepping athletes for maximal strength. I highly recommend checking out his...

30 Oct Simple Squat Cues You’ve Probably Never Used

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by Zach Long 0 Comments

Well, you MAY have seen these squat cues before, but they are underused these days. Working with athletes in both the gym and physical therapy clinic, I have seen countless athletes squat, and no one cue works well for all of them. So having more...

16 Oct Five Drills to Improve Your Overhead Squat Fast!

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility, Upper Body by Zach Long 0 Comments

The overhead squat provides a significant challenge to many athletes. The combination of lower body power, core stability, and overhead strength can humble many respectable athletes. If you practice the Olympic lifts or CrossFit, then this is a skill set you must master for optimal...

09 Oct Get More Out Of Your Mobility Work

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by Zach Long 0 Comments

In sports and fitness, the ability to get your body into proper positions is incredibly important to properly executing movements with efficiency to maximize performance. Fortunately, most athletes and coaches understand this principle and are programming mobility work with the hopes of improving their performance. BUT...

02 Oct The Most Overlooked Training Variable: Training Volume

Posted at 17:52h in Blog, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Physical Therapy by Zach Long 0 Comments

When athletes exercise or coaches program training plans, there is no lack of attention to sets, reps, variation in exercises, and providing sufficient stimulus for adaptations to occur. But the most overlooked training variable I see both from a performance standpoint, and an injury factor...

25 Sep Fixing The Good Morning Squat

Posted at 18:00h in Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility by Zach Long 0 Comments

Commonly when lifting weights, we see the body choose to move in such a way as to bias its strengths and protect its’ weaknesses. That is because the human body is an efficient organism trying to complete any task using the easiest available route. The...