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Clint Darden on Rehabbing Back Pain

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Clint Darden shares some of his methods to relief back pain. muscle cream car polisher spinal decompression with band, check these rubber band stretching drills lean into a wall against lacrosse ball light Good Mornings homemade Reverse Hyper using a plank in a rack (band resisted) direct ab work, reverse band sit ups

Sleep Time Alarm Clock App

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iOS / Android: This may come in handy for all you who train in the morning. Sleep Time is an alarm clock app that monitors and analyzes your sleep cycles to wake you up in the lightest sleep phase, so you have a better morning training session. How it Works: You place your phone in […]

Kelly Starrett on Icing

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Kelly Starrett, together with Gary Reinl put out a lengthy video about Icing and R.I.C.E.. On first sight, it all seems to make sense and caters to your intuition. Increasing circulation = good; restricting nutrient flow & shutting down the signals between muscles and nerves = bad. Don’t get me wrong, if you need to make […]

Hip Pain from Squats

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Because I received a couple of questions regarding this topic I thought I’d point you to a post on reddit where user Zodam shared some advice on how he got rid of the hip flexor pain he got from squatting. Strengthen and ACTIVATE glutes Fix bar positioning (Rippetoe on Low Bar Position) Work on ankle mobility Pain […]

How to Return to Training After Illness

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So I have caught a nasty gastro-intestinal virus. Vomiting, diarrhea you name it. Started the other day with waking up and feeling kinda off. 2 hours later I was laying in fetal position in bed shivering. So the obvious question is: How to get back into training? There are lots of different strategies. Some just jump right […]

Compression Bands for Tendonitis Treatment

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Glenn Pendlay had some success treating tendonitis using compression bands. A tip he got from Kelly Starrett who talked about it here, here and here. Check out more drills on Mobility 101. Kevin Cornell seems to be not exactly overjoyed about Glenn having found out about this treatment 🙂 Update: Kelly Starrett also has a similar video. Using compression band […]

Small Lifestyle Changes with Big Impacts

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Check out the “What are the small lifestyle changes you’ve made that have had big impacts for you?” thread. Here are a couple of good points mentioned in that post. I started going to bed and reading 9 hours before I plan on waking up I make sure to start every day as a producer, […]

Russ Ebbets Foot Drills to Fix Flat Feet

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Head on over to 70s Big. Justin wrote another post about Foot Drills that will fix your collapsed arch. I will give these Foot Drills by Russ Ebbets a try. Done daily these six drills will eliminate shin splints, Achilles’ tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, lessen the chance of a severe ankle sprain and virtually all knee problems. Check […]