Simply Not Easy

How do you stay accountable to your best without challenging your best? Double leg or bilateral strengthening is essential. So is the often neglected single leg work to reveal deficits and develop a plan to up your game. As athletes we spend plenty of time on one leg: jumping, cutting, running, pivoting...

Not an athlete? Not so fast! You're not off the hook either. Every step you take, every move you make...

One foot in front of another...

Let's finally improve the totality of our daily functional movements. ignorance may be bliss, but the truth will set you free!

If you're already enjoying some great tasty food in your life and looking to maximize its benefit, then this episode is for you. Tune in to learn about why the order you eat matters for better energy. The best part is you don't have to give up or add anything you're not already doing.

Officially termed the beer drinking muscle, this episode came at the perfect time. The day after Cinco de Mayo. Tune in to learn more about the Brachioradialis and how to train it both inebriated and sober.

Horsing around for 2 days in a row now! On the day after the Kentucky Derby we try to better understand the unique roll and requirements of the horse jockey position. Another great example of why mobility matters and strength within that end range mobility is essential.

Fresh horses win races! Today is far more about the why than the how. We often learn all these tools of how to recover, and loose sight of why we do these less than glamorous actions. Today we remember why. Today we also remember the lives of legends in their own right, John Havlicek and Freddy Kaltenborn.

Riding a high right now. Feeling great about all I've accomplished and all the amazing people I've met. It's important to take the time to savor all these great friendships. The secret is to continue to treasure these connections while still getting after all your goals. Tune in and create, define, and redefine your community.

The reason we set big goals is not to achieve them, that's just an added benefit. The reason we set big goals is to transform into who we need to be in order to achieve those goals. Tune in and learn how to leverage your future into the present and begin your own transformation.

Check out this episode for an insight on the crossfit style Murph workout. How it can be used and modified for so many levels of fitness. Why it challenges all of your body's systems and can be used as a great baseline and check in assessment.

Plus I share a little nugget of wisdom for boosting your confidence while giving a presentation.

Tune in to learn about vitamin C and why it's so important. From preventing disease like scurvy to decreasing your risk of cancer. Famous chemist Linus Pauling was huge on the role of this nutrient. Find out why I consider vitamin C to be the Pac-Man of the body.

This is the first Muscle Monday where our focus isn't directly about a muscle. We tap into the Plantar Fascia today, learn about what it is, where it is, and some common issues related to Plantar Fasciaopathy (formally called Plantar Fascitis). This episode was inspired by Milwaukee Bucks NBA player Malcolm Brogden who is out for a few playoff games with a rarer tear of his plantar fascia.