Tag: FMS
When I first met Pavel, when I was a rookie NFL strength and conditioning coach facing questions and challenges, he forced me to decide what path my future would take.
The American swing (also known as the overhead swing, or OH swing): Is it good or is it bad? This is a tougher question to answer than it appears on the surface.
The three-point bridge is a great way to get people using the get-up as corrective to first see it as a screen. But it has to show you a problem before you can have the insight to correct that problem.
When an author, a coach, a philosopher or somebody who’s immersed themselves in physical culture like Pavel has, takes the time to simplify his knowledge into clear, concise statements, you better put that on your shelf.
Here is what you need to do to stay healthy while gaining strength in your deadlifts and other barbell lifts.
After training the hanging leg raise, I saw a big improvement in technique and strength, as well as a cessation of chronic low back pain.
Now that we've passed the ten-year anniversary of "Athletic Body in Balance," I want to tell you what’s happened since, and what I would add or change if I were to rewrite the book today.
Is stretching fixing your problem? If not, maybe you are doing it wrong—or maybe your actual problem isn’t being addressed at all and it has nothing to do with stretching.
