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Kettlebell Get Up and Farmer Walk Series

I tore a muscle in my arm about a year ago and I was able to rehabilitate it fairly successfully.  I have full range of motion and my maximal strength is comparable to my other side, however, I notice...

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Subtalar Neutral: Why it’s Important and How to Achieve it

The following article is a guest post by San Francisco based physical therapist Jeff Lam, MSPT, CSCS.  You can read oare about Jeff below after the article. It happens almost everyday in my...

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Ten Best Strength and Conditioning Moments that Made 2012 Great

Another year is ready to retire and we are moving on whether we are prepared or not.  The end of the year proves to be a hectic time for most people, but I do try to take a few minutes to reflect upon...

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How to Start a Training Program That is Right for You

It’s the beginning of the New Year and with new beginnings brings excitement to try new programs, accomplish goals and rekindle old habits that keep us on track to be the best we can be. For many of us...

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How to Flip a Tire

I was asked how to flip a tire properly from one of my newsletter subscribers so I shot quick video of the right way and the wrong way to flip a tire to maximize your strength and conditioning training...

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Kinesiotaping for Medial Instability

The following is a guest post by physical therapist Jeff Lam, MSPT, CSCS of MoveWell Physical Therapy.  In the following article Jeff discusses the use of the popular Kinesiotaping in the area of...

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Sandbag Exercises for Strength and Conditioning

Last month I taught you how to make a sandbag and now it is time to put it to use.  In this video I show you how to perform a few movements with the sandbag and how to combine them into a strength,...

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Get with the Get Up

I recently had the opportunity to be an assistant instructor at a Level 1 RKC hosted by Dragondoor.  This was a great opportunity to both teach and learn from the students and other instructors, and I...

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Three Unconventional Kettlebell Exercises for MMA Training

This is a video demonstration for the article I wrote for MMA Bay Area In this video I demonstrate the three unconventional kettlebell exercises I like for athlete’s martial arts, BJJ and MMA training....

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Six More Stretches Most Athletes Need

I would have never guessed that one of the most popular articles on my blog would be Six Stretches Most Athletes Need.  Based off my experience most athletes are more concerned with increasing their...

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UCSF Sports and Injury Rehabilitation Conference 2013 Recap: Athletic Hip and...

Hips and knees represent the two most common areas of injuries stemming from the athletic arena.  Once again I had the opportunity to participate in this conference where several doctors from UCSF...

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Sometimes the Best Thing to do is Nothing at All

Jeff Lam is a physical therapist and the owner of MoveWell Physical Therapy.  Jeff is an avid triathlete and has done several races this season, however his training season did not start off healthy as...

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Marine Corps Workout

Anthony is a United States Marine and is going to demonstrate a typical USMC strength and conditioning workout. This is one of the workouts he and his fellow soldiers implement when they are training...

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Five Tips for Treating Tendonitis

In this video I present five tips to help alleviate tendonitis pain yourself.  After you have identified the cause and then thought about technical changes to make you can then add soft tissue work,...

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Three Mistakes Athletes Make with Their Training Program

This video is to supplement my upcoming article for STACK Media In this video I break down the three most common mistakes I see athletes make with their training program including general programming,...

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Three Considerations When Training Young Athletes

One interesting phenomena that has occurred at my gym is the number of really young athletes that have come to train with me.  When I say really young we are talking early middle school, some as early...

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How to Progress the Squat

The Squat: this exercise is a staple in sports performance training because it can be used to perform many athletic movements which require strength, speed, jumping ability and force absorption by...

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Are You Ready to Bench Press?

Summer is here and that time of year signifies school is out and athletes are heading back into the gym eager to get huge for the summer and prepare themselves for the next school year’s sports season....

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Doug Fioranelli Performance Training Group

Let’s face it the internet can be a wonderful thing, with a few key strokes you can find any information you want. Not a day goes by that I do not go to the University of YouTube to find my daily how...

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Progress Towards the Pull Up

I have found the pull up to be a very intriguing exercise constantly on the minds of the people who come through the door of my gym. Generally speaking, as new trainees most cannot do them and if they...

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