The bottoms up press is a unique exercise that can only be done with kettlebells. It works the grip significantly and requires some balance as well. It can be done with some variations, but typically it is done with just one arm at a time and in a strict military …
How to Fix Chronic Pain?
Travis asks… “You mentioned emotional/mental blocks to healing. This is the great question: what to do to prevent or redirect chronic pain? I’ve watched so many folks go through knee/hip replacement surgery in my life and also celebrities and aging athletes. The great question is what causes and sustains pain. …
Fixing Broken Bones
Logan- I have a suggestion for an article. I’ve been following you for quite a while and dabbled in many of your suggestions to build functional strength as I get older . Especially like the old time strong men articles. I now face a bigger challenge and would appreciate any …
Climbing the Wrong Damn Mountain
I wanted to share Ted’s comments in regards to the Darkside of mental toughness and stubbornness. Because this lesson is oh-so-important. As you’ll see it can take decades of your life… “This mentality kept me competing in Olympic style Tae Kwon Do way longer than I should of been (leading …
Goals for Health and Pain-Free Movement
“How do you decide upon fitness goals? I’ve struggled with this my whole life. I’m not interested in lifting any specific amount of weight or anything, I just want to be healthy and pain free.” – Watts Personally, I do enjoy this stuff, so picking something challenging and going after …
Combating Inflammation to Move Well
“How do I get rid of constant inflammation and body ache? I’ve had it for years from improper lifting and sports in my youth. I can barely move these days!” – Jack Unfortunately, this is quite common. I remember talking to a friend of mine who had gotten into competitive …
Weak Links in Injuries
Charlie commented on my article about training weak links last week. (If you missed that you can see both parts here and here. He asks, “How did you ever think of these? I had a right shoulder problem a few years back and did all the standard PT stretches and …
To Warmup or Not Warmup?
Like all things, whether or not you should do a warmup depends on quite a few different factors. I was just reading through a book that recommended spending 15 minutes engaging in a warmup in order to maximize performance. That may well be the case, but that fact is that …
Light Weights vs Heavy Weights
Question about light weights vs. heavy weights for strength What is better to use, heavy weights or light weights? Marcelo asks: I want to build well-rounded athleticism and strength and have followed some of the workouts from some of your programs and books such as Deceptive Strength and Indestructible body. …
8 Overrated Fitness Ideas
Please note that when I say overrated, I mean just that. These are rated higher than they ought to be in my judgment. That doesn’t mean they aren’t useful at all or don’t have their places. With that in mind start ruffling some feathers… Marathons This is still seen by …
On the Posture of Activities
I appreciate interesting questions that are seldom asked…yet that every single person is affected by. Such is this question from Michael: “Hi there, thanks for your generosity offering to answer community questions like this! I’m sure you’ll be swamped. I daresay my question is a bit of a childish one …
Rehabbing and Building Strong Shoulders
Emil sent in a large set of questions. But they’re good ones, and instructive to all, so we’ll go through the whole set of them. Below, I’ll break up his questions with my comments… “I’ve been following most of your content and have been using Indestructible body and Strengthen your …
Enhancing Your Antifragility
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” – Benjamin Franklin A few months back I began talking about the concepts surrounding the “antifragile body.” That the human body, as a living system, is able to come back stronger from stressors. Today, I’d like to extend that a …
Getup and Press
Credit goes to my friend, Tyler Bramlett, for introducing the getup and press to me. Long ago he told me about how he used it to rehab client’s shoulders with it and I’ve used it off and on ever since. It takes the basic getup exercise (done with a kettlebell, …
Should I Be Symmetrical in Strength?
I copy a conversation thread with a customer below as I figure some other people will find it interesting and useful. It covers how to target weak spots as well, body symmetry, and whether or not to aim for this. Enjoy! Laid writes: “If you remember I recently wrote you …
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