07 Jan THE BEST HAMSTRING FLEXIBILITY EXERCISES

Posted at 16:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Running by zlongdpt

Before discussing hamstring flexibility, we need to talk about testing hamstring flexibility. Many athletes believe their hamstrings are tight. But, often they have all the hamstring flexibility they need to perform all of their sporting activities. If an athlete passes the following tests, they do NOT...

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08 Oct Top Five Deadlift Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Posted at 18:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

Want strong legs? A killer back? Improved sprint times and jumping height? Need to rehab lumbar spine pain? Then you need to be doing deadlifts! Want to do deadlifts for a long time? Then you need to avoid these mistakes and focus on dialing in proper deadlift...

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09 Sep How Squat Anthropometry Impacts Your Squat Technique

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

I'm excited to have my friend Brian Bouchette join TheBarbellPhysio.com to share this great video discussing anthropometry and how it can impact squat performance. If you want to have an in-depth knowledge of squat performance then this is something you need to understand! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvcytKYDXAA If you want...

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30 Jul Treating Hip Impingement in the Fitness Athlete

Posted at 18:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

Hip impingement is a common complaint that we see in fitness athletes due to the demands of their sport that push the hip joint through full ranges of motion repeatedly. As the sports of CrossFit and weightlifting have become increasingly popular so has the number...

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16 Jul The Best Glute Exercises You Haven’t Tried!

Posted at 18:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

Note from Zach: I'm excited to have Meghan Callaway and Sarah Duvall back on TheBarbellPhysio to share this incredible article on training the glutes. These two incredible ladies have teamed up with Kellie Hart Davis to create their "Glutes, Core, and Pelvic Floor Workout System". This...

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16 Apr The Best Toes To Bar Efficiency Tips

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

Thanks to Pamela Gagnon for joining this week to discuss Toes To Bar efficiency. This is a movement that a lot of fitness athletes have difficulty with as their technique robs them of energy and slows them down! Pamela has some great insight into optimizing...

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02 Apr The Safety Of Deep Squats

Posted at 18:00h in CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

I am excited to have Dr. Mitch Babcock of HealthHQ contribute this amazing research review on the safety of deep squats. Squats unfortunately continue to get a bad wrap in the medical world as a knee destroyer. But the available literature on deep squats shows them...

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05 Feb Analyzing Strength Ratios for Improved Training

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Upper Body by zlongdpt

No two athletes are the same. And while we believe that in a group training setting all athletes will improve follow the same training, it is important to analyze each athlete individually as well to determine if large individual differences in performance warrants some individualization...

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29 Jan Push Press Technique – Insights Into Athletic Ability

Posted at 18:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

The push press is a great exercise for improving sports performance, but for a lot of people in the strength conditioning world, it's a really undervalued exercise in terms of analyzing how an athlete moves and figuring out what they need to work on to...

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15 Jan Get Your First Pistol Squat! Mobility and Strength Needs

Posted at 18:00h in Blog, CrossFit, Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility by zlongdpt

The pistol squat is a challenging bodyweight strength exercise. It not only requires strength but significant control and mobility. Quite often the extreme mobility demands of the pistol squat are overlooked. So, we will start with the most commonly limited mobility deficits for the squat...

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