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27 Apr Blood Flow Restriction Training for Athletes

Posted at 13:11h in Blog, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

Blood Flow Restriction Training Authors: Nicholas M. Licameli (@nicklicameli), DPT & Nicholas Rolnick, DPT (@thehpm) – The BFR PROS (@thebfrpros) If you’ve landed on this page, you’ve likely already read about how blood flow restriction (BFR) is rapidly growing into the mainstream as both a fitness...

20 Apr The Ultimate Guide to Returning to CrossFit Postpartum

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

I'm excited to have postpartum fitness specialist Christina Prevett MScPT, Ph.D. (c ) discuss the important topics you need to know prior to returning to CrossFit postpartum! Christina recently joined the Performance Plus team writing an 8-week program for athletes wanting to return to gymnastics movements...

24 Mar Fixing The Squat Butt Wink

Posted at 04:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

The squat butt wink is one of the most well known of all squat movement faults. If you haven’t heard of butt wink before, it is the term used to describe the excessive rounding of the lower back as an athlete drops down into the...

16 Mar The Best Exercises for CrossFit Shoulder Pain

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

In my last article, I discussed what I believe to be the six most common causes of shoulder pain in CrossFit. To review, usually, shoulder pain results from doing too much volume or too high of skills for what that athlete is prepared for. As...

09 Mar The Most Common Causes of CrossFit Shoulder Injuries

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, CrossFit, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

With any form of intense training, the occasional injury happens. CrossFit is no exception to this. While research has repeatedly shown that CrossFit injury rates are not higher than other forms of recreational fitness activities, we have seen multiple studies agree that the shoulder is the most commonly injured...

09 Feb The Best Blood Flow Restriction Bands and Devices

Posted at 08:00h in Exercises, Injury Prevention, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

The Best Blood Flow Restriction Bands I am frequently asked about the best devices for performing blood flow restriction training. As with any trend in the fitness world, many manufacturers have designed blood flow restriction products recently. Like most fitness tools, the best device is highly...

05 Jan The Best Landmine Exercises for Strength & Hypertrophy

Posted at 14:58h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

Having a variety of exercises to choose from is important not only for continual performance increases but also for mental breaks from always doing the same old moves. One of my favorite tools for changing my training up is to incorporate landmine exercises into my...

01 Jan Is Blood Flow Restriction Training Safe?

Posted at 18:00h in Exercises, Physical Therapy by zlongdpt

Blood flow restriction training has emerged in the fitness and rehab worlds as the latest modality to help patients get their strength and muscle mass back faster than ever. A huge amount of research has shown that hypertrophy (muscle mass) gains can be achieved at...

03 Nov How To Continue Training When Injured

Posted at 09:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

If you’ve spent any significant time working to push your performance to the next level, you know that an occasional tweak will happen that creates some soreness with exercise. Usually these tweaks though are nothing to worry about and training can continue as normal. But...

22 Sep The Importance of Lat Strength In CrossFit Athletes

Posted at 08:00h in CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

Lat strength is incredibly important for CrossFit athletes. I commonly describe this muscle as the glutes of the upper body. In so many movements performed by fitness athletes, the lats are the prime mover and also protect joints such as the shoulder from unnecessary stress....