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21 Apr The Best Fitness Apps

Posted at 10:29h in Core, CrossFit, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Running, Upper Body by zlongdpt

There are several fantastic fitness apps for your phone or tablet that can make your fitness journey (or that of your athletes) better. Over the past few years, I’ve used the following apps and highly recommend each of them. Important note: I’m a Mac user and...

03 Apr Welcome to The Barbell Physio!

Posted at 12:19h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Running, Upper Body by zlongdpt

With over 5 years of content, 133 articles, 30+ programs, and more I’ve recently realized how difficult it is for athletes, coaches and clinicians to find content on The Barbell Physio website. We will let this page serve as our welcome hub outlining everything you...

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...

18 Sep Aerobic System Development for the Fitness Athlete

Posted at 16:00h in CrossFit, Exercises, Running by zlongdpt

I'm really excited this week to have Josh Jeffery of Carolina Performance Training join us to discuss the need for fitness athletes to develop their aerobic energy system. This is often skipped over in the fitness world but greater aerobic fitness will improve performance greatly....

04 Sep Blood Flow Restriction Training for Endurance Gains

Posted at 18:00h in Blog, Exercises, Running by zlongdpt

Blood flow restriction training has recently emerged as a game-changer in the rehab and sports performance worlds. While typically strength & hypertrophy gains aren’t seen without lifting weights greater than 65% of an individual’s one-rep maximum, with blood flow restriction training (BFR) similar gains have...

28 Aug The Ultimate Guide to Hamstring Strain Rehabilitation

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

A hamstring strain can be one of those stubborn injuries that far too often become recurring injuries or a more chronic strain. Their high rate of recurrence is usually due to a lack of careful rehabilitation and training following the injury. If you are experiencing...

01 May The Psoas March – The Key to Strong, Flexible Hip Flexors

Posted at 19:40h in Core, CrossFit, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Running by zlongdpt

The psoas march is among my favorite corrective exercises to prescribe for athletes needing improved lumbopelvic control. This exercise has helped athletes with everything from: Psoas strains Low back pain Squat technique Hip impingement pain “Tight” hip flexors (because often weak muscles become tense) If you are...

26 Sep The Best TRX Rehab Exercises

Posted at 16:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Other, Physical Therapy, Running, Upper Body by zlongdpt

TRX and other suspension trainers are one of the most versatile pieces of equipment for the physical therapist, chiropractor, or other rehab professionals to use in the treatment of injuries. The exercise variety and ease of quickly altering the load of the exercise makes it...

11 Apr Great Exercises You Are Not Doing

Posted at 20:00h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Running, Upper Body by zlongdpt

Great Exercises You Are Not Doing For Performance, Injury Prevention, & Rehab Great Exercises You Are Not Doing Single Leg Raise So, you want to deadlift, kettlebell swing, clean, snatch and jump? Great. But, can you touch your toes? How does your active single leg raise look? Great Exercises You...

21 Nov Your Don’t Have Tight Hip Flexors – A better fix

Posted at 10:35h in Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Running by zlongdpt

More than any other area in the body, athletes regularly tell me that they have tight hip flexors or pain in their hip flexors. Commonly this has been something they've self-diagnosed after watching a youtube video or reading a blog. Or maybe they've had a...