Upper Body

07 Aug Suck Less at Foam Rolling

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

You've probably heard other athletes attempting to “break up adhesions” or “realign fascia” in the name of self-care and recovery. There’s no doubt that foam roller and lacrosse ball sales have skyrocketed now more than ever. However, what if we told you that you’re foam...

10 Jul The 8 Best Drills to Unlock Your Shoulder Mobility

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

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Shoulder mobility is absolutely crucial to the fitness athlete wanting to perform optimally. Without it, achieving a solid overhead position won't be possible making overhead pressing, snatches, overhead squats, and efficiency suffer. Far too often, athletes waste time...

26 Jun How to Fix Your Front Rack

Posted at 12:16h in CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Upper Body by zlongdpt

The front rack can be a very challenging position for many athletes to get into. And without a solid front rack, the Olympics lifts, front squats, and even overhead pressing become significantly harder to perform. Then, with repeated workouts involving those movements, pain begins to...

22 May Scaling The Pull-Up

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

The best fitness professionals have a plethora of exercises they can pull out at a moment's notice to scale a movement based on a client or athlete’s needs. Unfortunately, far too often, we see programming without sufficient scaling options to ensure safe and effective workouts...

15 May Scaling the Overhead Press

Posted at 06:00h in CrossFit, Exercises, Mobility, Upper Body by zlongdpt

12 Mar The Best Mobility Technique You Are Not Using

Posted at 17:38h in Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

We’ve all used foam rollers, stretching, band joint distractions, and lacrosse balls to improve mobility. But there is a big gap between having the available range of motion and being able to use that available motion. Eccentric isometrics fix that! It is rare to find athletes...

20 Feb Better Way to Build Pull-up Strength

Posted at 13:30h in CrossFit, Exercises, Mobility, Upper Body by zlongdpt

An unassisted pull-up is a foundational movement for the fitness athlete. This movement is often underestimated in its importance. Requiring back, core, and shoulder strength, this movement is fantastic for any athlete. The major problem with the pull-up is that many athletes struggle to build the...

06 Feb The Best Barbell Rehab Exercises

Posted at 17:00h in Blog, Core, CrossFit, Exercises, Injury Prevention, Lower Body, Mobility, Physical Therapy, Upper Body by zlongdpt

I realized a terrible truth this week...

23 Jan Training With Shoulder Pain

Posted at 18:00h in Exercises, Mobility, Upper Body by zlongdpt

Training With Shoulder Pain Shoulder pain is the most common complaint I treat in the CrossFitters, Olympic lifters, and powerlifters that I treat in my physical therapy clinic. Often these athletes have completed stop training shoulder based movements due to their pain, but the following exercises...

02 Jan Is Your Upper Body Holding Your Squat Back?

Posted at 08:15h in CrossFit, Exercises, Lower Body, Mobility, Upper Body by zlongdpt

Most people don’t think of the upper body when performing a back squat. It’s generally thought of as a lower body strength training movement. But if you don’t have certain pre-requisites of squat upper body mobility, it can lead to shoulder, low back, and lower...