What it is: Legal. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp ( meaning the plant contains < nation wide 0.3% THC and has no psychoactive effect). As a pedestrian consumer you are within the bounds of the law. Considered generally safe by current research. CBD is relatively new on the market, but current research suggests that … Read moreCBD: What it is and what it isn’t
Five minutes on the treadmill, some runners stretching, toss some plates on the bar and squat away…sound familiar? If this sounds like your usual warm-up, we’ve got some work to do! When training, I like to break the warm up into a few priorities that need addressing, on paper these look split into three distinct … Read moreDoes your warm-up suck?
Grey Cook and Michael Boyle are famous for their Joint-By-Joint approach. In essence, this approach presents a simple alternating schematic for deciding the prioritization of stability vs mobility at a particular joint. In the modern world we all sit – a lot! Often, we have stiffness at the hip where we need mobility – and … Read moreHip Mobility and Lumbar Stability!
From valiantly carrying all the groceries in one trip, having an intimidating handshake, to playing tug of war with your dog, we all need grip strength! In fact, in a study by Perna et al. it was determined that most folks “fell into the ‘needs improvement zone’.” Furthermore, in Leong et al.’s article Prognostic Value … Read more(How-to) Get A Grip!
I’m a big believer in values – more specifically, defining your own, writing them down, and living them out. Furthermore, I believe it is better to have one or two you stick to for life than to have ten you thought about once and never applied. Unbreakable Strength Co. might be my coaching business, but … Read moreThe Unbreakable Manifesto
In simple physics terms, “The magnitude of the moment of a force acting about a point or axis is directly proportional to the distance of the force from the point or axis. It is defined as the product of the force (F) and the moment arm (d). The moment arm or lever arm is the perpendicular distance … Read moreWhat the f*%k is a moment arm and what does it have to do with my training!?
Humility When I first started training, I was 112 lbs of gangly pre teen. I had never played sports (with the exception of parks and rec micro soccer) and I’d never touched a weight. I fell in love with lifting through anatomy books and body building magazines. After some self educating I jumped right in…I … Read moreLife Lessons I Learned In The Gym
Relevant Anatomy and Scapular movement The shoulder complex is comprised of the scapula, clavicle, and the humerus. The glenohumeral joint, AC joint, and their associated musculature all work together to create movement in the shoulder complex. The shoulder is attached to the torso by acromioclavicular joint and it’s ligaments, while the serratus anterior and subscapularis … Read moreScapular Rhythm, Posture, and Shoulder Health
Websters defines Strength as, “The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.” When we first begin training it is pretty common for us to … Read moreWhat does it mean to be strong?
“Extrinsic goals such as financial success, appearance, and popularity/fame have been specifically contrasted with intrinsic goals such as community, close relationships, and personal growth, with the former more likely associated with lower wellness and greater ill-being.” – Self Determination Theory researchers E.L. Deci and R.M. Ryan Motivation has become a hot button word in the commercial fitness market. We are … Read moreThe Case Against Motivation