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HOW You Squat Dictates How Much GLUTE You Get

A lot of people spend time trying to ‘activate’ muscles prior to training… …but in reality the biggest indication of muscle contribution to a movement is how much that muscle is lengthened in a movement prior to the following concentric movement. The glutes in squatting are no exception. The glutes (max and med) are at …

How To Improve Thoracic Mobility With Movement

I had a great question from a subscriber yesterday about how to improve thoracic mobility… “How do you increase thoracic spine mobility for back bends and contortion. Especially when your lower back and shoulders want to do all the bending?” Before talking about how to target the thoracic spine with mobility exercises it’s important to …

How To Increase ROM In Minutes WITHOUT Stretching Or Foam Rolling

Did you know that it’s possible to increase ROM in minutes, just by moving? The common approach to increasing mobility or ROM before training is often to static stretch or use a foam roller. Unfortunately ROM is largely misunderstood, especially in the fitness industry but I’ll leave this statement for another blog post! For now, just understand that …

How To Increase ROM

How To Hit More Glutes In The Squat

Glute training is an increasingly popular addition to strength training programs and ‘glute activation’ is often talked about in training. The most common schools of thought on muscle activation are to either “squeeze” something when you perform a movement or perform another exercise before the main movement. The problem with these methods is that they don’t guarantee you’ll …