Why You (And Everyone Else You Know) Needs Bodybuilding
Six years ago, I walked into a CrossFit gym, intending to see what it was all about. It was a new box, the WOD was…
Category Archives: Weightlifting
It’s Not Just Your Glutes: Squat U’s Aaron Horschig on Fixing the Squat
You only get one body and everyone should have the tools to master it. At least that’s what drives Dr. Aaron Horschig to continue to create…
4 Cues to Lose (And Technique Tips that Will Actually Help!)
Have you ever coached someone or been coached yourself and something just clicks? It’s one of the best feelings in the world. You finally “get…
American Record Holder Quiana Welch: 12 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Quiana Welch is one strong woman. She holds the American Record in the snatch (108 kg/238-lb) and she clean and jerks 119 kg ( 262-lb), competing…
K-Mighty: Meet the Special Needs Mom who’s a World Record Weightlifter
Kristi Brewer is a wife, working mother of two and a world record-holder masters weightlifter. No wonder Brewer, who just picked up the sport two…
4 Ways to Fix Your Jacked Up Shoulders
Whether you’re strictly a weightlifter, a CrossFitter or an average gym go’er getting after the dumbbells your shoulders often take a beating. There’s a lot…
How to Make Lasting Mobility Changes and PR Your Lifts
You learned from Part 1 of our conversation with Clinical Athlete founder Dr. Quinn Henoch that mashing, smashing, flossing and static stretching isn’t going to…
Foam Rolling Doesn’t Do What You Think (And Other Mobility Myths busted by Dr. Quinn Henoch)
Foam rolling or mashing with a lacrosse ball before training isn’t lengthening your muscles or breaking up adhesions. Yet, chances are you, your friends or…
How Blood Flow Restriction Training Is Making Gains in Sports Rehab and Performance
My right leg is on fire. Not a injured feeling, but the kind of screaming and aching that usually accompanies the end of a Hero…
Stay Tight! How to Breathe, Brace and Save Your Spine
Do you remember the first time someone cue’ed you to stay tight? It’s a common expression in weightlifting and CrossFit but unfortunately, most novice (and…
