How to Make Lasting Mobility Changes and PR Your Olympic 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…
Category Archives: Weightlifting
On Fear and Learning to Fly
The barbell was heavy, it felt so damn heavy in my hands. How on earth, I wondered, would I be able to throw this over…
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…
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…
Stop the Sit-Ups: How to Rethink Midline Training and Build an Enviable Core
When it comes to core training, way too much emphasis is placed on working the abdominals and and not nearly enough on the back, pelvic…
Itty Bitty Behemoth: The Smallest, Strongest Lifter You’ve Never Heard Of
At 4 feet 11 inches, Alyssa Ritchey’s intimidation factor is low. She walks out onto the platform and grips the loaded barbell, head down as…
5 Reasons You’re Not Getting Stronger
It happens. The beginner gains slow to a crawl (what? No more 20 pound strict press PRs?!) and you hit a wall. Maybe you aren’t…
The Need for Speed (Training)
Watch any top lifter and one of the first things that jumps out is their speed. It’s the reason they’re able to lift heavy weights…
Up and Cummings
Weightlifter CJ Cummings has been poked and prodded, hooked up to electrodes and high speed cameras monitoring every kind of human performance indicator one can…
Do You Need a Coach?
Do you need a coach? With more and more people joining the world of weightlifting, CrossFit, powerlifting and Strongman, it’s a natural question. How important…
