Rowing is a fantastic full-body exercise. And it’s widely incorporated into the workouts of many affiliates and independent gyms due to its combination of strength and cardiovascular training. Of course, like any intense exercise some people love it, some people hate it, and some just love to hate. But no matter whether they love rowing […]
One of the more common questions I get is about bench pressing and shoulder pain. People often get shoulder pain from working out. One of the most common exercises this occurs during is the bench press. People want to keep exercising, but find the pain worrisome as well as difficult to adjust to. It’s a […]
Today’s athletic population is running into a problem: Can you continue to exercise after joint replacement surgery? There are a lot of people stuck between a rock and a hard place. Their arthritis hurts terribly when they work out, but they worry surgery may mean that they have to stop exercising completely! So I thought […]
What is Tendinitis? Tendinitis is a very common problem. Tens of thousands of people develop tendinitis every year. Nearly everyone will experience tendinitis at some point in their lives. But just like every post here on LSO, this is specifically directed toward the functional fitness and cross-training population. We want to show you how to […]
In this week’s article, we are bringing you four basic exercises as a starting point to get your core in shape. These four exercises provide the foundation for core stability and are essential to master so that you can build into better strength later. Even the strongest wall will collapse if it’s built on sand, […]
Core strength and control is one of the more difficult topics for coaches and trainers to teach. People in functional fitness gyms want to smash snatch PRs on their lunch hour. They want to crush their last Fran time. They don’t want to work on their transversus abdominis. Boring, right? Nobody says, “Wow look at […]
PRP injection is a treatment that’s gotten a lot of hype lately. It is one of the most widely sought-after treatment by NFL players, and it’s made its way out to the Weekend Warrior population as well. As a result, I get a lot of patients asking whether it can be helpful for their problems […]
Myths and Benefits of Stretching Mobility, mobilization, stretching, whatever you want to call it. Stretching is great – Or so we’ve all been told. We’ve all been sold on the benefits of stretching. Heck, some folks make their entire income by selling mobility tools and stretching routines. All around the world, people stretch before sports […]
Shoulder pain when lifting sucks! You are just trying to stay healthy, but your body seems to have other ideas. Suddenly all your dreams of weight loss and healthy living seem to hang precariously on one stupid, petulant shoulder that can’t just exercise like its supposed to. It has to complain. Loudly. And often during […]
Fascia and Interstitium: An Expert’s Perspective We are proud to bring you this interview about the fascia with Scott Dolly MS, ATC, CSCS. Scott is the owner of Evolution Human Performance and Rehabilitation in Winchester, VA. He has a Masters Degree in Athletic Training and practices movement analysis, manual therapy and functional fitness training. The […]