Health & Wellness

Our warmups sometimes include a hamstring stretch, one that is very much needed by the majority of us. By LeighAnn Clark It’s a fantastic stretch, but are we doing it right? When we use this stretch, we need to use something called Reciprocal Inhibition. This essentially means that if one muscle is active, the opposite…

We focus a lot of our energy on mobility when we are preparing ourselves to train.   By LeighAnn Clark Mobility is incredibly important because we need to make sure that the muscles are ready to move through a full range of motion, but activation is a huge component as well. Typically in our class…

Do you have chronic back or hip pain, that won’t go away, no matter how much you stretch and foam roll? By Greg Hammons The hidden culprit may be a deep muscle called the iliopsoas. The iliopsoas muscle is one of our major hip flexors. When we sit for long periods of time or do…

More often than not, when someone experiences elbow pain, this is actually a symptom of a different problem. By LeighAnn Clark This doesn’t apply to everyone, some people truly have functional problems at the elbow, but the majority of us who move every day will experience elbow pain for a different reason. That reason is…

Shoulder Internal Rotation (IR) is a key piece of mobility that a lot of us are missing but we don’t necessarily know it. By LeighAnn Clark If you aren’t sure whether your IR is lacking, test out the S mobility drill and check out the range of motion in your bottom arm. The goal is…

We talk a lot about improving hip mobility but sometimes we don’t think about how important the ankles are. By LeighAnn Clark Squats are one of our most used and most important movement patterns. Building mobility in our ankles will help us to improve our range of motion in our squats so we can squat…