Push-ups used to give me a tight neck, painful shoulders and cranky elbows. I could do em, but they broke me down. I remember when I was working a marketing job in tech. Our startup was growing, and so was my waistline. It was't a ton of weight but I noticed it early and wanted to do something about it. I decided that I'd do 5 pushups for every sale that came in. At first, this was 30-50 pushups a day. But that quickly turned into 100-200 a day. I started sweating through my dress shirt but...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Last weekend, I guided a group of men through movement at a retreat. This wasn't a movement retreat, so I was brought in to facilitate a daily 1 hour practice that met the needs of the attendees. Now, the younger me would've tried to prove myself and my approach by putting together hard workouts with challenging and complex movements. But I've been doing this stuff long enough that I know its more about providing practices that are applicable to whoever I'm guiding. These guys were in their...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Here's a secret the big fitness doesn't want you to know....Mobility can be FUN! There's tons of mobility work that brings a scrunchy grimace to your face, like you're trying to open the tightest jar of all time. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but it does instill a belief that improving your movement has to be a grind. That you have to work super hard...and that its not very fun. This is why I love primal movement. It's, in my humble (and experienced) opinion, the most accessible and fun way...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, You can spend hours doing mobility drills, foam rolling and deep stretches to improve your mobility. But if you don't have the time, the energy or the know how to piece all of that together, its straight up overwhelming and seems impossible. Another route to full body mobility is connecting the dots through animal moves that integrate the entire body. Instead of isolating the hips, spine and shoulders, these patterns weave everything together into a more connected, coordinated way...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Heavy weights, high intensity, low reps…That’s supposed to be the recipe for strength and size. And it works—for that. But if you want your strength and capability to actually carry over into your life, that alone won't get you there. I started noticing this when I added more high-rep work into my training. It exposed me. I fatigued way faster than I expected.I struggled to stay engaged.And I started noticing a lot of limitations and compensations I could usually hide. Because there was...
3 months ago • 1 min read
If you've been hitting ab exercises to build a strong core, you may be missing out on some serious stability (and even mobility) gains. Core training goes way deeper than the bumpy stomach muscles that BIG “fitness” tells you to focus on. Your core isn’t just something you tighten, tone, shred or blast. It’s what connects your entire body. When you begin to train your core with this intent, core training goes way beyond aesthetics. It becomes a practice that supports everything you do in your...
3 months ago • 1 min read
I’ve been thinking about something after I posted the 8 Timeless Movements video. A few people commented that it felt like “too many exercises.” Which is fair....I showed a lot of exercises in that video. But it also highlights something important. If you’re looking at training through the lens of exercises…everything will feel like too much. Too many options.Too much to do.Not enough time. But when you zoom out and look at movement…things actually get simpler. You’re not trying to collect...
3 months ago • 1 min read
STOP chasing the deep squat with the heels on the ground. I hear this all of the time: “my mobility sucks...I can’t keep my heels on the ground when I squat." And I get why people say it....Somewhere along the way, the deep squat became this kind of pass/fail mobility test. Heels down or it doesn’t count. So people chase that one outcome… and in the process start forcing the position, compensating, and judging their movement against a standard that may not actually help them. What’s...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Movement is built from the ground up. Contact through the feet and hands. Then loading through hips and shoulders. All of this then feeds into the torso or core. When that chain is connected, movement feels smooth and strong. When it’s not, things start to feel disconnected...hips get tight. Shoulders get cranky, core is gripping instead of supporting. When I notice that come up in my body, its always a reminder to keep coming back to ground work. Training on the ground provides the...
3 months ago • 1 min read