My daughter, Hannah returned from Africa last night and now I have a ‘Hannah Hangover’. What I mean by this is I stayed up super late talking to her about her Uganda adventures. I’m not much of a night owl, but with the time change for her, she couldn’t sleep and I was so excited … Continued
Here’s a cool workout for you, it does require a bit of equipment but I’ve noted a few options. I set my gymboss for 50 seconds of work and had a 10 second transition. I did the following exercises: jump rope (phantom skip – no jump rope) TRX low row (or do a DB or … Continued
Can you spot what’s wrong with the picture below? Rick is doing something that could lead to shoulder pain or injury. Did you find it? Let me help you out.
Having lived in Canada all my life, I sort of forget how cold it is. I had my Cali BFF come visit recently and was reminded that it’s pretty chilly in Calgary. I had to laugh at Sylvia who seems to think she likes cold weather now that she survived a weekend. The time she … Continued
DOCTOR APPROVED (see below) My pal, Rick Kaselj is an egghead. I say this in the most endearing way. Rick knows his stuff and he’s always my ‘go to’ guy when ever I’m injured or if I have a client that I just can’t solve. He recently came out with ‘Fix My Shoulder Pain‘ and … Continued
My good friend, Rick Kaslej has some videos for us today on the 5 Worst Exercises for your shoulders. He’ll give you some pointers on how to do these exercises correctly if you do have them in your program. You’ll notice that I DO use these exercises myself and in programs to you, so make … Continued
We all experience pain from time to time. I have many clients that have shoulder pain, myself included. I’m here to say that shoulder pain is NO fun. My daughter was a wrestler who she had hyper-mobile shoulders (oops, I shouldn’t have passed that one down to her). This is NOT great for a wrestler … Continued
Question: What can I do to help my shoulder pain and still do pull ups? Answer: I went to my ‘go to’ exercise for injury guy, Rick Kaselj to answer this question for me. He made a video for starters: Basically, Rick suggests doing a vertical hanging exercise to create more space within the shoulder … Continued
I’m a virgin. A kettlebell virgin that is… But I’ve always wanted to learn about kettlebells and how to use them effectively and safely. I struggled at first with what to do with a kettle bell 😉 So, I went to my pal, Chris Lopez who knows all about kettlebells and how to use them. … Continued
I recently came across this study and I went to my friend and fellow awesome Canadian, Chris Lopez to provide us with his insights. Here’s the study and his take on it…. J Strength Cond Res. 2011 Dec 28. MECHANICAL DEMANDS OF KETTLEBELL SWING EXERCISE. Lake JP, Lauder MA. Researchers compared the mechanical demands of … Continued