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Resisted Running - A Tool for Everyone Resisted running | Typically relegated to sprinting individual athletes, resisted running is a novel method of creating additional demands for running. The academic literature is not entirely sold on...

2023 Planning: How to build your program to level up 20 tournaments, over 40 events, many fantastic Ws… and more tough losses. As my 2022 pickleball season comes to a close, I’m looking back with gratitude on an exciting, challenging, and (most importantly)...

Self Care Gameplan As healthcare professionals who use manual therapy, we generally are good with prescribing homecare to our clients and helping them with what they need to do to get better, improve and achieve their treatment goals.  However,...

Waking the Psoas Whether you’re an athlete or live an active lifestyle, at some point you may find yourself dealing with some...

Waking the Psoas Whether you’re an athlete or live an active lifestyle, at some point you may find yourself dealing with some nagging low back pain that just will not leave.  It may come and go, it might only be present during a specific movement or...

What it takes to be ready on game day, Learnings from Pro-Pickleball player, Kim Brent Training to compete as an amateur athlete (at any level below pro) is an often challenging balancing act between our regular working or education schedule, family and...

Training Variety - Over-reliance of Classical Training Depending on your background, the term “training” has a specific form in your mind. For weightlifters, it's the snatch, clean and jerk, and squat; for the powerlifter, it’s squat, bench, and deadlift. It can be...

Post-competition Debriefs - Learning and Making Progress Coaches and athletes pour a lot of time into the build-up to competition; however, there is just as much to do after, and I believe having a routine to breakdown the discussion after. I believe that...