If there was one thing we learned from watching Tiger’s game and training routine, it’s that golf and Olympic style lifting may not mix.  The game of golf does not require the kind of spinal rigidity that powerlifting, weightlifting or any barbell lifts require.  When weightlifting (deadlifts, squats, bench press etc.), we want very stiff...Read More

Ever hear a news segment or read an article that makes a certain found sound like the equivalent of eating arsenic?  Always leave me wondering, “well, what can I eat!”  This is one of the first studies telling us “hey don’t eat this, eat that” instead of “don’t eat this or that, or that.”  Quite...Read More

When you’re in pain, it seems like every little thing you do makes it worse.  Even things you never knew cause pain have now become pain generators.  It’s like “That movement never used to hurt” but there you are, curled up in a ball in the middle of the grocery store all because they put...Read More

Walking through the grocery store the other day, I found myself struggling with a decision- do I pay the extra cash for organic foods or buy conventional and pay rent this month?  I’m on a tight budget but want to eat healthy.  Organic food is more expensive and harder to find, but how do I...Read More

What’s your go to beverage? Is it something high in sugar, probably delicious, but lasts a minute on the lips and just a bit too long on the hips.  Well you may want to think twice about the next time you grab that high-sugar, low-nutrient drink. It’s well known that consuming excess sugar, and especially...Read More

Building a foundation Inside of you is a master manipulator. You used to be a master at manipulating and moving your own body weight. From infancy, you were able to position yourself into rolling and crawling positions, easily supporting your body weight on your hands, knees, elbows, and hips throughout the day. It came natural...Read More

Ever hear a news segment or read an article that makes a certain found sound like the equivalent of eating arsenic?  Always leave me wondering, “well, what can I eat!”  This is one of the first studies telling us “hey don’t eat this, eat that” instead of “don’t eat this or that, or that.”  Quite...Read More

The ankle.  One of the most commonly sprained (and re-sprained) areas of the body.  28,000 people per day sprain an ankle, followed by the all to common- “It’s only a sprain, walk it off.”  If walking it off were the cure, we wouldn’t be living in a world plagued by reoccurring ankle sprains, leading to...Read More

Why do you eat? It’s a simple question that can be surprisingly difficult to answer. There are many answers to this question, but if you ask around I think you’ll land on the consensus that most people eat to satisfy a feeling of hunger. You may not know why you “feel hungry”, but it’s unpleasant...Read More

In December Kobe Bryant went down with a “hyperextension injury” in his left knee that turned out to be a left knee fracture. In a recent interview, he somewhat sarcastically huffed that this is not at all related to his left Achilles tear from April. He couldn’t be more wrong about that, and here’s why: The Achilles is...Read More