It’s January so it must be body transformation time. Depending on where you get your information, you’ll be subjected to a range of approaches and products that seek to (in no particular order), detox you, transformassacre you (yes that’s real), pack on muscle, shed fat, sculpt you, lengthen you and shred you. The last one […]
Training
Injury rehab not working? It’s not surprising.
If your injury rehab isn’t working I’d like you to think about the following scenarios for a minute. Imagine taking your car in for a service and you see your mechanic pull up in the most uncared for pile of junk you’ve ever seen. Would that put you off using his services? How about turning […]
When is muscle tightness a good thing?
In this post we take a look at when muscle tightness is a good thing and how we know. Take a read of the following from the advice section of a physiotherapy site. See if anything jumps out at you. ‘You’d need to establish if your external rotators are tight (as in dysfunctional and need […]
Infraspinatus muscle weakness in pro tennis players
In this post we take a look at the curious case of infraspinatus muscle weakness in pro tennis players. Take 125 elite level female tennis players and assess their shoulders. In particular take a look at their dominant shoulder and a muscle that is important to the serve, the infraspinatus. What do you think you’d […]
How to improve both flexibility and strength
Have you ever heard this in a clinic or a gym? ‘First we need to improve your range of motion and then we can add strength.’ What if you could improve both flexibility and strength? And what if the two are so intimately connected that it’s actually impossible to meaningfully change one without the other? […]