Shoes are an important piece of running, right? You need to have a solid pair of shoes that will support your feet, cushion your joints, and withstand the miles. So, quite obviously, you need to use a pair of running shoes that are amazing. 

But how...

Hamstring injury is very common in sports. The reason for excessive injury in this area isn't that the Hamstrings are a fragile group of muscles; most of the time, it is due to limitations in training and rehab.

Use this guide to appropriately rehab...

Calves - not just for looking chiseled.

We've all been there - done with our workout and still have a little left in the tank, so we find some big dumbbells and pump out a few dozen calf raises. It gives a great pump feeling as well as fulfilling ou...

Calf raises are a very simple exercise. It is an exercise that practically everyone has done or at least seen someone do in the gym. Typically, these are completed at high intensity -high speed or high weight - until failure.

For the one person who ...

Wrist pain is a common issue in athletes. From barbell athletes to soccer players and combat athletes, all athletes seem to have dealt with wrist pain at one point.

In many cases, the shoulder is the primary cause of pain. Any mobility or movement ...

We have all been there. You wake up and you can’t move your shoulder. You have pain in your shoulder that is stopping you from making your morning coffee, putting on a shirt, or washing yourself in the shoulder.

Maybe you just finished up a weekend ...

Let’s say you’re working out - for this example, let's just assume you have a workout of bench press heavy sets, then a bit of bear crawls, handstand pushups, and thrusters (apparently you really want to work on your front rack and overhead positions...

We all know warming up is necessary, yet we tend to avoid it by hitting play on our music and going right into the run to get it over with. This week, we're focusing on the proper warm up exercises needed to make the most out of your run and help kee...

We have all been there -

Too much sitting, too much driving, a bad nights sleep.

OR

Too much squatting without warming up. Deadlifts didn’t feel right, but you pushed through them. You felt “off” while running and had some back pain; but, hey, tho...

When this question comes up, it’s either 1 of 2 responses:

1st - Typically from the CrossFit athletes - “No pain is too much pain. We just push through pain.”

2nd - “Any pain is too much pain. I stop when I feel any sort of pain.“

Those two respon...