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Hey, I'm Brian. Ultimate Mobility is my system for revolutionizing Ultimate Frisbee training.

I work with Ultimate players and teams to improve mobility, reduce pain, and improve performance with well-rounded programs for long-term results. I am Brian Nevison, a personal trainer, mobility specialist, and athlete. Play, movement, and helping people make positive life changes are my greatest passions. I have 10+ years of experience training all kinds of people in one on one, group, and team settings. I’ve found that sharing my own experiences and mindsets, and reflecting upon them has allowed me to connect with and inspire people. This process of sharing has also helped me learn a lot about myself and others, which has enabled me to be a more effective trainer and motivator. I am always making an effort to broaden my reach (with this page, my website, and other social media) so that I can help, inspire, and benefit more people. It is my sincerest desire to provide content and services that promote long-term physical and mental wellness for as many as possible. I believe very strongly in the power of smiles and positivity, and try my very best to live life in a way that will help to spread such values – it is a constant and conscious daily effort to keep improving. At my very core, what I want to accomplish with my life is simply help people become happier and more fulfilled. My strengths lie in fitness and positivity/motivation, but I would explore any avenue to accomplish this goal. While I have led a truly wonderful life so far, I have experienced many injuries and chronic pain, as well as periods of emotional distress. For all of this I am grateful, as it allows me to better empathize and relate – at least to some degree – with more people. Furthermore, these experiences have implored me to learn and grow, and ignited my passion to enrich the lives of everyone I meet. Certifications/Education:

BS in Kinesiology from Penn State University

Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms)

Functional Range Assessment Specialist (FRAs)

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Speed and Agility Coach (CSAC)

02/21/2026

🥏 As an Ultimate Frisbee player, post-tourney Monday mornings involve a few common elements:

👉 Gingerly stepping out of bed, wondering if your leg will hold your weight.

👉 A precarious sideways hobble down the stairs.

👉 Thinking “why am I still doing this to myself?” as you struggle to put on your socks.

By the time the series rolls around, it’s rare to feel fresh and healthy even on Tuesday, Wednesday…or Saturday 😬

And while I can’t promise zero pain or soreness, you CAN feel and recover better.

Last season, at 38-years-old, I played in 7 tournaments, including Masters Nationals and Pro Elite Challenge, and felt my best in the last tournament of the year. Didn’t miss a single game or practice due to pain or injury.

And I routinely woke up feeling fresh and powerful on Sunday mornings of tournaments.

Just ask my teammates how annoyingly cheery I was leading warm-ups in the morning 😂

And Mondays? Not perfect, but they were pretty good too. I was usually able to train or practice with some intensity.

I did this by following some important principles, which I’ve laid out inside my FREE Ultimate Frisbee Recovery Guide

They’re the same principles I’ve used to help 100’s of Ultimate players over the last 10+ years.

So if you’re an Ultimate player who wants to be at your best when it matters most, comment “RECOVERY” and I’ll send you my free guide!

02/20/2026

🥏 I can make one 100% guarantee with Ultimate Frisbee training: it will not go perfectly. S**t will hit the fan.

But I have good news: you don’t need perfection. Things can get sh*tty, and that’s okay.

Imperfect, flexible consistency = long-term consistency.
Long-term consistency is what leads to health and performance gains.

For me, it’s been a ROUGH sleep week. I still managed a couple mobility sessions, 2 (very brief) lifts, and 2 conditioning sessions (one in the snow, and one in the hallway 😆)

Was it ideal? Of course not, but I still showed up when I could and challenged myself within reason.

A good training plan and program gives us a structure and the tools to adjust when needed.

An effective long-term program and plan should NOT be done exactly as written. Because the written program doesn’t know what’s going on in your life.

You (and your coach) need to be willing to take alternate routes toward the same goal.

Step one is accepting the reality that you WILL need to adjust at some point.

Then you build the toolbox to manage the most likely hurdles to pop up.

Sounds cool right? Well, I have a preseason program you might like!

Comment “ULTIMATE” and I’ll send you the info :)

PS - Masters players with kids where you at?

02/17/2026

For better Ultimate Frisbee training: create boundaries, rules, & reactivity. Especially if you often train alone 👇��My favorite way to do this: self-fetch.

You’re running sprints, but you have to be tracking and reacting to the disc.

But you can add to that:

I love using an end zone corner to work on field awareness and toe-tapping.

But why not go further:

I’ve been making 2 x 3 yard boxes, then trying to catch my throw in the box. Much more opportunity to practice footwork and awareness.

When it comes to reactivity:

We can also use sound. Toss a ball behind you, as soon as you hear it land — take off!

Add more complexity by having cones you navigate as quickly as possible.

Simplicity and consistency win. So start with things you’re able and willing to do often. Add complexity later.

This stuff I’m sharing adds urgency and fun! Which are also key components to long-term consistency and making progress.

Play and training and (and should) overlap 😄

PS - I also make fun rules, a la Calvinball. Like, after every sprint, I do a self-fetch…and I keep going until I catch it in the box.

When it comes to training partners, imagination is the GOAT

02/14/2026

🔔 Great training session with this week!

Lots of power, many smiles. And an epic game of “get the speck”

Awesome blend of hard work + fun and support from this team 😄

Note on banded broad jumps:

The band makes you push against more resistance on the take off, but there are 2 more important effects 👇

1. It forces a lower take-off angle. If you get too upright and don’t drive hard outwards, it will pull you back. Great for acceleration.

2. It reduces the landing force on your body. You can jump hard, but land…less hard 😆

PS - Surge is Philadelphia’s professional women’s frisbee team, and its mission is to elevate women and trans Ultimate athletes in Philly. Pretty awesome, right?! Check out the team IG feed 🤗

02/01/2026

Ultimate Frisbee requires strength, power, and mobility.

So it’s important that we regularly work on all of these qualities.

They don’t have to be hit all at once, but you can often get some of each into a single session.

In this session, I prioritized more power and strength, working mobility in between sets and at the end.

Many of my sessions are about 50/50 strength and mobility.

Most of them include some form of power work: jumping, fast lifts, banded work, med balls.

Though the amount varies depending on the session and how I’m feeling.

BIG IDEAS:

👉 Strength work doesn’t have to be exhausting & you don’t have to max out to make gains.

👉 Mobility work is often the most neglected by Ultimate players, but it can easily be injected into your other training.

👉 Don’t be afraid to add some powerful fun or coordination stuff to your workouts.

👉 You can train multiple qualities within a single session.

👉 Don’t worry about the perfect plan or “optimizing” everything, first just show up and so some stuff regularly.

01/28/2026

When not everyone has equal human rights, it affects our entire community.

Whether people want to believe it or not.

The things that don’t seem to directly affect us still matter.

Oh, you’re a white, cis-gender straight man like me? Cool, you have a lot of privilege.

Which you can use you help people.

Just because YOU aren’t experiencing something, doesn’t meant mean it’s not a problem.

👆This is a massive issue.

People didn’t believe the pandemic was real until someone they knew died.

Didn’t care about Trump being president until their jobs and income were affected.

Didn’t believe ICE was bad until a white US citizen was murdered.

Reminder: there are a lot of amazing people in this country

And a lot of us, myself included, can do better. Empathy is powerful.

Reminder 2: as I said yesterday, social media can be helpful to spur positive action, but we can’t let it destroy us.

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