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ATP Physical Therapy and Performance

Specialist rehabilitation and training for the strength, physique, and team sport athlete.

02/11/2026

Most people evaluate coaches by extremes.
The leanest physique. The freakiest transformation. The genetic outlier who would have succeeded in almost any environment.

That feels logical, but it misses what actually matters.

Great coaching shows up in the middle. In the busy parent. The stressed professional. The lifter with constraints, history, and a ceiling that requires nuance instead of force. Those clients do not need hype or templates. They need judgment, adaptability, and a plan that fits their real life.

Every client has potential. The job of a coach is not to compare ceilings, but to help each person squeeze the most out of their own. Sustainably. Confidently. Over time.

That is the difference between programming and coaching.

02/09/2026

Different schedules, recovery capacity, family and career obligations, injury history, client preference, and constraints require different structures.

Good coaching is not about forcing everyone into the same structure.

People come in with different schedules, capacity, history, stress, and goals. Expecting one split or one system to work for everyone ignores reality. Customization is not about making things complicated, it’s about making them fit.

The principles stay the same.
The application changes.

That is how you help people progress regardless of where they start or where their ceiling might be.

02/06/2026

Pain is easy to misunderstand when it is treated like a diagnosis instead of a signal.

Most lifters have been taught that pain automatically means damage. So when something flares up, training confidence disappears and the default response becomes rest, avoidance, and starting over. That approach feels safe, but it rarely solves the problem long term.

In reality, pain is often feedback about tolerance. Capacity changes based on load, recovery, stress, and exposure over time. When demand exceeds what the system can handle in that moment, symptoms show up. That dos not mean something is broken, it means something needs to be adjusted.

When you stop chasing pain elimination and start rebuilding capacity, the strategy sh*ts. Training becomes intentional instead of fearful. Progress becomes sustainable instead of fragile.

This is how lifters keep training through setbacks instead of being defined by them.

02/04/2026

Pain dos not automatically mean something is damaged.

That idea makes people afraid to move, afraid to load, and afraid to train through normal fluctuations that come with lifting and life. When everything is framed as damage, the only solution becomes rest and avoidance. And for most lifters, that is exactly why progress stalls.

This does not mean pain should be ignored. It means pain needs context. Tissues have capacity. Systems have limits. When demand exceeds what you can tolerate in that moment, symptoms show up. Sometimes acutely, sometimes slowly. But that is very different from being broken.

If you have been stuck in a cycle of flare ups, rest, and regression - this distinction matters. A lot.

I will break this down with more nuance in the next post.

01/30/2026

Intent/execution >>>

There’s a time and a place to hoist big weights, but we can also be academic about the intended goal of the movement instead of simply moving from A to B.

It doesn’t require a degree in anatomy, just a pause to consider why we are completing the movement, what tissues should be involved and stimulated, and how best to reduce the impact of surrounding tissues.

01/29/2026

If pain going down is the only metric you track, you will miss real progress.

Healing is rarely linear and it is almost never clean. Sometimes pain stays the same while your work capacity improves. Sometimes symptoms show up less often. Sometimes recovery between sessions is faster even though discomfort still exists.

That's not failure, it's adaptation.

When you train like an athlete, progress shows up as tolerance, control, and confidence under load. Pain often lags behind those changes. If you chase symptom elimination too early, you end up resting when you should be building capacity.

The goal is not fragile pain free movement.

The goal is resilient training you can sustain.

01/27/2026

Pain is not random, in bodybuilding and weight training it more often than not is a capacity problem.

Every tissue has a threshold for stress. When training demand exceeds what that tissue and the system around it can tolerate, something flares up. Not because you are broken. Not because lifting or any specific movement is bad for you, but because load outpaced capacity.

This is where most people get stuck. They either stop training entirely (or are told to by an outdated clinician) or they keep forcing intensity without addressing the variables that actually lowered their tolerance in the first place. Sleep, nutrition, psychological stress, sudden volume spikes. Capacity is cumulative. So is stress.

The solution is not resting forever or pushing harder out of frustration, it is pulling both levers. Build tissue capacity through intelligent loading and progression. Reduce systemic stress when recovery bandwidth is low. That is how you keep training. That is how you rebuild beyond baseline.

01/26/2026

A behind-the-scenes look at the weekly check-in process for one of my hybrid lifestyle/weightloss clients.

Unscripted, raw, and authentic - that’s what you can expect from our services.

The data doesn’t lie when it comes to weight loss. A single data point can be construed, but an average and a comparison of averages can be used to predict future trends - so long as lifestyle and nutritional actors remain constrained.

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01/25/2026

Knee Pain Differential Diagnosis Part III

A behind-the-scenes look at the weekly check-in process for one of my hybrid rehab and bodybuilding clients.

Unscripted, raw, and authentic - that’s what you can expect from our services.

In Part 3 I detail common pain patterns for a non-traumatic, insidious onset posterior knee pain the patient experienced while working on her hamstrings.

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01/23/2026

Knee Pain Differential Diagnosis Part II

A behind-the-scenes look at the weekly check-in process for one of my hybrid rehab and bodybuilding clients.

Unscripted, raw, and authentic - that’s what you can expect from our services.

In Part 2 of 3 I detail common pain patterns for a non-traumatic, insidious onset anterior/superior knee pain the patient experienced while working on her squats.

Stay tuned for Part 3.

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01/21/2026

A behind-the-scenes look at the weekly check-in process for one of my hybrid rehab and bodybuilding clients.

Unscripted, raw, and authentic - that’s what you can expect from our services.

In Part 1 of 3 I detail common pain patterns for a non-traumatic, insidious onset medial knee pain the patient experienced while working on her squats.

Stay tuned for Parts 2 and 3.

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“NATTYNEWSDAILY” for discounts

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01/20/2026

Has a doctor told you that you’re at risk for osteoporosis or osteopenia?

Have you witnessed a friend or loved one struggle after a fall with complications?

Are you afraid to lose your independence as the calendar years go by?

Reclaim your confidence and take action against aging.

Opti-aging is a 12 week small-group strength, bone health, and balance training program led by a licensed physical therapist and strength coach.

You’ll learn to workout safely, improve functional strength and markers of health, reduce risk of falls - all in a supportive group environment.

Call, email, or message today to find out more.

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Livonia, NY
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Telephone

+13024901262

Website

http://www.atpperformancetherapy.com/

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