Strength for Everyday

12/30/2025

How to get a pencil off the ground and not overshoot your toes. Keep a . If you are very tight you can round a bit in the upper back, bring it back to neutral spine before standing up, but do not let the low back round. Of course inhale and tighten the . It’s a good habit for life.

12/30/2025

If your is too high it can hurt the . Sometimes it is hard to find the perfect pillow height. An alternative is to use a scrunched up flannel sheet to get the perfect height.

12/30/2025

, is the key to a . needs to happen. In order for that to happen the diaphragm has to drop. So you need the ribs to expand laterally, not raise your shoulders near your ears. Then maintain a continuous hold through breathing. This young student is a talented player, he was very quick in learning this and self correcting. Normally it takes more time. I encourage you to take the time to develop IAP( ) through correct breathing. You will develop a powerful core that will protect you throughout your life, no matter your age. for more in depth discussions on the topic. Another side note, cue the core from below the belly button to engage low abs. The belly button cue has a tendency to get more upper abs. Sorry for the tv noise in the background I was at a little party.

12/29/2025

is important at any age for . is one of my favorites. He is stretching his quads and IT band. He is very tight and told me he had a groin injury, probably due to his tight muscles. Because he is a high level athlete he is doing a lot of explosive movements and being tight will make him more prone to injury. He should do this stretch daily. Those of us who aren’t playing a competitive sport this is good for us too. I try to do this everyday myself.

12/29/2025

My 17 year old football player has tight calves. Part of the problem is he doesn’t land his heels on a jump. That keeps his calves tight and is hard on the whole body, as well as not allowing him to use more glute power and tightening his back.

12/27/2025

I’m a huge fan of Mike reinolds. His advice is always sound.

Sometimes popular exercises aren’t the best exercises. http://mikereinold.com/3-popular-exercises-i-am-no-longer-using/

3 Popular Exercises I Am No Longer Using

Just because an exercise is popular, doesn’t mean it’s a good option for everyone. I wanted to share 3 more exercises that I am not going to use anymore. These are pretty popular exercises, so I expect many to disagree with me. I actually have no problem with you using these exercises, I just wanted to share some reasons why I have started to critically assess the value of them, and have considered not performing them anymore.

12/25/2025

I was a for my for 6 months until she passed. She hated the but the only way we could keep her home is if we lifted her since she could no longer walk due to I was lifting and transporting her for 8 hours 3 times a week. I also showed my family how to lift. My 25 year old son came once and he told me he hurt his back. I told him he needed to follow my advice which he did because he noticed I wasn’t hurting myself even though I was 55 at the time. I go into a wider so she could be closer to me. Any object further away causes extra load on the back. I suggest this way of lifting also for parents lifting their kids. Wider sumo stance.

12/22/2025

cannot be corrected simply by strengthening or stretching. There are many examples of strong people and flexible people with poor posture. There are also weak people and old people who seem to have great posture. The most effective way to attack posture is to know where our skeletal placement should be. The pelvis needs to be underneath our rib cage like two stacked cans. Posture cannot be corrected until the pelvis is in good position. For more details look to my book in the profile.

12/21/2025

If your hurt when you don’t overshoot the toes. From the front straight line from your second toe to knee. The tendency is to bow in. When I started lifting at I found it weird at first to have my knees so far out, but I quickly learned that’s the correct position of power. Tell me if these tips help!

12/08/2025

My cousin is not bending his knees in his . He is also rounding his . That has to change. His will be very susceptible to injury like that. He goes to the 3 times a week and he is building upper body strength but I don’t see it in his lower body. He cannot fire up his hamstrings, glutes, back moving like that. I’m gonna have to go to the gym with him and give him a few lessons like I did to my son when he was that age. He also needs to take his time, and really THINK before he moves. He is moving too quickly. All of this can be taught and I intend to teach him. I can’t emphasize enough the importance and power of developing good habits. It’s never too late! Would love to hear your thoughts!

12/01/2025

Yup I’m now trainer on Airbnb!

11/29/2025

Trying to prevent future with my young student. He told me his dad already had and was quite debilitated. Bending over properly, with protects the .