Fitness

by Dillon Caswell PT, DPT, SCS

What is your gut reaction when you see a video of a youth athlete performing Olympic lifts? How about an older adult doing a deadlift? Is it appropriate? Is it safe? Should you be performing them? How do we begin [...]

by Arash Maghsoodi PT, DPT, CSCS

Progressing exercises are a systematic and organized approach that should be individualized to each person depending on their health, fitness level, and specific goals. The great part about exercise is that everyone is able to start somewhere! No matter what [...]

by Craig Lindell PT, DPT, CSCS

The time has come! You’re ready to get back into the gym and fine-tune your program. Whether it was an access issue, an injury, or you simply slacked off, you need to re-establish your baseline strength to make SMART goals. Before [...]

by Arash Maghsoodi PT, DPT, CSCS

This article will demonstrate the 4 of the most undervalued exercises that I wish I had incorporated into my routine throughout my younger years. You learn from mistakes, but the mistakes don’t have to be yours. These 4 most undervalued [...]

by Arash Maghsoodi PT, DPT, CSCS

No gym, no problem! This article will help you master an at-home workout routine. With home workouts, you likely don’t have much exercise equipment. There are a plethora of exercises that you can perform to keep your body in shape. [...]

by Michael Lau PT, DPT, CSCS

Take your home workouts to the next level with bodyweight chair exercises! Similar to a bench in a traditional gym, you can use a chair in a variety of different ways to get an absolutely killer bodyweight chair workout. Whether [...]

by Craig Lindell PT, DPT, CSCS

The Turkish Get Up (TGU) is a full-body, three-dimensional exercise that is great for shoulder stability, muscle endurance, and grip strength. As we perform this unique and artistic-like movement, there are a variety of high demand positions that our body [...]

by Michael Lau PT, DPT, CSCS

Deadlift variations are simply loaded hip hinge patterns, which is an essential movement pattern to master. There are many benefits to deadlifting, which include improving core stability, improving the strength of the lower extremities, improving the strength of the lower [...]

by Craig Lindell PT, DPT, CSCS

While our focus is on prehab, such as finding the weak links in your movement system and addressing them through specifically targeted exercises, we are big advocates of barbell training and we do so regularly. That being said, not everyone [...]

by Sherif Elnaggar PT, DPT, OCS

It seems as if the fitness industry not too long ago was engulfed in the newest and latest machine. However, the recent pendulum of this industry has been going back to the minimalist end of the spectrum giving attention to [...]

by Craig Lindell PT, DPT, CSCS

“When will I be fully recovered?” This is honestly one of the most common questions we receive in the clinic working with patients, answering messages on social media, and responding to comments and emails. Understanding recovery from an injury has [...]

by Sherif Elnaggar PT, DPT, OCS

The pallof press is a staple core and back strengthening exercise that you’ll find in many different settings. Whether it’s [P]rehab, personal training sessions, group exercise classes, you name it, the pallof press is a common exercise for good reason. [...]