Category: Movement
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I’m Done Doing Pullups
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. I honestly love pullups but I’ve come to find out they’ve been doing me wrong. Whenever I do them, I’m sore in my biceps, elbow, and forearms. All the load is getting dumped into those areas and that’s not what I want.…
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The Reason You Feel Your Body “Aging”
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. Many of us feel our body getting “older” in live time. I’m only 26 and I can attest to this. The interesting thing is, it’s not about your age. It’s about your lifestyle, your habits, your most common practices with your body.…
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A Myofascial Release / Self Massage Technique to Eliminate Elbow, Forearm, and Wrist Pain
I am very excited to say that I may have found the best solution yet to solve a long-standing problem of mine. From the time I was a younger child to my mid teens, I consistently played baseball. Specifically, I loved pitching and didn’t think much of the preparation and recovery work that I should’ve…
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5 Adjustments You Can Make to Maintain Better Posture Naturally
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. I’ve been thinking more about posture lately because I noticed that I have some funny tendencies that I undertake when I start to get tired and lazy. For one, I will sometimes let my head and neck fall forward (forward head posture),…
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My Evening Routine When My Body is Feeling Tight and Sore
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. With our modern lifestyles, it’s hard not to feel tightness all throughout your body. We sit a lot on fixed furniture, we stand in one place for long periods of time, we’re tied to screens much of the time, we don’t utilize…
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The 6 Traits of Healthy Activity for Humans
Some readers will know that I am a long-time fan of Mark Sisson’s Primal Blueprint. It is sometimes referred to as the “Definitive Guide” or “The Original” Primal Blueprint because it is inspired by the life our ancestors lived around the Paleolithic Age. It is simply a set of principles that our ancestors lived by…
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Microworkouts: A New Way to Look at Fitness
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. In today’s world, we have a problem of becoming too pigeon-holed with certain ideas. A great example of one of these areas is fitness and the way we approach it. For most “fit” people, a gym membership, car ride, and one hour…
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Icing an Injury is the Worst Thing You Can Do for Recovery
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. Icing our injuries has long been part of the standard protocol. We’ve been indoctrinated into believing it’s one of the very first things to do and one of the most important things to do to recover from an injury. This is completely…
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Simple Exercises to Develop Shoulder, Forearm, and Hand Strength
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. As per request from one of my readers, I’d like to explore some simple ways you can improve the integrity of your upper body, from shoulder to fingers. I am always looking for cheap, accessible, and simple options to provide, that way…
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Workouts for Improved Stability and Balance
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. Balance has long been an underrated measure of the body’s ability to perform. If you play a team sport, physically resisting your opponents’ presence is usually a necessary skill. As we age, falling becomes more of a threat to our well-being and…