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SHOULDER PAIN IS THE #1 PAIN POINT IN THE ACTIVE POPULATION. BUT HOW COMMON IS IT REALLY? Sometimes to attempt to put some perspective on the unquantifiable such as the percentage of active population currently dealing with shoulder pain, you gotta skip PubMed and go to where the true knowledge[…]

  We truly don’t have a weight loss problem in America. I know what you’re thinking, so allow me to explain. Around six out of every seven people who are overweight are able to lose weight in their lifetime. Fantastic. The not-so-good news is that after a year 35% of[…]

Guide to Summer Shred In my humble opinion, getting shredded for the summer is a lot easier if you stay lean all year round. We are ALWAYS on a diet, the question is, is your diet congruent with the lifestyle you want to live?   Getting lean and staying lean[…]

  I see this mistake made ALL the time, pairing two loaded spine dependent exercises together. AKA two exercises that have the core and/or lower back highly active to maintain position. While this seems like an “innocent” programming mistake, it actually breaks the cardinal rule of smarter pain-free superset pairings[…]

When it comes to feeling your best, things like clothing and food portions aren’t labeled as “one-size-fits-all”, so why should fitness be any different? In a world where fitness is now just a click of a button away on the internet….. Online Training Programs and Follow Along Workouts have been[…]

Once you “UNLOCK” the top of each movement pattern pyramid, should you ALWAYS train at the top forever in order to elicit a strong pain-free training effect? This is a question that we commonly get at the PPSC, even from experienced coaches. And many times, the question stems from the[…]

  Close your eyes and put yourself in the seat of any prospective training client in any fitness facility anywhere in the world. Imagine meeting this new trainer, buff as they are, and feeling equal parts excited and terrified. Visualize being taken toward some chairs that are tucked away from[…]

  Have you ever been on social media and watched your favorite trainer swing around this metal stick with a heavy ball attached at the end, then think to yourself…what the hell is that thing? I had the same reaction when I saw someone using a Steel Mace for the[…]