Athletes often have underlying limitations as to why they struggle to move the way a coach may want them to. Muscle length isn’t always the answer to developing better movement. More times than not, we as coaches evaluate a poor movement pattern and begin to prescribe stretches when the problem may be alternative to that. Flexibility often isn’t the only …
Front Squat Warmup Series
We front squat a lot at TCU. This is a quick 6 min specific warm up that we utilize for the front squat. We don’t always have the time to do this in its entirety but will do at least one from this series prior to any squat loaded days. We start with the barbell ankle smash side to side for 1 minute each. …
Hip Mobility Series
I’ve had several questions lately about the Hip Mobility Series that I presented at the Metroplex Strength and Cond. Clinic this past weekend. I have finally created a YouTube Channel HERE so that I can link the videos to our site. Here’s our 1st video series on Hip Mobility. Our hurdle duck unders are the 1st movement in our hurdle …