Here is a very simple way you can use movement to increase the strength of your knee so you can continue your normal activities:

Here’s a simple movement you can perform to lower your chance of developing shin splints.

Your hip flexors aren’t always tight.

Sometimes they’re weak.

It’s a great bodyweight movement that will help build strength in pretty much your entire lower body.

But what’s best about it is that it trains the knee to be more stable in a safe environment.

And it also builds confidence in the proper motion of your knee.

A lot of our traps are “overactive” because we sit in a hunched position all day, lean into our phones and that makes them very prone to getting over-involved in some exercises.

So a better way to train the back of your shoulders is to manipulate the angle of your upper arm to take your traps out of it.

This post isn’t about religion at all.

It’s about that simple framework for behavior that will determine your habits, which will determine the quality of your life.

Shin splints SUCK. They can happen for a ton of different reasons. But one thing you can do to ward them off is to strengthen your shin muscles. Here’s a simple way to do that.

Recent studies show that your metabolism speeds up while you are sleeping.  This is especially true if you are working out regularly. 

The majority of your muscular and cellular repair takes place during sleep.  In order for your body to repair it needs a fuel source.  By eating carbs before dinner you are actually enabling your body to build muscle and burn fat.

Eating carbs at night has many other benefits.  Carbs help you sleep better and deeper.  They will also provide a fuel source for an early morning workout the following day. 

Protein is stupidly important to your body composition. If you concentrate on getting about 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass, or bodyweight, you’ll find that the rest of your diet will fall in line. Protein is often the missing lynchpin for results.