Posture and the Spine

Flexion is bad. Extension is good. Neutral is natural. Right? As anyone who has spent significant time in a weight room setting could tell you, flexion during heavily loaded exercises is dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Personally related horror stories...

Conditioning Drills Athletes Must Do

Back in high school I can remember believing that running was the best way to get in shape before I discovered that I wanted to make a career out of strength and conditioning, I remember going for long runs before my workouts when I would do 2-a-days to prepare for...

What “FMS” Taught Me

Today Coach Dan Sanzo introduced us to the Functional Movement Screen and how to use it as an effective assessment for athletes. At my first interview for an internship at NU with Coach Boothby, he spoke to me about the FMS and how much we were going to use it...

Common Faults of Everyday Exercises

I have found that proprioception for some athletes is easy, yet next to impossible for others.  Interestingly enough, for the poor proprioceptive athletes in the weight room doesn’t transfer to a poor athlete on the field.  In the weight room, the lifts may be so...