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In our last post, we covered how to perform an Elbow Top Circle.

Today, we are going to teach you how to do the Elbow Bottom Circle.

See if you can move through this drill without compensating elsewhere. It's super challenging but essential for anyone in ball sports, performing strength training,...

Do you practice elbow mobility drills?

We find that the elbow is one of the joints that gets left behind in most mobility practices. 

Yet! Every ball sport athlete and strength athlete needs to have excellent motor control of their elbow for greater accuracy and strength of upper body...

Let's get your shoulder blades some love and attention!

When we teach this exercise, it is one of the most difficult for people to hit with great accuracy. The scapula does not get a lot of independent attention in traditional training settings and many people lack education on how to move their...

We are about to cover the mother of all foot and ankle mobility. 

The foot and ankle have 33 joints and over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Our goal with all of our mobility drills is to teach you how to isolate various joints and then learn how to integrate those movements into more...

 This is one of those drills that you are going to want to do over and over again all throughout the day! It feels so good.

We want you to work on super precise movements from the toes up to the ankles, differentiating the movement in the feet from the movement at the ankles. 

Fair...

(image: directly from Strength Matters Podcast announcement)

We are excited to announce a podcast Taylor did with Josh of Strength Matters in April 2018!

This was Taylor's very first podcast and I think he smashed it!

Find the podcast on Strength Matters where you can listen directly...

In the last blog post, you learn how to target the lateral talocalcaneal joint (outside ankle) with a lateral ankle tilt. 

In this video, you will learn how to target the medial talocalcaneal joint (inside ankle) with a medial ankle tilt.

Understanding how to differentiate all the joints in...

In this video, you learn how to target the lateral talocalcaneal joint (think, below boney protuberance on the outside of your ankle).

This is the area that is responsible for ankle sprains in most cases. It's important to know how to move this area well and with purpose. 

Moving joints...

In our last post, we covered the middle toe pull. In this post, we are covering a similar drill but targeting a different joint!

Let's talk about the area we are trying to mobilize so you can get the most out of this drill.

Locate the lateral malleolus (outside ankle), draw a line towards your...

Let's talk about the area we are trying to mobilize so you can get the most out of this drill!

Locate the boney protuberance just below your ankle on the middle/top of your foot, just before that there is a dip. This is the joint we are trying to mobilize!

Oftentimes this drill is turned into a...