Assess and Correct is Here!
Yes, it's finally here. You can now get Assess and Correct: Breaking Barriers to Unlock Performance. If you're one of the many who've benefitted from Magnificent Mobility and Inside Out: The Ultimate Upper Body Warm-up, Assess and Correct will take your performance to the next level. You'll start by completing 27 self-assessments to identify your key weaknesses and mobility limitations. Based on the results of your self-assessment, you'll select from 78 different exercises that will target and help eliminate these limitations that are preventing your personal best performance on the field or in the weight room. We've also added some pretty solid bonuses including: The Assess and Correct Assessment E-manual. This ...
Corrective Case Study
I thought you might like to see some true results of our corrective programming at IFAST. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, so I apologize for the delay. [caption id="attachment_220" align="alignleft" width="303" caption="Rich Before"][/caption] This is Rich. Rich was training for the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon that we have each year in May as part of the activities associated with the Indy 500. Rich came to us in February and had been running since Christmas. He’d recently recovered from his second knee surgery (one on each knee) and was having a lot of morning stiffness and some chronic calf tightness on the ...
The REAL “Rufus” and IFAST is Top 10 in Men’s Health Magazine
[caption id="attachment_208" align="alignleft" width="323" caption="Me and Grant "Rufus" Gardis"][/caption] We had a very special guest this week at Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training. Grant “Rufus” Gardis came by for visit. Yes, THAT “Rufus”. The one from the “Rufus” Complex in Inside-Out: The Ultimate Upper Body Warm-up. Rufus is an outstanding Olympic weightlifting coach in the Indianapolis area who works primarily with middle school athletes from all sports. I hope these kids appreciate and take advantage of his vast knowledge of weightlifting and athletic development as you’ll not find a better coach. While it was initially a social call, conversation quickly turned to talking training. ...
Recovery day with Chickenfoot
Recovery days are just as important as kick ass workout days. Yesterday was a hard ”Arm Day” (chins, rows, and close grip fat bar floor presses) at IFAST, so today is a day off. To help you relax, here’s a little bit of Chickenfoot to lead you into a productive weekend. Share and Enjoy: Read More →
Hip Mobility: Femoral Anteversion, Part 2
So why the concern over having greater hip and core strength in the cases of athletes with femoral anteversion? There’s evidence that femoral anteversion results in a decrease activation of the gluteus medius and VMO. There’s also evidence from simulated hip modeling that the hip abductors need to increase force output to maintain a level pelvis during activity when the distal attachment... [Read more]
Hip Mobility: Femoral Anteversion
By now you should have a general understanding that having good hip mobility is important for health and to maximize athletic performance. Loss of hip extension has been shown to accelerate degenerative changes in athletes as young as 17 years old. A loss of hip internal rotation alters normal hip proprioception and makes it difficult to effectively stabilize the hip. When you’re screening... [Read more]
The Power of Assessment
Eric Cressey, Mike Robertson, and I did an interview with Pat Rigsby recently. If you’re in the fitness business, it is a must read. http://fitbusinessinsider.com/are-you-making-your-clients-better-or-just-making-them-tired/ Even if you’re not in the business, you can save $30 on your own copy of Assess and Correct. Bill Share and Enjoy: Read More →
Developing the Lower Trapezius
Lower trapezius weakness is a common finding with many of the clients we assess at IFAST. Even in our strongest athletes, we’ll find relative weakness that may affect their abilities to perform the heavier, maximal strength upper body exercises. The now common scapular exercises such as I’s, L’s, Y’s, T’s, and W’s are good selections to start to resolve scapular... [Read more]
