The Best Partner Drill To Improve Your Shoulder Mobility

Have difficulty getting into a good front rack or overhead position? 🤔 Try this partner drill to improve your shoulder mobility!

Mobility and Flexibility, Sports and Competition, IPARGuest UserJuly 20, 2021mobility, range of motion, physical therapy, physical therapy exercises, weightlifting, physical therapistComment

Why You Should Work On Your Ankle Mobility [Now]

In this article we break down why ankle mobility is critical to your success as an athlete (and human being) and three exercises that you can implement today to help improve your ankle mobility.

Mobility and Flexibility, IPAR, Sports and CompetitionGuest UserApril 27, 2021mobility, ankle mobility, range of motion, physical therapy, physical therapy exercises, squats, squat technique, weightlifting, ankle, physical therapistComment

5 Exercises To Help Fix Low Back Pain & Stiffness

Tired of dealing with lower back pain and stiffness?

You’re not alone. Eight out of 10 people experience lower back pain in their lifetime and for those who train, it can be a debilitating feeling.

In this article we break down our top five exercises that you can start implementing today to help address the underlying causes of lower back pain and stiffness.

IPAR, Mobility and Flexibility, Strength trainingGuest UserMarch 18, 2021low back pain, back stiffness, how to fix low back pain Comment

3 Exercises To Improve Your Posture

Did you know that poor posture could have a negative impact on your training?

Fair to say that most of us spend a significant time hunched over our phones scrolling Instagram or working on a computer. Over time this can add up resulting in rounded shoulders, a slouched back and forward head posture that can lead to muscular imbalances and put you at increased risk for injury.

Luckily we’ve found a solution! Fix (and prevent) poor posture by including these exercises in your warm up or post training accessories.

Strength training, Mobility and Flexibility, IPARKelly WildAugust 14, 2020improve your posture, posture, poor posture, good posture, shoulder pain, rounded shoulders, spine Comments

3 Exercises To Strengthen And Protect Your Knees

Strengthening the knee and surrounding structures is so important to your lower body health and function! Targeting the muscles and other structures around the knee can help to reduce the risk of injury and pain at the hips, knees, ankles and even feet. Try these three exercises so you can continue running, lifting, football or whatever way you like to move, for many years to come!

IPAR, Strength training, Mobility and FlexibilityGuest UserMay 20, 2020bulletproof knees, knee strengthening exercises, knee stability, knee injury, prevent knee injury, knee sprain, acl, acl injury, mcl injury, Knee AnatomyComment

50+ Workouts You Can Do At Home

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay at home order, we have released two home workout programs that are designed training with minimal access to equipment. All exercises can be scaled to bodyweight only. Included are more than 50 workouts that you can do to increase strength, fitness and stamina from the comfort of home!

Strength training, Mobility and FlexibilityScott EsparzaMay 19, 2020home workouts, workout at home, how to workout at home, workouts you can do at home, workouts I can do at home, covid19, stay at home Comment

The Best Rotator Cuff Stretches You Aren't Doing

Rotator cuff injuries commonly occur in people who repeatedly perform overhead movements, whether it is for work (such as carpenters, painters, mechanics) or athletes (Olympic weightlifting, CrossFit and tennis, for example). Improper technique with repetitive movements can put excessive stress on tendons. These injuries often lead to tendinitis in one or multiple rotator cuff muscles. Avoid a trip to the doctor by using four physical therapy exercises that improve the flexibility and strength of the shoulder musculature!

Mobility and Flexibility, Olympic Weightlifting, Strength trainingKelly WildMarch 30, 2020rotator cuff, rotator cuff injury, rotator cuff tear, rotator cuff pain, rotator cuff muscles, exercises for rotator cuff, rotator cuff exercises, rotator cuff stretches, physical therapy exercisesComment

3 Scalable Exercises To Improve Your Overhead Strength And Stability

Any exercise that requires an overhead component is largely considered a core exercise. To improve stability in your overhead movements like Snatch and Jerks, we can apply unstable components to specific movement patterns in order to increase our kinesthetic awareness. One method in particular that I have found to be a huge help over the years are perturbations.

Demonstration Videos Included

Olympic Weightlifting, Strength training, Mobility and FlexibilityNicole LimOctober 16, 2017Overhead Stability, Range of Motion, Perturbations, Weightlifting, Stability, Core, Shoulders, Stretching, Stretches Comment

Mobility For Athletes: The Benefits of a Spinal Twist

A strong and healthy spine is paramount to a healthy body and for a Olympic weightlifter, it's critical for stronger and more stable lifts. A number of nagging complaints can hinder performance including; lower back pain, instability, fatigue, and general stiffness. Any of these can lesson an athlete’s ability to stay braced when squatting, catching a Snatch, Clean, or while dipping and catching in a Jerk. Spinal health is to say the least, IMPORTANT. This week we shift our focus to twisting the spine using the Marichi’s Pose.

Mobility and Flexibility, IPARSandra ArechaederraApril 20, 2017Spinal Twist, Mobility For Athletes, Mobility, Yoga, Cal Strength, Stretch, Stretching, StretchesComment

Post Surgery Protocol: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You

One of the more common problems that I have come across over the past eight years of developing athletes has been the management and execution of making a full, functional recovery from knee surgery. Thanks to trial and error, I have found a reliable solution using a combination of...

IPAR, Mobility and FlexibilityDavid SpitzApril 20, 2017Knee Surgery, Workout, PowerDot, MyPowerDot, California Strength, Olympic weightlifting, Football, ACL, MCL, Program, ProtocolComment