Movement
How the body actually moves, and what most advice about strength, mobility, and pain gets wrong.
Pain, stiffness and plateaus rarely have a single cause. Before we decide what to change, we look at how you breathe, coordinate and load your body.
These posts explain that thinking. What mobility and flexibility actually are, why the place that hurts isn't always the source, and how to train around an injury without losing confidence in your body.
What 8 Weeks of Jump Training Did to Fast-Twitch Muscle Fibers
In a small study, 8 weeks of jump training made fast-twitch muscle fibers up to 30% bigger and faster. Here is what it shows and what it does not.
The Hip Mobility Fix That Means Moving the Opposite Way
Why a tight hip sometimes improves by working the opposite direction, not stretching harder, and what femoral rotation research says about it.
Why Your Back Pain Probably Isn't a Back Problem
Why chronic low back pain is often the back making up for stiff ankles, and what changes when we train the ankle instead of the back.
The 12-Week Study That Puts a Number on Hourly Movement Breaks
A 12-week trial of 86 office workers found a 3-minute break every hour improved blood sugar and blood pressure. One city, small, with limits.
Why Your Knees Hurt More on the First Few Stairs
Why knee pain often feels worse on the first flight of stairs, and why preparing the joint matters as much as how you climb them.
The Injury Healed. So Why Does Your Body Still Move Like It's Hurt?
What a 2026 review of 15 studies says about fear of movement and long-lasting pain, and how we help people trust movement again.
The Health Metric That Beats How Hard You Trained
A 2018 review of 23 studies found stretching at least 5 days a week went with more range of motion. What it does and does not say, and how we coach.
Functional Training Isn't a Style, It's a Question
A biomechanics coach explains why functional training is not a category of exercises but a question about whose life the movement needs to serve.
Why a Heavier Lift Doesn't Automatically Mean a Stronger You
A biomechanics specialist on why the number on the bar can rise while a person's actual strength, control, and awareness quietly go backward.
Reading Your Own Movement Before You Try to Change It
Before correcting how you move, a biomechanics coach argues for the slower, less satisfying work of actually noticing how you move now.
Posture Correction Isn't About Standing Up Straighter
A biomechanics coach questions the idea that better posture means one fixed, upright shape everyone should hold all day.
What I Actually Look For Before Programming an Exercise
A biomechanics coach walks through the unglamorous questions he asks before deciding what to put in someone's training program.
Mobility vs Flexibility: A Distinction That Changes How You Train
A biomechanics coach explains why being flexible and being mobile are not the same thing, and why confusing them can work against you.
Training Around an Injury Without Making It the Whole Story
A coach on the balance between respecting an injury and letting it quietly take over a person's entire identity as a mover.
The Case for Slower Reps, Fewer Times
A biomechanics coach makes the case for training with fewer, slower repetitions instead of chasing volume and speed.
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