Mobility and Recovery

3 Simple Modifications to Squat When in Pain

Feb 26, 20194 min read

3 Simple Modifications to Squat When in Pain

Our bodies are built to adapt. How else would we ever develop the strength (mental and physical) to meet challenges or compete in sports,...

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Feb 23, 20192 min read

Podcast Episode #22: Jon Engum

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #22 Summary Jon Engum, StrongFirst Master Instructor, joins your host, Craig Marker, to talk about martial...

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Jan 2, 20192 min read

Podcast Episode #17: Dr. Stu McGill

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #17 Summary Dr. Stu McGill discusses optimal back health and its importance when strength training. Show...

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Oct 26, 20181 min read

Podcast Episode #13: Dr. Kelly Starrett

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #13 Summary Dr. Kelly Starrett talks with Craig Marker about strength, conditioning, and moving well. Dr....

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Oct 19, 20181 min read

Podcast Episode #12: Dr. Chad Waterbury

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #12 Summary In this episode of the StrongFirst Podcast, your host Craig Marker talks with Dr. Chad Waterbury...

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Four Mobility Drills to Fix your Performance Killing Feet

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Oct 15, 20183 min read

Four Mobility Drills to Fix your Performance Killing Feet

We often blame our feet last for performance problems or tension leaks. But as our main connection to the ground, they are the foundation...

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Jun 7, 20185 min read

Cultivating Recovery

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” Jim Rohn Take a moment to do an internet search for me: Recovery...

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Oct 17, 20177 min read

Flexible Steel and StrongFirst: Announcing a Partnership

I am happy to announce a partnership between two complimentary systems—StrongFirst and Flexible Steel. But… What Is Flexible Steel?...

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G-Tox: A Proven Tool for Accelerated Grip Recovery

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Sep 5, 20175 min read

G-Tox: A Proven Tool for Accelerated Grip Recovery

At StrongFirst, we recognize tension and relaxation as two sides of the same performance coin. But we often find it easy to focus...

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Aug 29, 20178 min read

How to Power-up Your StrongFirst Practice by Applying the FMS Principles

As SFGs and kettlebell practitioners, we understand and practice the principle that movement exists in a hierarchy. In fact, we have a...

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Jul 20, 20175 min read

Ground Force Method: What It Is and How It Relates to StrongFirst

A note from Brett Jones, Chief SFG: I have been learning from Pavel since 2002 and teaching with him since 2003. His system has never...

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An Ounce of Injury Prevention Is Worth a Kilogram of Cure

StrongFirst

Mar 21, 201710 min read

An Ounce of Injury Prevention Is Worth a Kilogram of Cure

Nothing can set your training back more than getting injured. When you are young, minor things heal quickly. But as you get toward...

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Adjust Your Sails (and Your Stance) with the Lock and Rock

StrongFirst

Oct 18, 20165 min read

Adjust Your Sails (and Your Stance) with the Lock and Rock

“When you can’t change the direction of the wind—adjust your sails.”—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. There are things in life we cannot change....

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Empowering Self Advocacy: Taking Charge of Your Back Pain

StrongFirst

Mar 22, 20168 min read

Empowering Self Advocacy: Taking Charge of Your Back Pain

Key Messages: Studies on “non-specific back pain” are not helpful, just as studies on non-specific head pain would not be helpful, nor...

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Forge New Footprints: Consistency, Variability, and the FMS

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Dec 29, 20155 min read

Forge New Footprints: Consistency, Variability, and the FMS

I train on my own in my office at home. Some floor space, a kettlebell or two, a bit of music, maybe a timer to keep me on track and I am...

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Athletic Body in Balance: What I Would Go Back and Change

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Apr 25, 20148 min read

Athletic Body in Balance: What I Would Go Back and Change

In 2003, I had the honor of having my book Athletic Body in Balance published by Human Kinetics, and for the first time people could read...

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Jul 9, 20135 min read

The Miseducation of Stretching

“I want to be more flexible” is a statement I get from many of the young athletes I train. My immediate follow up of “Why?” is usually...

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Can You Answer These 4 Questions About the Psoas?

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Nov 21, 20125 min read

Can You Answer These 4 Questions About the Psoas?

“Psoas? So what?” If that is your mindset or you are thinking, “Oh, you mean half of the iliopsoas group?” then you are missing a...

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Are You Training Through or Toward an Injury?

StrongFirst

Nov 1, 20123 min read

Are You Training Through or Toward an Injury?

A few weeks ago, I saw a post on a fitness forum from a trainer complaining about a pain in his wrist accompanied by a “snapping” sound...

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