Movement Upgraded Podcast

If you've been considering adding running to your movement practice, give this episode a listen. You'll learn 5 things that will help you prepare your mindset and your body, so you can avoid the common injuries and burn out that happens to most people when they get started with running.

If you've ever struggled with figuring out how mobility work fits in with your strength programming, this episode is for you! In this episode, you'll learn 3 simple ways to implement mobility work into sessions your clients are already doing, so they can make progress without feeling overwhelmed from a million different exercises.

Over the years of programming for my own clients, reviewing what they've done prior to working with me, and mentoring coaches & movement pros, I've noticed the struggles with progress or lack of results with mobility work tend to come down to 3 main issues. In this episode, we'll cover the 3 big mistakes, why they happen, and what to think about instead.  Assessment Masterclass: https://movementup...

I started taking courses and seminars early on in my career because I honestly couldn't get my hands on enough information about movement. Some of the things I paid for were helpful, and some were not. After 7+ years of putting it all into practice, I've learned alot, and I'm sharing the biggest takeaways with you in this episode (which is a big glimpse into things you'll learn about in Movement S...

Over the past few years of mentoring coaches & movement providers, I started to realize some patterns in the same struggles they were all having with implementing mobility work for their clients. In this episode, we're covering 3 of the most common mistakes that contribute to common frustrations like not feeling like your clients are progressing or struggling to get them bought into the process. L...

If you want to implement mobility work in your current programming for clients, it begins with an assessment. In this episode, you'll learn the 2 different types of movement assessments, how they compare to each other, and the important considerations for each one.

The old advice of "just resting" anytime you experience pain or an injury is no longer recommended. Not only can it derail your progress more than necessary, but it can make your rehab progress slower. In this episode, you'll hear the 3 things I have clients track & pay attention to to monitor their progress in rehab and to inform their training sessions as they work around and/or back into their...

In this episode, we're covering some of the top reasons people skip their mobility work. I'm giving you real-life examples from clients and how we worked through those together to increase their adherence to their programs, so they could actually get the results they're after. All without a side of shame + judgment.

Getting older doesn't have to mean getting stiffer and experiencing more pain, injuries, and struggles with movement. But, if you talk to anyone who does experience those things, they love to tell younger people to "just wait until you're older". In this episode, I'll share some of my observations from people who tend to make these comments, give an overview of discomfort tolerance as it relates t...

If you've ever been curious about what you're supposed to be thinking about to brace during lifting, and what the difference between bracing and the valsalva maneuver is, this episode will clear that up for you. You'll also learn about intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), how it's created, the muscles involved, and why you don't want to think about "drawing in your belly button". 

While injuries suck, they are often hidden learning opportunities. In this episode, you'll learn 4 of the big learning lessons injuries can bring, my favorite questions to audit your movement practice & identify gaps that might have contributed to your injury, and 2 ways people get stuck and miss learning opportunities during an injury.

For a long time, many people believed that if they lifted heavy, they would become more stiff and inflexible. In recent years, many of us have been sharing that this is not necessarily true and that flexibility and strength can co-exist. Yet, we still see people who are super strong that are also very inflexible. So what gives? In this episode, you'll here the 3 main reasons this can happen & what...

Dealing with chronic ankle sprains can be super frustrating and keep you from doing things you enjoy like running or hiking out of fear of yet another injury. Unfortunately, it is common to have multiple additional sprains after an initial injury. In this episode, you'll learn some of the big gaps in most rehab for chronic ankle sprains & 4 things to make sure your training is including to get out...

Once you've gotten a taste of how good mobility work makes you feel, it's common to want MORE of it. And when you're active and enjoy the full spectrum of fitness, it can be hard to figure out how to schedule it all in. This is exactly what this episode is all about, thanks to a question submitted on a Q&A from IG. 

This episode is dedicated to my fellow recovering perfectionists and high achievers. We're covering how this all-or-nothing mindset can keep us from showing up and practicing things in fitness, even if our performance is not quite meeting our expectations. 

Mobility work tends to be a little more nuanced and specific than some of the other types of exercises. While you don't have to understand every detail behind the exercises, it can be helpful to understand a little more about them so you can get the most out of your efforts. In this episode you'll learn the 3 main things to understand about the exercises you're doing and how that can help you.

These are the 3 phases I have people go through when I work with them on their movement. It's a simple framework I use to select exercises and progressions based on the person's needs for their goals at that time. This episode is specifically focusing on applying it to exercises focused on building more control and awareness.

I am a big proponent of developing regular practices to check-in with our bodies. In fact, I work on it with most of my clients and have blogs and podcast episodes created all about checking in with and listening to your body. AND it is entirely possible to have a check-in practice that is too much or too often that it ends up stalling or derailing your efforts in rehab, keeping you in the pain cy...

Taking time away from an activity or movement can help you overcome a nagging pain initially, but most people I work with find that it doesn't help in the long term. As soon as they jump back into their workouts or activities again, they find themselves back at square one with the nagging pain or injury. In this episode you'll learn 3 of the big reasons this advice is keeping you from getting bett...

"I hold stress in my upper traps" was one of my personality traits for a long time. While I'm not proud of that, it was my reality. What I failed to understand was that I wasn't special- we all carry stress in our necks as a normal physiological response to threat- and that there are more things that can be done to feel better (beyond just 'reducing stress'). I share all of that and more in this e...

While the original "big 3" aren't bad exercises, they are not my most prescribed for anyone I work with who has low back issues. In this episode, you'll learn the top 3 things I do tend to prescribe or help clients work on when it comes to low back issues, and why I tend to choose them.  

I've been lifting semi-consistently for ~12 years, and I wish I would have learned these 3 things much earlier. When it comes to getting strong, the main ingredient needed to drive those adaptations is intensity (and of course you need to be adhering to a solid strength program). These are 3 things that helped me tap into greater intensities in my training, and are 3 things for you to consider if...

With half of the industry recommending stretching and half saying stretching is useless and that you just need to strengthen, it can totally be confusing about which you need to do. In this episode, you'll learn why this is a false dichotomy (oops, spoiler alert!), what most people typically need, and 3 questions to work through to determine what your body needs. 

If you've been lifting for a while and wondering if you're lifting heavy enough weights, this episode is for you. While any form of resistance training is a great start, to really see the benefits carry over into preparing us for the loads that life places on us, heavier loads and higher intensities are necessary. This episode will cover why heavier loads are important from a functional standpoint...

In this episode, we are covering the benefits of a daily CARs routine. Routines get boring, and sometimes simple daily things can feel like they aren't doing much or can have that much of an effect. This episode will remind you of the importance of CARs, diving deeper into some of the science of one of my favorite benefits: better body awareness.