If you’ve had the misfortune to need any significant physical therapy, you may have caught your therapist lightly jabbing or poking at a muscle that just wasn’t cooperating. Despite its amateurish appearance, it’s actually a bona fide technique to jump-start muscles that have shut down for one reason or another. And used appropriately, it can […]
While core-specific exercises are among the most important ones you can do, they can feel like the exercise equivalent of a chore. I personally think of that part of my regimen as housekeeping–as in “just gotta take care of some housekeeping.” The way I see it, most people dread it, it has to be done on a routine […]
If I were a betting woman, I’d bet a pretty good sum that you’ve never heard anyone complain that their butt muscles were too tight. Or that their back muscles were just too darn loose. Coincidence? Au contraire, mon frere. It’s by design. While the broader concept of muscle imbalances certainly generates a lot of buzz these days [even in the YFH Blog: […]