Today’s video post is extra special because comes to you with some BIG news! – Please join me in congratulating Performance University intern, Dan Blewett for recently making the ranks of Professional Baseball player! . Dan’s Pro team is located in Normal Illinois and is called the Normal Cornbelters. They play in the independent professional Frontier …
As you may already know from reading Alli’s training Blog – This week is a Deloading phase for us. . We have a great workout group consisting of myself, Alli, Mark (Simonetti) Simon and MMA guru, John Rallo. We have all been hitting it very hard lately and our bodies are in need of a …
In today’s post, I’m going to provide you with an article written my good friend and colleague MIke T Nelson of Z-Health. . MIke is very smart and one heck of a nice guy. He has some insightful things to tell you about the brain and Joint Mobility. Check out his article “Ichabod Training” and …
As you know, I take pride in developing new, smarter and more effective exercises and training concepts. In this post, I’m going to show you one version of new hip mobility drills I’ve been using with great success! . Actually, my fellow Strength Coach and Friend Kevin Neeld is going to show you the exercise. …
As many coaches are aware these days, stretching the posterior shoulder capsule is crucial to maintaining the shoulder health in certain athletes. Especially overhead athletes like tennis players, baseball players and quarter backs. Weight lifters can also benefit from this protocol as well. . There are many sites that discuss the sleeper stretch. But, in …
I’m a big fan of utilizing a comprehensive warm-up before training and/or competition. . However, in some cases, we simply don’t have the time to perform an extensive dynamic warm-up. . We may just be in a rush, maybe arrived to the gym late or simply want to get in and get out. . For …
Between folks like myself, Mike Boyle, Eric Cressey, Mike Robertson and many others. The importance of Joint Mobility for optimal health and human performance has been made crystal clear. – Every joint in your body needs optimal mobility to function properly. However, through our common habits of poor posture and sitting too much, certain joints …
by – Nick Tumminello Published September 2009 in Men’s Health Magazine – Continue Reading… – –
I still have a few more posts coming at you covering my approach to tire training. However, I promised on my most recent FitCast Interview that I would post this video about the Sleeper Stretch. So, I’m going to hit you with some more knowledge on smarter shoulder training. The Sleeper Stretch has be getting allot …
Read moreThe TRUTH About the Sleeper Stretch – Posterior Shoulder Capsule
by Nick Tumminello | June 23 2009 Why are you wasting time between sets? Why the hell don’t you do something, like grow, for instance? Continue reading… _
I’m finally getting around to posting videos from a few of my latest workshops. Check out the video from my Dynamic Warm Up – New Concepts and Techniques Workshop at IDEA Fitness Fusion in Chicago. I will be posting a few more workshop videos here so keep checking back. Additionally, I have …
by Nick Tumminello | Tue, Apr 15, 2008 According to Nick Tumminello, a lot of the stretches we do in the gym–a lot of the mainstays–are actually liable to hurt us more than help us. He calls these physiological bad boys “Warmup Don’ts.” Continue Reading… _