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Mobility, Activation and Movement Training
Welcome to the Mobility, Activation and Movement Training homepage! You'll learn about getting ready for competition, training and practice. Learn the correct ways to train for mobility, stability, and flexibility
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The Importance of Controlled Foot and Ankle Mobility
By Mike Davis, DPT, ART
Audio Interview Included The next time you visit a shopping mall, take a little time to observe the variety of shoes on display and on the mall's patrons. Shoes are more about fashion than anything else in today's society. You will see everything from the Stiletto heel to thong flip flops. Now let's change scenes for a second and look at the fitness and athletic realm. How do people select their footwear and how does this decision impact performance? . . . keep reading
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New Training Techniques
Jeffrey M. McBride, PhD
Some great research brought to our attention by Bob Alejo. New Training Techniques Jeffrey M. McBride, PhD Associate Profe . . . keep reading
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The Static Stretching Renaissance
Michael Boyle
In the field of strength and conditioning the pendulum always swings. Performance enhancement expert Alwyn Cosgrove is fond of saying we over-react in the short term and under-react in the long term. A classic example is the use of, or current disdain for, static stretching. . . . keep reading
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Movement Preparation
Andy Twellman
If we're looking for any edge we can find, what we choose to do to physically prepare immediately before competition and training is pretty important. . . . keep reading
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A Joint-by-Joint Approach to Training
Michael Boyle
“We get old too soon and smart too late." Swedish Proverb My good friend, Physical Therapist Gray Cook, has a gift for simplifying complex topics. I envy his ability to succinctly take a complicated thought process and make the idea appear simple. In a recent conversation about the effect of training on the body, Cook produced one of the most lucid thought processes I have ever heard. . . . keep reading
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Defending the Sagittal Plane
By: Keats Snideman CSCS, LMT, NMT
Look at any current popular fitness magazine or journal and you're bound to find an article raving about the benefits of functional or "mutli-dimensional" training. To make sure we're all on the same page, let's have a quick review over what these specific planes are and how they are defined. . . . keep reading
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Hamstring Dominance
Brijesh Patel
Recently I’ve had sort of a training epiphany. Call me stupid for not realizing this earlier, but I know I’m not the only coach who has experienced the phenomenon that I will explain below. . . . keep reading
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