Happy New Year! Welcome to the time where people make resolutions on all kinds of things; from losing weight to saving money. If you’ve made any kind of health related resolution this year, I commend you! There’s no time like the present to make your dreams become reality. By the time you read this, you may have already long given …
Foam Rolling Class in Hermitage, TN!
I’m very excited to announce I’ll be leading my first foam rolling class at Next Level Strength and Conditioning in Hermitage, TN. It’ll be 30 minutes of self-massage and just like a good massage, you feel pain followed by relief, difference being YOU are in control of the pressure. You’ll leave the session feeling more relaxed (or possibly more energized), …
Trigger Point Total Body Package
Trigger point therapy is a great way to relieve stress, pain and muscle tension and is the first step in all my training programs and warm up routines. These products are excellent to prevent your thumbs from being fatigued and getting in deeply to the muscles and the best part is that after 5-7 seconds of pressure they mimic the …
Resistance Bands
I have used these from all kinds of things: from my boot camp classes to travel, wrist rehab to band resisted squats, pushups and leg kickbacks, you name it. This is your all-purpose resistance band available in several different resistances.
Gymboss Trainer
This little guy is a GREAT addition to your arsenal. If you are like me (like most of us, and definitely all of my clients) rest times between sets tend to go way longer than they should. This guy stops that by keeping you on track whether you are using it to time rest sets, sprint intervals, etc. What is …
PlateMate Weight Magnets
These have to be some of new favorite training tools. Most dumbbells and plates increase in increments of 5 lbs. For some movements, that can be just too much of a jump. You should be making progress every time you go in the gym, be it one more rep or one more pound, but you can’t jump up 5 lbs. …
Perform Better
Perform Better is where I get almost all of my training equipment; all kinds of bands, tubing, weights, you name it. What is great about this company is that no job or order is too big or small. You can order just a foam roller for yourself or you can contact them to help outfit your new gym or facility …
Simple Thoracic Spine Mobility Exercises Everyone Can Perform | Mike Reinold
This is an EXCELLENT post from Dr. Mike Reinold regarding Thoracic spine mobility exercises. Equally helpful to musicians suffering from upper body pain, to those who sit all day and have shoulder, back and neck problems. What Mike demonstrates in many of the videos below is actually outlined in great detail in the book “Inside -Out: The Ultimate Upper Body …
Music Strong is Moving to Nashville
Yes, you heard me correctly. The Lord has really opened up a lot of great opportunities for Music Strong in the Music City and come early to mid August I will be moving to Nashville. I will be teaching flute lessons in several area schools and have plans to really promote the mission of Music Strong – empowering musicians to …
New Shoulder Circuit for Musician and Desk Jockey Health
Today I bring you a post from Coach Nick Tuminello. He has written a whole series on the rhomboids, lower traps, and all those key areas that can be problem spots to musicians and desk jockeys alike. Whether you spend your day locked in a practice room or locked behind a desk and yearn to have strong shoulders and a …