Episode 71
A tight hamstring is often a sensation, not a short muscle. Here is how sitting, guarding and missing side-to-side strength feed hamstring tightness and strains, and how to train around them with smarter movements.
79 Minutes – Jan 24, 2018
Episode 70
A nagging hamstring cost Nate Helming his shot at Kona. Here is what finally changed it, and how distance athletes can build the strength foundation that keeps hamstring injuries from creeping up on them.
66 Minutes – Jan 17, 2018
Episode 69
Two people shared what their hamstring injuries really felt like, and they sounded nothing alike. Here's the hamstring anatomy behind it, and how to tell a strained muscle from neural tension.
52 Minutes – Jan 10, 2018
Episode 68
I tore my right hamstring diving for a fly ball at 28, then made almost every recovery mistake I now warn people about. Here is what happened, the five phases of muscle repair I built from it, and what I would do differently.
61 Minutes – Jan 3, 2018
Episode 67
Back pain is not one condition. Here is how Dr. Stuart McGill explains it to a new client: find the specific trigger, avoid it, and build an endurance base so your pain sensitivity winds down.
85 Minutes – Dec 27, 2017
Episode 66
Hurt your low back lifting? Dr. Seth Myers, a chiropractor and strength coach, shares how he reads the butt wink, scales squats, deadlifts and Olympic lifts, trains the trunk, and manages load so you can lift again.
66 Minutes – Dec 20, 2017
Episode 65
Your low back is more than a stack of bones. Here is how the discs, facet joints, nerves and core muscles work together, why intra-abdominal pressure matters, and why stretching a sore low back often backfires.
53 Minutes – Dec 13, 2017
Episode 64
A jolt at first base at age 15 gave me eight months of low back pain. Passive care made me feel better; hard strength work made me better, and twenty years later I still play, lift and run without it.
43 Minutes – Dec 6, 2017
Episode 63
Brian Carroll squatted over 1,100 pounds on a fractured sacrum and crushed L5, was told to quit or get fused, and came back stronger. Here is what he and Dr. Stuart McGill did differently.
65 Minutes – Nov 29, 2017
Episode 62
Most lifting injuries without a fall or a hit start long before the pain. Dr. Richard Ulm and I break down functional capacity, the functional gap, and how threshold training keeps your form from quietly turning into a compensation pattern.
77 Minutes – Nov 22, 2017