Humans take over 20,000 breaths per day. Breathing improperly will cause you to reinforce poor posture, diminishing your mobility and performance, over 20,000 times per day. Ryan Brown of Darkside Strength & Conditioning/Derby City Crossfit shows you some simple assessments and exercises to correct your breathing patterns, improve you mobility and joint positioning and enhance [...]

Now that I am taking in-person clients at my gym, I’m there all damn day. I see the good, the bad and the ugly…. with a concentration on the bad and the ugly. I work with a lot of power lifters and strength driven trainers, usually all have similar issues on each lift. Ill give [...]

I guess that, a “NEW” approach to mobility may be the wrong way to phrase it. Really, it is all the same damn ideas that everyone has all the time. There is a ton of information out there, and tons of great coaches getting results with a wide array of techniques and theories. What I [...]

Relax your way to better movement Hypertonicity refers to being in a state of excessive muscle tone, and it figures a great deal into the flexibility / stability / mobility equation. If a muscle is hypertonic it is going to be producing excessive tension beyond what is needed for the stability of its joint(s) or [...]

When Chad contacted me to contribute an article for “Mobility Week” he gave me the topic of “Shoulder Mobility For The Overhead Athlete.” My first reaction was: “Awesome, I can crush this article!” I’m fortunate enough to be learning on a daily basis from 3 amazing guys, who for all intents and purposes are absolute [...]

Being in a constant state of lumbar hyper-extension is a really common position for many strength and power athletes. Over time, this can cause numerous issues up and down the kinetic chain. Not only that, but it’s not an optimal position for your core to stabilize and transfer force. If you’re in lumbar hyperextension, you’re [...]

Juggernaut would like to congratulate Colin Burns on his selection to the US Team for the Pan/Am Games! Way to go Colin!! The snatch is quite possibly the most technical lift in all of weight training.  The combination of strength, power, timing, and mobility is quite unique to this movement.  For most, the greatest are [...]

The Turkish Get Up is by far the most intricate of all the kettlebell lifts. Many will argue that it is the most complex lift around, seeing as it requires the entire body to work together in order to complete. It also happens to be my favorite. Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned [...]

The truth is that when we are talking about mobility for the bench press we shouldn’t really be talking about anything any different than mobility of any other movement. A good bench press is a full body lift. Good mobility in a bench press isn’t any different than mobility in a squat. The same rules [...]

I tailored this article to guys who are lifting a lot of weight,  and/ or aspiring to lift a lot of weight. That being said, the information below is applicable to anyone. Furthermore, just applying it a little will have good carry over. I imagine, some folks will be opposed to some of these suggestions, [...]

The squat is regarded by most athletes as the most important lift. For Powerlifters it is their main competition lift, for weightlifters it is something you are doing nearly everyday, for CrossFitters it is not only a lift used to gain and gauge maximal strength, but it is a movement that is involved in a [...]

Mobility, what the hell does that even mean? It certainly is a popular word in the world of sports and strength training right now. Yet, when the average person walks into my gym for an initial screening, they look at me like they are lost when I use the term mobility. Flexibility – characterized by a [...]

Juggernaut Training Systems is bringing you an opportunity to learn from and be coached by some of the top athletes and coaches in the World today. Improve as a lifter, athlete and coach through the lectures, Q&As and coaching at the Juggernaut Seminar Series. At this installment of the Juggernaut Seminar Series you will hear [...]

By Greg Robins Movement preparation, or “warming-up” is an essential component to any training session. Many strength coaches, athletes, and gym-goers utilize this time for one sole purpose: to better prepare the body for the task at hand (training). While this is an obvious reason to apply a warm-up, it can be much more beneficial [...]

My name is Adam Kuehl, I have been a competitive elite athlete (discus thrower) for several years and am enjoying my career as a Strength & Conditioning coach currently at Colorado State University.  I have been fortunate to train and learn under some well-respected coaches in the strength and throwing realms of the world. In [...]

In Fall 2012, several members of Team Juggernaut (Chad Wesley Smith, Brandon Lilly, Brad Little and Ryan Brown), along with one of the World’s top powerlifters Mike Tuchscherer, Owner of J-M Strength & Conditioning Jim Laird and rising powerlifting star Corey Hayes of Berea Barbell came together to train and talk about various training topics [...]