Training Lab Recovery

As most athletes know, injuries come with the job description. Working with a physical therapist can make all the difference in the world. But did you know some bodybuilding training concepts make for excellent prehab/rehab principles? Fred is a strength and...

Understanding HRV Trends: A Beginner’s Guide

HRV is among the buzzy fitness metrics to surface with wearable tech in recent years, but there are good reasons — understanding your heart rate variability in the context of your nervous system is a huge indicator of your overall health. But the terminology and...

Why Strength Training Belongs in Your Rehab

Athletic injuries are common, but too often the physical therapy world falls short for active individuals. Why should you be working on progressively loading your tissues in a rehab setting and what kinds of exercises are beneficial? Dr. Matthew Styf is a clinical...

The Best Mobility Exercises & Tools for Weightlifting

With the amount of hip-hinging weightlifters and strength athletes do, a tight posterior chain can spell doom for a day at the gym. Missed lifts, poor mobility, pinched nerves, and muscle strains do not a happy lifter make. Get Your Lower Body Ready to Squat &...

Training Mobility 101: Your Complete Guide to Mobility Exercises from Head to Toe

Author: TrainHeroic Team

Improving your mobility can help you workout for longer, reduces joint pain, and can reduce the risk of injury. In this guide you’ll learn more about mobility, who it impacts, why you should be focusing on it no matter what your age or training history, and how to tame common mobility hot spots from head to toe.

Recover From An Injury With A Champion’s Mindset

Author: Jim Afremow

Returning from an injury isn’t the result of a single heroic effort, but putting in the required work over and over again. In this article, Jim explores ways to turn what could be a setback to lament into a learning experience to relish for anyone recovering from an injury.

Common Mobility Trouble Spots for Olympic Lifters and How to Fix Them

Author: TrainHeroic Team

When you train hard regularly, every part of your body can potentially develop range of motion and motor control issues. It’s easy to overlook or even mis-diagnose problem issues like this. In this article, we’ll tackle 3 mobility exercises for Olympic lifters who might be struggling with these issues – even if you don’t know it.

Reduce Your Bicep Pain With These Mobility Exercises

Author: TrainHeroic

If you’re experiencing excess soreness, dealing with tightness in your elbows and/or shoulders, or just haven’t mobilized this area for a while, try spending 10 minutes on the following bicep exercises once or twice a week.

Have You Been Overtraining?

Author: TrainHeroic

Whether you’re a power or endurance athlete, a rest day should be a required part of your program. OK, that statement seems like a gimme, but as the writer/philosopher Voltaire once said, “Common sense is not so common.” In the past few years, it has become popular for participants in all sports to up their volume and intensity so much that overdoing it has become the norm and taking a day off seems unfathomable.

How Sleep Impacts Your Physical And Mental

Author: Momentous

Dr. Allison Brager knows more than most people about sleep science and its application. After all, that’s the neuroscientist’s job in the US Army, and something she has used to great effect to push her to multiple CrossFit Games appearances.

Improve Your Joint Health With Collagen

Author: Momentous

While many parts of the economy are still battling back from the COVID-19 slump, the supplement business is booming. The FDA estimates that there are at least 85,000 different products out there, all clamoring for our attention on Facebook, Instagram, and Google ads. Yet, while celebrity X or athlete Y might well be incentivized to promote the latest fad pill or powder, true professionals look to the science when selecting their supplements.

Mobility Exercises for Your Hands

Author: TrainHeroic Team

Let’s be honest, when was the last time you thought about hand mobility, or even acknowledged that it was even a thing? Let's dive into some mobility exercises that can help all the sore hands out there.