Training to Live an Active Outdoor Lifestyle Beyond the Gym Walls

It feels great to finish a hard session on the rowing machine, crank out several sets of pull-ups, or do some heavy deadlifts. But real life takes place outside the confines of the gym, whether you’re playing with your kids or grandkids at a park, hiking with your significant other, or on a beach vacation […]

Mastery Series – Deadlift

“Can’t touch your toes? Then you shouldn’t be deadlifting.”

The deadlift, we hear that term and our ears perk up. For the strength coach it is a foundational lift, for the regular person they cringe and think of back pain. I want to clarify something, deadlifting doesn’t cause back pain, the way YOU deadlift causes back pain.