Movement Made Better Podcast

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about the benefits of training internal/external shoulder rotation and provide tips and tools for training internal and external shoulder rotation, and the importance of breath in mobility work. In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Horror Movies 04:11 - Sprinting every single day 07:21 - Achieving fitness goals without adherence to fitness dogma 09:36 - Marathon Des Sables 14:34 - How “play” shapes your life 21:22 - Internal / External shoulder rotation - Why is it important? 25:15 - Simple day-to-day shoulder mobility tips 28:10 - Sport specific shoulder mobility 31:18 - Opening shoulder rotational capacity 32:32 - Analyzing shoulder limitations 37:48 - Breathing patterns and Mobility 42:15 - Alligator breathing (corrective exercise) 44:10 - Nasal breathing More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches Help you understand why you want to train in internal hip rotation and why a little valgus knee activation, as long as you’re controlling it, is okay. In this podcast, we discuss: 01:00 - Internal hip rotation 05:50 - Favorite ways to train internal rotation 13:27 - Internal hip mobility regressions 15:36 - Con’s of NOT having internal hip rotation 21:08 - Lateral movement & Power generation 32:43 - 90/90 Drill 35:08 - Knee Health 37:24 - Valgus knee activation More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about their top 5 favorite workouts and drills, which range from the legendary Palloff press to playing tag. In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Heatwaves & Hockey 07:58 - Ray | #1 - Palloff Press 11:04 - Neal | #1 - Hill Sprints 14:40 - Dennis | #1 Crawling 18:02 - Ray | #2 - Carries 27:56 - Neal | #2 - Weighted Hip Strengthening 29:41 - Dennis | #2 - Carries (Wall ball crawls) 34:41 - Ray | #3 - Landmine Drills 39:17 - Neal. | #3 - The Muscle Snatch 42:22 - Dennis | #3 - Tag 44:41 - Ray | #4 - Squats 49:37 - Neal | #4 - Pull Ups 57:05 - Dennis. | #4 - Walking Backwards 1:07:43 - Super bowl picks More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about essential strength, aging & longevity, yielding vs. reactive strength, and more! In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Aging & Longevity 03:39 - Essential Strength - Micro Adjustments 08:13 - Neck training 12:14 - Different types of strength: Yielding vs Reactive 16:28 - Are we limited in our perspective of what strength training is? 18:20 - Train every type of strength. More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Tune in to this week's podcast episode with Strength & Conditioning Coach and Author Karl Eagleman. Karl is a Movement and S&C Coach - Passionate about helping others improve their quality of life through fitness. He is also the creator and director of @whiteboard_daily; an Instagram health and wellness page that has garnered over 345k followers. Karl via @Whiteboard_daily and his book provides quality coaching content through whiteboard drawings and movement demonstrations, which include post-movement sequences, coaching cues, techniques, and perspective. Career accolades: MS in Kinesiology / USAW L1 / CF-L2 In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Intro 06:39 - Writing a book / becoming an author 09:13 - Training Mindsets 12:52 - Training Cues / Triaging movement patterns 20:59 - Stick Mobility collaboration 22:07 - The importance of “play” in training and life 27:53 - Overassessing 31:09 - Expanding the whiteboard - cues and movement sequences 35:58 - Simplifying movements 41:20 - The Wordle Championships 42:28 - Advanced weight training program 48:23 - 2 key coaching perspectives More from Karl: https://www.instagram.com/whiteboard_daily/ https://linktr.ee/whiteboard_daily

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about Dennis Vs. the Altitude, training and psychological aspects of the hike, summiting Kilimanjaro, and more! In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Mount Kilimanjaro 02:24 - Dennis vs The altitude 09:11 - Summiting Kilimanjaro 11:24 - The “Rest Step” 17:33 - Training for the climb 20:50 - Gear 22:09 - Appetite at 15k ft. 23:57 - Supplements for elevation 25:05 - Psychological state during the hike 30:20 - Movement perspectives in the fitness industry 48:10 - Travel and the shifting of perspectives 50:44 - The next adventure More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about Overtraining sports-specific movements, trainer communication, Adaptive client programming, and more! In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Overtraining sport specific movements? 01:36 - Diversity of training 05:39 - Communication between athletes and trainers/coaches 10:48 - Communicating with parents and training young athletes 16:46 - Training immediately after a game 25:08 - Adaptive client programming 29:16 - Pushing back against clients / encouraging recovery 33:54 - Top Gun G-Force (No Spoilers) 37:03 - Are race car drivers athletes? 41:11 - Training athletes for basic human function 52:08 - Competitive motivation 57:28 - Heavy bench spotting More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about old-time strong athletes, acrobats, strength specificity, and more! In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Then & Now 07:34 - Social media and its perceptual effects 11:13 - Strength is a skill 14:28 - Avoiding Injuries 17:05 - Baseline training 18:01 - Acrobats (Strength Artists) 23:37 - Bite force/strength 29:46 - Strength specificity 38:45 - Training & mental health 48:00 - Coming back from injuries More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's episode with Dr. Christopher Deprato. Dr. DaPrato currently treats professional and NCAA athletes at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley, while teaching in the Orthopedic Residency for their School of Medicine. He is a strong proponent and educator for manual therapy in sports and has presented evidence-informed practices at conferences both nationally and internationally. After receiving his BS in Human Physiology, his Masters in Physical Therapy from Long Beach, and his Doctorate from Temple University, he went on to become Board Certified in Sports through the APTA. His approach to patient care has become a blend of advanced level strength and conditioning with manual techniques, and received his CSCS through the NSCA, and was certified as a Performance Enhancement Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Intro 01:42 - What is MyoFascial Decompression? 03:45 - Major misconceptions with regards to Fascia and biomechanics 08:56 - Combining cupping with movement? YES! 13:07 - Cupping techniques — Iso vs Dynamic 14:15 - Cup muscular placement points 19:27 - Choosing cups 21:33 - BFR (Blood flow restriction) 25:45 - Occlusion points 30:26 - BFR for rock climbing 34:25 - BFR training frequencies 38:26 - BFR in relation to blood pressure 41:50 - Increasing rates of recovery 44:39 - Courses More from Dr. Daprato www.cuptherapy.com https://www.instagram.com/cuptherapy/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about everything row and pull-ups related, and finally, put the age-old question to rest and declare a winner -- ROWS VS PULL UPS! In this podcast we discuss: Rows Vs Pullups 00:00 - Intro 04:06 - Hang to Pull 06:24 - Rope pull variations 08:09 - Op-ed: Choose 1 - Pull or Row Variation (for oneself and clients) 12:47 - Do heavy rows translate to pull up training? 17:25 - Pull-ups in a spontaneous play situation 19:33 - The power of Isometrics in a variety of positions 21:38 - Final Thoughts More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera! In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about setting realistic expectations, survival tips for new trainers, training like an athlete, and other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond. In this podcast we discuss: 00:34 - The disconnect between fitness industry and general population 06:00 - Setting realistic expectations 11:02 - Overcoming struggles with typical gym workouts 14:58 - Survival tips for new trainers 23:07 - Perceptions about health and fitness 26:51 - Playing with your kids 30:11 - Training like an athlete (general population) 37:06 - Trainer tips: finding time to train on your own 41:46 - Training methodology evolutions (from 25 to 45) 49:17 - The pursuit of your ceiling More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/

Check out this week's episode with Kaleen Canevari! Kaleen Canevari is the Founder and CEO of Flexiapilates. She is a Pilates teacher and engineer who solves equipment headaches. Before she was a Pilates instructor, she was a mechanical engineer. After completing her teacher training, she merged her two passions. Initially, she helped design equipment for Balanced Body where she bridged the gap between the technical manufacturing-speak and the equally-complicated Pilates world language and ideals. Then she noticed a bigger problem. While Pilates teachers had access to beautiful equipment, most of them were lost on how to take care of it and it wasn’t their fault! After all, this wasn’t something that was taught in the teacher training. Fast forward to today where she helps Pilates teachers find the right equipment for their needs and keep their equipment safe, smooth, and quiet, so their teaching (and not that squeaky spring) can be the star of the show. So, Kaleen founded 'The Fit Reformer' to support Pilates studio owners and instructors like you when the inevitable time comes that you have a question about your Pilates equipment. In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Intro / What is Pilates? 02:32 - The intimidation factor of the reformer 06:04 - Combining Stick Mobility & Pilates 07:19 - Integrating technology and metrics into Pilates 13:27 - The conscious competent cycle (self-regulation) 14:53 - Pilates training frequency 16:30 - Training using empirical data 20:34 - Pilates to address hypermobility 21:44 - The broad beneficial scope of Pilates 24:40 - The nuances of movement and strength More from Kaleen: https://fitreformer.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kaleencanevari/

Check out this week's episode with Trina Altman! Trina is an interdisciplinary movement educator (SCOTT pilates / E-RYT 500). She is also the creator of Yoga Deconstructed and Pilates Deconstructed, which shows teachers how to take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates in relation to modern movement science. Trina has presented at Momentum Fest, the International Association of Yoga Therapy Conference, and Kripalu. She also created and taught a Pilates continuing-education course for physical therapists and was part of the faculty for the Brain Longevity conference at UCLA. Trina was the co-creator of Equinox’s signature program Best Stretch Ever, utilizing the mobility stick to improve functional range of motion, body awareness, and total body strength. Trina was a finalist in the Next Pilates Anytime Instructor Competition in 2017. Her work has been published in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Style magazine. My classes have been featured on Yoga International and Yoga Anytime. She is also the author of Yoga Deconstructed®: Movement science principles for teaching, which shows yoga teachers how to integrate modern movement science into their classes and is published by Handspring Publishing. In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Intro 09:41 - Didactics in yoga and pilates 10:44 - Pain / Hypermobility 16:25 - Yoga Deconstructed (Book) 19:58 - Common yoga (asana) injuries 22:37 - The evolution of yoga 25:05 - Yoga hands-on adjustments 32:37 - Lever and limb lengths 39:49 - Is yoga all the training you need? 45:12 - A typical training week for Trina 47:33 - Trampoline training More from Trina: https://trinaaltman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/trinaaltman/