Back when I first got into training people I was very fortunate to have met Dean Somerset. I lucked out that he happened to be teaching my personal training course and entertained my onslaught of questions. Somehow I managed to convince him to let me come and shadow him week after week - that's where it all started. Fast forward 10 years and I've had a plethora of internships, mentors, and shadowed some of the best in the field of rehab and performance. Image Credit - https:/

On a daily basis I receive questions about the best corrective exercise for _______. You can put almost anything you want in that blank and I've probably been asked about it - you'd be pretty shocked to see my messaging feed. I struggle with these questions for a few reasons - the biggest one being, what is a corrective exercise. When we look at the root words we end up with: Corrective - "designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable." -source google Im

This starts a new series where each week I'm going to discuss a few random tips that popped up during practice, coaching, or interacting in the prior week. As well, I'll provide some additional resources such as books, podcasts, or articles to help those who are hungry for more knowledge. Let's get into it! 1. Book Recommendations My first book recommendation for coaches and clinicians is Dale Carnegie's How to win friends and influence people. This book serves as an introdu

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Humans are these incredibly awesome, adaptable, and diverse creatures. Within our awesomeness, over time we have adapted to have a diverse set of unique features in our anatomy that provides for a wide range of movement from person to person. This is something that we did not readily acknowledge for a long time and tried to fit people into square holes. Read more below: https://tonygentilcore.com/2019/02/individualizing-squat-stance/

Squatting is a fantastic movement for overall lower body development and makes you a stronger more challenging person to kill. With that said, squatting is one of those movements that you find people are either in love with it, or despise it. Those who love it are often able to drop it like it’s hot and appear to have no difficulty with the movement. In contrast, those who usually aren’t big fans tend to be the ones that also struggle with the movement feeling comfortable, ar