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Topic of the Week – Spinal Rotation Exercises

Many strength coaches are big on rotary strength and stability. While we love our Pallof press movements, which fall under the “core stability” umbrella since the core remains stable, we also love our...

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Pushup Research

Today an article that I co-wrote with my friend Elsbeth Vaino appeared on TNation. Here’s a link to the article, it’s called, “The Best Damn Pushups Article, Period!“ The TNation editors always do a...

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The RKC Plank

Here’s a video discussing the RKC Plank. I learned this from my buddy Joe Sansalone. I’m not sure if I’m teaching it correctly according to the RKC, but this is the way I currently teach the plank, and...

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Long Lever Pelvic Tilt Plank (LLPTP)

My friend Brad Schoenfeld and I are currently conducting a study on the long lever pelvic tilt plank (LLPTP). This is the exercise-name we came up with for the study. I’d have called it the RKC plank,...

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Do Sit-Ups Ruin Your Posture?

Every few weeks, someone will tag me in a Facebook thread where people are arguing about the negative effects of sit-ups or crunches on posture. Typically, someone will claim that people are already...

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