BJJ knee pain is something that occurs a lot from the hips and glutes not engaging properly. This means that instead of the hips keeping stability with later...

This BJJ hip mobility helps to create perfect hip extension and is for those dealing with low back pain and impinged hips! BJJ ties our body down and makes e...

Today I’m sharing a series of exercises from the 90/90 position, each of which we’ve covered in the past. As a whole, this series of exercises is designed to...

Today I’m sharing a set of exercises from the familiar 90/90 position. Whereas in the last post we activated before training, these are designed to use the w...

In our continuation with standing hip mobility, we’re now going to focus on the opposite from our hip flexor focus last time. This brings us to using end ran...

Although we have covered hip controlled articular rotations (CARs) before, my trip to NYC in June revealed some alterations to this movement. Today we will e...

There are some hip mobility exercises you can do standing. These will obviously target our hip, but the balance challenges it places on the support leg are j...

Balance goes hand in hand with stability and is an overarching umbrella skill that transcends components of movement and fitness. In most sports, especially ...

I recently made a trip to NYC to train jiu-jitsu and visit my best friend. Along the way, I was able to attend a Kinstretch class. This specific class was ta...

In any walk of life low back pain — even just the slightest bit — can be debilitating. In a sport like BJJ where your body is contorted in many different way...

Adequate joint mobility is essential for sustainable training and high level performance. Just like other training variables like sport skill work (drilling,...

Although synonymous many times with flexibility, mobility is the active ability to control and be strong in a stretched position at the oute

The exercise I cover today is one you can use to open up tight and compressed shoulders from grappling. They also help you to anchor your lower shoulder (esp...

Last post we covered a preliminary low back protocol with emphasis placed on stability — and ultimately strength — coming before mobility. The movements shou...

In any walk of life low back pain — even just the slightest bit — can be debilitating. In a sport like BJJ where your body is contorted in many different way...

The kettlebell swing has been instrumental in cueing hip extension for my body. It’s been a safe way for me to work on this accelerated movement as I strengt...

It's one thing to simply do an exercise. It's another thing entirely to do an exercise in a fashion in which it's stored into your body's neuromuscular syste...

The QL (quadratus lumborum) walk has been an instrumental movement in balancing my hips and stabilizing my core after my low back incident in July. I love th...

The bird dog exercise has been instrumental since my low back flared up in July. It's advocated by Stuart McGill, the preeminent spine biomechanist in the wo...