Movement Upgraded Podcast

When we talk about balance and fall prevention as we age, the whole conversation is usually about avoiding falls — better balance, more stability, being careful. And that matters. But my perspective on fall prevention...

One of the most common reasons people get stuck in a chronic injury cycle is because they keep accidentally overdoing it in their workouts or rehab program. I am currently in a rehab phase right now, actively trying not...

If you're the kind of coach who builds strong relationships with your clients. The kind who knows which client has the cranky knee with step ups, the sensitive low back that needs careful progressions with squats and...

If you're hypermobile, you've almost certainly been told the same thing: don't stretch. You're already flexible — why would you stretch? It sounds logical, and it comes from people who mean well. But it's advice built...

Prehab purgatory is a term that gets thrown around in this space to describe a really particular place too many people get stuck in. If you've been doing all the mobility, activation, and corrective work and still feel...

When a flare-up hits, it's scary. Your brain starts catastrophizing, running through every worst-case scenario. And unfortunately, when you start learning more about pain, there's an added layer of "shoulds" that can...

If you've noticed your knee hurts more or just that it's harder for you when you're going down the stairs compared to up, it can feel confusing. Most people take that as a sign something's wearing out. That they're just...

Most of my content will tell you that you need a committed, strategic mobility practice to get the results you want, and I stand by that. But that's not the whole picture when it comes to mobility work. Most people also...

Progressive overload matters and is a necessity in making gains in strength training, but sometimes it gets treated like the only sign that your training is working. But some of the most important adaptations don't come...

Almost everyone experiences a little "snap, crackle, pop" in their body when they move, whether intentionally created when you twist to crack your back or unintentionally as you squat down. In this episode, I'm breaking...

This episode is brought to you by my caffeine-fueled rage at opening Instagram and being told, once again, all the things I'm doing wrong and missing in my life. Sometimes that content is helpful; I've made it too. But...

So much of mobility and corrective work is about fixing your limitations, addressing what's wrong, working on your weak spots. And that's useful until it isn't. Until movement becomes one more thing on your endless...

One of the biggest misconceptions I see with flexibility training is that it should be linear, that you're always making progress, always going deeper each session. So when your stretch depth varies, you think it's not...

<p >If you're anything like me, you've probably been told something along the lines of "it's hell to get old" or "just wait until you get older". And you are working hard to avoid letting those things reign true. But if...

<p >Contrary to what most of the internet will tell you, most sciatica is not caused by a "tight" piriformis. If you're stretching your piriformis, strengthening your glutes, doing all the things, but your sciatica or...