Movement Upgraded Podcast

Episode 115 - Signs You're Checking In With Your Body Too Much I am a big proponent of developing regular practices to check-in with our bodies. In fact, I work on it with most of my clients and have blogs and podcast episodes created all about checking in with and...

Episode 114 - Why Rest Isn’t Helping You Get Better Taking time away from an activity or movement can help you overcome a nagging pain initially, but most people I work with find that it doesn’t help in the long term. As soon as they jump back into their workouts or...

Episode 113 - Why You Hold Stress In Your Upper Traps “I hold stress in my upper traps” was one of my personality traits for a long time. While I’m not proud of that, it was my reality. What I failed to understand was that I wasn’t special - we all carry stress in our...

Episode 112 - My Version Of The "Big 3" For Your Lower Back While the original “big 3” aren’t bad exercises, they are not my most prescribed for anyone I work with who has low back issues. In this episode, you’ll learn the top 3 things I do tend to prescribe or help...

Episode 111 - 3 Things That Skyrocketed My Strength I’ve been lifting semi-consistently for ~12 years, and I wish I would have learned these 3 things much earlier. When it comes to getting strong, the main ingredient needed to drive those adaptations is intensity (and...

Episode 110 - Stretch Or Strengthen: Which Is It? With half of the industry recommending stretching and half saying stretching is useless and that you just need to strengthen, it can totally be confusing about which you need to do. In this episode, you’ll learn why...

Episode 109 - 6 Signs You're Not Lifting Heavy Enough If you’ve been lifting for a while and wondering if you’re lifting heavy enough weights, this episode is for you. While any form of resistance training is a great start, to really see the benefits carry over into...

Episode 108 - 7 Benefits Of CARs In this episode, we are covering the benefits of a daily CARs routine. Routines get boring, and sometimes simple daily things can feel like they aren’t doing much or can have that much of an effect. This episode will remind you of the...

Episode 107 - 3 Things To Focus On For Better Handstands Handstands are a fun skill to practice and can be a great way to challenge your body in a new way. In this episode, I break down programming for handstands, with some of my favorite ways to work on the mobility...