by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2011 | Blogs, Health
Humans are not a patient species, and we often sacrifice our future fitness for present success. Natural selection is a process that takes place over many generations, but our egocentric nature warrants that we think only in the short term, to the detriment of both...
by Dan Williams | Jul 13, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
There is no doubt what-so-ever that technique is important, and poor technique is dangerous. What I would like to propose is that poor intensity is just as dangerous – just on a different scale. Poor technique causes immediate and acute damage. Damage to...
by Dan Williams | Jul 11, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Flexibility, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Complex movements require certain anatomical allowances. Few are as important as thoracic extension. The thoracic spine is the portion of the spine referred to as the upper back. The inherent stiffness of the thoracic spine is no evolutionary accident. It serves a...
by Dan Williams | Jul 8, 2011 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance
Traditionally, gym based exercise has been segregated into weightbearing exercise, and cardiovascular exercise. I say ‘gym based exercise’, because before the development of exercise for the sake of exercise (as opposed to exercise in order to survive), no...
by Dan Williams | Jul 5, 2011 | Blogs, Exercise, Psychology
Most initial motivations to exercise are invariably negative. You exercise to lose weight, because you feel unhealthy, are low on energy, or any one of hundreds of negative motivators. As human beings, we don’t respond well to these negative motivators for long term...