Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) is one of the most powerful things you can do to help improve your overall health and function. The goal of MAT® is to assess your body to figure out where you have muscles that aren’t contracting well and then address those muscles to get them Read more…
High-intensity exercise and joint health don’t usually go hand-in-hand. In fact, high-intensity exercise is often blamed for joints feeling achy, sore, or painful. But, there are three things you can do with your high-intensity workouts to actually help your joints be healthier. The first is to use your symptom-free full Read more…
Basketball Players–here is an excerpt from a recent issue of the PRO Hooper Newsletter. If you would like to receive content like this every single week, you can get signed up for free by clicking here. WARMING UP How do you warm up for practices or games? Most players take Read more…
How do you know if your body needs Muscle Activation Techniques®? MAT® is an extremely powerful system to help your muscles contract better and help your joints move well, but how do you know if it is for you? There are a number of telltale signs that you need MAT®, Read more…
A concept we bring up often is the idea of using today’s workout to set you up to come back and workout again tomorrow. When you follow the four Exercise For Life Principles, this goal becomes much easier to attain. But what if you wake up one morning and you Read more…
Basketball Players–there is one thing you can do that will improve your athletic performance faster than anything else. It is not a supplement to take… It is not a stretch to do… It is not even a certain amount of sleep to get… What is this one thing? Improve the Read more…
Is your body approaching 100,000 miles? I had a client come in a few weeks back and we were discussing the importance of regular maintenance work for his body and muscles. As an auto mechanic, he was accustomed to the idea of doing maintenance work for cars and making sure Read more…
One of the most exciting topics around exercise is how beneficial it is for your brain. From helping your brain regrow areas that naturally shrink with age; to improving memory, creativity, decision making, and more; to warding off multiple forms of dementia; exercise truly is a powerful elixir for having Read more…
Basketball Players–there is one thing you can do for your body that will make everything about the game easier. You will be able to move better. You will be able to withstand more physical contact. You will become more resilient to aches, pains, and injuries. You will be able to Read more…
One of the most common questions we hear is, “How do I know I am working out correctly for my body?” If you’ve ever felt that way, we have the cheat code to help you answer it once and for all. First, let us start by saying that if you Read more…