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The elastic shift

After yesterday’s 8-mile trail run, I wasn’t quite sure I’d be able to walk up and down the stairs without holding onto the railing for dear life. But, my back and knees actually feel pretty great. Behind the scenes, I’m making myself the guinea pig for some new, awesome training

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Shotgun vs Rifle

Later this morning, we’re doing our annual trail run race at a place called Pere Marquette about an hour north of St. Louis on the Mississippi River. It’s 8 miles with crazy, steep elevation changes. It’s brutal. It’s no fun. And I can’t stand running. BUT, I love the fulfillment

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$300 billion dollars of repackaged BS

Do you know the difference between a million and a billion? If you didn’t sleep and counted one number every second, it would take you 12 days to count to a million.If you did the same with a billion, it would take you 31 years! The difference is outrageous. I

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Do protein shakes really do anything?

“Does this s*** really do anything?”. The exact question I asked my trainer Jeff (yes, my cousin, and co-founder of 18STRONG) easily 10 years ago. He handed me a big white container of chocolate-flavored powder. I handed him $50. And I was skeptical to say the least. As we all

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Eliminate “nothing”

“Just dropping a note about the Hyper Elastic Mobility program.Just into the 3rd day but I can honestly say my ankles, knees and hips feel better. I regularly do weightlifting and your other golf exercise programs, BUT I can feel even more work at my joints so far with this

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Fascia, not fascist.

“Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they’re fascist.”True words spoken by Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in Bull Durham.So, I was lying in bed early this morning thinking about our fascial system – the big, elastic spider web inside our bodies that connects and holds our bodies

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