Dave HedgesJul 19, 20202 minMonday Mobility: Clock and Walls for Complete Shoulder and Spine MobilityMonday Mobility has always been one of my most popular threads. Today though is a cracker, at least in my mind. Much of the mobility work...
Dave HedgesMar 23, 20203 minUnlocking your upper back and shoulders"Howya, are you guys surviving Quarantine and the Apocalypse ?( actually a great name for a Metal band now that I think of it!!!!!). If y...
Dave HedgesFeb 11, 20204 minImprove mobility in these 2 key areas for better all over athleticismIf we were to simplify mobility practice and boil it down to the simplest possible elements, what would that look like? If you search ju...
Dave HedgesJun 14, 20193 minRandom Friday Thoughts: Moving and FlexibilityAnother Friday has rolled around, so here’s a few of the things that are front and centre in my mind this week. 1 – Moving Nope, not hand...
Dave HedgesApr 14, 20192 minMonday Mobility: Pumping Up The PsoasHave you ever tried to stretch your hip flexors only for them to stick two fingers up at you and grip tighter than ever? Yet, if those hi...
Dave HedgesApr 1, 20192 minMonday Mobility: Upgrading the Squatting Thoracic Extension ExerciseToday’s mobility post is all about attention to detail. The Squat and Reach exercise has become more and more popular over the last while...
Dave HedgesMar 11, 20192 minMonday Mobility: The Pump aka Up & Down DogThe pump exercise is a must for just about every human animal on the planet. It’s essentially Yoga’s Up and Down Dog positions. With this...
Dave HedgesFeb 24, 20192 minMonday Mobility – Swing Your Clubs!Last week we restarted our Monday Mobility series with a great Thoracic Mobility drill ( <– that was a link to it in case you didn’t spot...
Dave HedgesFeb 17, 20192 minMonday Mobility: Thoracic ExtensionIt’s been a long time since we had a Monday mobility post. So we have a nice one for you today. Thoracic extension is a bug bear for man...
Dave HedgesJul 15, 20184 minSimple Strategies to Combat Elbow PainEver had sore elbows? It’s a very common occurrence, especially in the, erm, more “Mature” lifter. As in most of the people that I talk t...
Dave HedgesMay 1, 20181 minIndian Clubs Workshop – PortumnaLast week Maria and I taught an Indian Clubs workshop in Elite Fitness and Performance, Blackrock. We were here! Like a pair of muppets, w...
Dave HedgesApr 8, 20182 minMovement FundamentalsIn the past while teaching various workshops, especially workshops aimed at fellow professionals, I ask the question: What are the most f...
Dave HedgesMar 9, 20185 minA Quick Primer on StretchingStretching is a very subjective topic. Different people respond very differently to various styles of stretching. So heres a look at the...
Dave HedgesFeb 26, 20181 minWorkshop Announcement: Indian Club SwingingIt’s about bloody time! But here it is, an Indian Club Swinging Workshop. We talk a fair bit about Indian Clubs, we show them Instagram a...
Dave HedgesJan 10, 20185 minAsk Dave: Why is core strength so important?This post was originally written in Feb 2013, but as the “Water Bottle Speech” still gets rolled out, and came up in a recent Facebook di...
Dave HedgesDec 3, 20171 minMonday Mobility: The Cossack SquatIt’s been a while since we had a Monday Mobility post. This is a commonly seen exercises, one that carries a great many benefits. But to ...
Dave HedgesNov 15, 20172 minBuild Durable Fingers and Wrists, Save your ElbowsIn our Motion Is Lotion and Indian Clubs classes we usually spend a bit of time on hand and wrist mobility. Of all the subjects I go on a...
Dave HedgesJun 26, 20173 minThe Other Side of the CoinI consider myself extremely fortunate to have lived the life I’ve lived and experienced the the teachers I’ve had. I’m even more fortunat...
Dave HedgesMar 8, 20174 minHow Indian Clubs helped me become World ChampionGuest Post Alert!!! I finally managed to coax Maria into putting pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) and write a blog about her experien...
Dave HedgesMar 6, 20173 minRange of Motion and Common Sense{This post was originally posted in March 2016, but got lost when i switched the website over to the current platform a while ago, thankf...