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Regain Your Flexibility

Javier Garza

June 26, 2016 10:27 pm

In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I still have a long way to go when it comes to developing my own flexibility. I’ve spent a large portion of my training career chasing higher poundage on the bar with the bare minimum time put into stretching. While I did make sure that I worked towards having optimal range of motion in my lifts, I never sought to increase my range beyond that, and I tended to always prioritize strength over flexibility. Many of you are probably in the same boat.

When I took a step back to look at my training as a whole, I realized a few important things were holding back my progress:

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A Week without Caffeine

Javier Garza

As a kid, my only exposure to caffeine would have been primarily from soft drinks. I was never a big soda drinker, so my consumption was minimal for most of my childhood. At that age, I didn’t even realize that many sodas had caffeine. Who knew Sunkist was caffeinated?! Introducing elementary school kids to the two

Javier Garza

Sitting is killing your mobility!Spending hours sitting in chairs is without a doubt one of the most harmful habits of modern lifestyles. Whether sitting in an office chair or spending hours driving, prolonged sitting results in tight hips, back, shoulders, and neck. In my estimation, the effects of excessive sitting are the primary reason that we

Javier Garza

I used to recommend using a “rotational diet” with the goal of increasing the nutrient diversity of one’s diet, as well as helping to prevent the development of food sensitivities which may arise from overeating certain foods. Using this template, foods (particularly protein sources) are rotated on a 5-7 day cycle, so that a food

Regain Your Flexibility

A Week without Caffeine

Partner Stretching Session after Long Distance Driving

Why I no longer recommend the rotational diet