#97 Shoulder Mobility w/Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about the benefits of training internal/external shoulder rotation and provide tips and tools for training internal and external shoulder rotation, and the importance of breath in mobility work.   In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Horror Movies 04:11 - Sprinting every single day 07:21 - Achieving fitness goals without adherence to fitness dogma 09:36 - Marathon Des Sables 14:34 - How “play” shapes your life 21:22 - Internal / External shoulder rotation - Why is it important? 25:15 - Simple day-to-day shoulder mobility tips 28:10 - Sport specific shoulder mobility 31:18 - Opening shoulder rotational capacity 32:32 - Analyzing shoulder limitations 37:48 - Breathing patterns and Mobility 42:15 - Alligator breathing (corrective exercise) 44:10 - Nasal breathing More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about the benefits of training external hip rotation and provide tips and tools for training internal and external hip rotation outside and inside of the gym.   In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Austin Texas BBQ 07:32 - Benefits good external hip rotation 16:30 - What is more important for golf — Internal or external hip rotation? 19:03 - Training external rotation for tight adductors? 29:14 - Simple tips and tools for training int/ext hip rotation 31:07 - External Rotation - Top 2 Exercises 34:30 - Non-gym training for int/ext hip rotation   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches Help you understand why you want to train in internal hip rotation and why a little valgus knee activation, as long as you’re controlling it, is okay.   In this podcast, we discuss: 01:00 - Internal hip rotation 05:50 - Favorite ways to train internal rotation 13:27 - Internal hip mobility regressions 15:36 - Con’s of NOT having internal hip rotation 21:08 - Lateral movement & Power generation  32:43 - 90/90 Drill 35:08 - Knee Health  37:24 - Valgus knee activation   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about expectations vs reality within the fitness industry.   In this podcast, we discuss: 01:35 - Cookies | Dough Dealerz 05:23 - Exp. Vs. Reality | Discipline 10:52 - Exp Vs. Reality | Performance 14:16 - Exp Vs. Reality | Patience 17:03 - Exp Vs. Reality | Nutrition 33:44 - Exp Vs. Reality | Mobility 38:35 - What does meeting expectations do for you?   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about their top 5 favorite workouts and drills, which range from the legendary Palloff press to playing tag.    In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Heatwaves & Hockey 07:58 - Ray        | #1 - Palloff Press 11:04 -  Neal      | #1 - Hill Sprints 14:40 - Dennis   | #1 Crawling 18:02 - Ray        | #2 - Carries 27:56 - Neal       | #2 - Weighted Hip Strengthening 29:41 - Dennis   | #2 - Carries (Wall ball crawls) 34:41 - Ray        | #3 - Landmine Drills 39:17 - Neal.      | #3 - The Muscle Snatch 42:22 - Dennis   | #3 - Tag 44:41 - Ray        | #4 - Squats 49:37 - Neal      | #4 - Pull Ups 57:05 - Dennis. | #4 - Walking Backwards 1:07:43 - Super bowl picks   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/  

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about Elite athlete biomechanics, navigating social media as a trainer, trainer/coach misconceptions, and more!   In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Sunday Shenanigans 04:44 - Elite Athlete and biomechanics training 10:13 - Training Type-A personality types 13:57 - Misconceptions about what personal trainers. 21:03 - Sharing knowledge as a trainer (Free vs. Paid) 25:21 - Strength training for beginners 27:40 - Talking about your profession (as a trainer) 33:03 - Nutrition Talk: Corn Syrup   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about essential strength, aging & longevity, yielding vs. reactive strength, and more!   In this podcast, we discuss: 00:00 - Aging & Longevity 03:39 - Essential Strength - Micro Adjustments 08:13 - Neck training 12:14 - Different types of strength: Yielding vs Reactive 16:28 - Are we limited in our perspective of what strength training is? 18:20 - Train every type of strength.    More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about Coach Ray's most recent competitive lifting results, training ceilings, the relationship between performance and mental health, and more!   In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - The Big 3 - Squat / Bench / Deads 00:49 - Weight Cutting 02:38 - Time & mindset between lifts 07:43 - After comp body fatigue 08:27 - Competition strategies 11:42 - Do athletes achieve their ceiling? 13:00 - Sumo Vs. Traditional deadlift 17:37 - Modern lifestyles and training 27:22 - Becoming elite (sacrifice) 31:28 - Training ceilings, performance, and mental health   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/

Tune in to this week's podcast episode with Strength & Conditioning Coach and Author Karl Eagleman. Karl is a Movement and S&C Coach - Passionate about helping others improve their quality of life through fitness. He is also the creator and director of @whiteboard_daily; an Instagram health and wellness page that has garnered over 345k followers.  Karl via @Whiteboard_daily and his book provides quality coaching content through whiteboard drawings and movement demonstrations, which include post-movement sequences, coaching cues, techniques, and perspective. Career accolades: MS in Kinesiology / USAW L1 / CF-L2   In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - Intro 06:39 - Writing a book / becoming an author 09:13 - Training Mindsets 12:52 - Training Cues / Triaging movement patterns 20:59 - Stick Mobility collaboration  22:07 - The importance of “play” in training and life 27:53 - Overassessing  31:09 - Expanding the whiteboard - cues and movement sequences 35:58 - Simplifying movements  41:20 - The Wordle Championships 42:28 - Advanced weight training program  48:23 - 2 key coaching perspectives   More from Karl: https://www.instagram.com/whiteboard_daily/ https://linktr.ee/whiteboard_daily

Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and special guest host Ray Bailey. In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about training and preparation for Competitive lifting competitions, the 2022 IDEA world expo, Cirque Du Soleil, and more!    In this podcast we discuss: 00:00 - 2022 IDEA World Expo 04:52 - The Performers of 'Mad Apple' (Cirque Du Soleil) *Spoiler Alert* 20:19 - Competitive lifting: Intelligent Programming for Performance 25:59 - Competitive lifting: Program training volume 30:40 - PEDs 34:36 - Competitive Lifting: Dieting 39:43 - PR’s (Squat / Bench / Deadlift) 43:32 - Power lifting suits 46:42 - 1,000lb Deadlifts & Bars   More from Stick Mobility: https://stickmobility.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nvstrength/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondphysiquesj/ https://www.instagram.com/raybaileycoaching/