Strongfit Video Blog number 4

[@richardessig4157]

Your original talk with BBS blew my mind. It was like you were talking about me, not generic issues you see. Last summer, after 3 years of competing heavily in CF, I blew out my biceps tendon alongside a SLAP tear. Working with an ART/NKT style chiropractor has shown how weak and useless my lats were, despite a 260lb snatch at that point. Even continuing on without surgery yet, I've been able to finish with my best regional open spot (35th) ever and bigger lifts because I've put so much time into strengthening and balancing my mid/lower back and core. If I ever manage a flight out to San Diego, I will pay whatever you ask for an assessment. These blogs are awesome. Truly useful both as an athlete and a coach!

[@CerealKillah1337]

Digging the blogs, so much information! Hearing the "behind the scenes" of assessments is fascinating!

[@HeroAthletes]

keep the vid going julian , very informative

[@gizmokabanjo]

I'm only 21, love strength sports, but I'm very interested in becoming a movement specialist. I hope to learn from you one day, Julien. keep the awesome content coming.

[@lapinrigolo]

Great great great video.

[@omarrais684]

Great content. Waiting for that membership :)

[@AShatwellMSN]

after you get done doing all of the awesome stuff you have planned...;) can you post good squat form vs bad squat form? good hinge vs bad..etc.

[@skillzpunk]

@Strongfit If I do not have access to a prowler at my university gym what is a good substitute for the anaerobic threshold? Thanks so much your info on your channel and with BarbellShrugged is fantastic!

[@NoahLarch]

That lizard on the wall at 21:45

[@christopherkolb851]

I've identified a deficiency in my left lat. Would bent over sled pulls (hand over hand) be the best corrective exercise for this?

[@HarryCollett]

Hey mate. Physio from Australia here again. Love these videos. Have to clear up a few things. Couldn't agree more that it's important to move away from a pathoanatomical model of back pain (where a herniated disc shows up on ct scan and is therefore the cause) and towards a symptom guided model. However, for 4-6 weeks post injury the disc or surrounding nociceptive structures will be the source of pain. After this window the pain remaining will often be the result of deficits like those you talk about or movement/flexibility loss. Just be careful about falling into the trap of 'asymptomatic people have disc herniations therefore the herniations is not the source of pain' the disc and surrounding structures are most often involved. If your American physics are just doing erector soft tissue work and glute retraining then they need some more training. You can influence intradiscal pressure with end range movement (most commonly lumbar ext) and massively influence symptoms.

[@HarryCollett]

I'd be seeing if there was someone in your area that was trained in the McKenzie method and sending your patients there for lumbar pain issues. Apologies for the long post, keep up the awesome work.

[@Strongfit]

Don't get me wrong,i am not saying no PT work should be done in cases of bulging disks.I was just warning against a problem i see often here of only treating the area and not going after the root of the issue.Btw because of how the insurance system works,PTs would not be allowed to do after the key-log even if they were able to identify it

[@HarryCollett]

+Strongfit yeah I agree. There's definitely a huge gap here too between rehab/recovery from an acute injury and performance. The whole American health system seems jacked from an outsiders perspective.

[@Strongfit]

The PT work is necessary for anything traumatic,once an injury happens it has to be dealt with.I just don't want people to stop there,as it is unfortunately most often the case.At least here,i do not see a structure where one can go to determine & address the cause of the problem.People get those types of injury and the system seems to see it as sh*t happens when you lift weights

[@Strongfit]

+HarryCollett please do comment! I need to explain myself more thoroughly sometimes,so that's great

[@bmillare]

I'm trying to apply this approach to figure my problem with left shoulder pain when low bar squatting. Using the info from trigger points and people poking at my back, the referred pain in my lateral deltoid appears to be from the knots in the infraspinatus and I also appear to be tight in the teres minor and have restricted external rotation when I have a bar on my back. Taking what you are teaching, I may have a structural problem that would result in rotator cuff pain and tightness and thus massaging would only relieve the symptom temporarily. What would be some good diagnostic movements to try that could identify the structural issues that lead to problems in the rotator cuffs?

[@Strongfit]

Test your lat & oblique.Landmine rows & 1-arm deadlift,compare both sides and go from there

[@raymondtango]

where can i find details on the biceps opener please?

[@chelanmyers]

So when you find the issue do you just do exercises to activate the Lats etc on the deficient side to correct the structure or are you correcting the neuromuscular training to improve the pattern through retraining

[@pokeyouindaeye]

ref. 11:50 -- what's a Jefferson? or what's the second movement in her assessment mentioned called? Also, thank you! Merci bien!

[@muckpolice]

Julien, where did you get that bad ass t-shirt that you're wearing at the beginning of the video? Great work, thanks.

[@Strongfit]

I believe it's a Reebok shirt

[@StrongApeFitness]

if you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Einstein. And it s pretty simply explained !!

[@Its_kevvvv]

How much does it cost to get an assessment by you? Just to have an idea

[@Strongfit]

My assessments are 399$

[@Its_kevvvv]

Thank you.

[@lapinrigolo]

+Strongfit Do you do them online? Via webcam or something like that?

[@Strongfit]

+Rui Pacheco i do Facetime consultation actually,a bit different than assessments but it's far better than just email

[@c27nelson]

It is distracting to see you leaning on one elbow and internally rotating your other shoulder while discussing balance and symmetry in the body.

[@Strongfit]

+Christopher Nelson sorry,i don't see the correlation between the 2.Are you saying that posture through a 30mins talk while sitting should be treated as equal to tension under load?

[@c27nelson]

+julien absolutely not. just a problem that i have. the more that i learn about movement and posture from someone like you, the more that i notice how people sit, stand, walk, slouch, etc.