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Stop IT band snapping and outer hip pinching
Week 5 Protocol: The TFL & Glute Medius (The Outer Hip Release)
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Opening the Inner Line - Unlocking tight hips from the inside out
Unlocking tight hips from the inside out Last week, we took our Wringing Technique straight to the front of the thighs, utilizing a downward and outward twist on the quadriceps…
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Conquering Heavy Thighs - How to erase heavy, fatigued quad tightness
How to erase heavy, fatigued quad tightness Last week, we focused directly on the popliteus and upper calf, using an inward rotational twist to unlock terminal knee extension…
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The Knee Unlocker - How to release deep stiffness behind your knees
How to release deep stiffness behind your knees Last week, we kicked off our Fascial Wringing series at the absolute foundation of the body, using an outward twist on the…
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Introduction & The Foot Anchor
A powerful new tool for your mobility toolbox (Read safely!) Over the past few months, we have spent time honing and practicing our foundational myofascial stretches and…
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The Three-Step Posterior Melt - Flipping the Transmission into Reverse
Last week we... Mastered the pelvic tilt and the horizon reach to fully unlock the deep front hip flexors (the psoas and iliacus) without pinching or compressing the lumbar…
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The Three-Step Posterior Melt - The "Reach and Tilt" Hip Reset
Last week we... Unlocked the deep lower leg stabilizers, isolated our side glutes, and decompressed the SI joint by shifting our weight forward with precise mechanical stops.…
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The Three-Step Posterior Melt - The Secret to Bypassing Stiff Hamstrings
Give yourselves a hand for crushing it these past months. You are becoming experts at modulating and facilitating your own mobility and recovery. Let’s continue to take the…
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Pain Care Maintenance: The Grand Finale – Wringing Out Your Spine and Torso
Over the last month, we have traveled from the core of your kinetic chain all the way out to your fingertips, using sharp, isometric visual cues to unlock space in your neck,…
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Pain Care Maintenance: Elbows, Forearms, and the Deep Arm Lines Pt.2
This week, we are continuing with our focus on the elbows and forearms to tackle the areas that take a relentless beating from typing, texting, and everyday lifting: the…
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Pain Care Maintenance: Elbows, Forearms, and the Deep Arm Lines Pt.1
Over the last few weeks, we have traveled down the core of our kinetic chain, using sharp, isometric visual cues to create massive space in the neck, shoulders, and hips. Last…
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Pain Care Maintenance: Length and Rotation in Your Spine
Now, I know I said we would do elbows and forearms this week. However, you’ve been doing so well, I decided to give you the first part of the torso and back instead! We will…
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Pain Care Maintenance: Unlocking Your Hips and Thighs
This week, we are heading straight down the kinetic chain to target the heavy hitters of daily stiffness: the thighs and the hips. Because we spend so much of our days sitting,…
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Myofascial Pain Care Maintenance: Unlocking Your Neck and Shoulders
Last week, we stepped onto a sustainable path for pain care by using "visual analogy cues" to decompress the lower spine. The feedback has been amazing! This week, we are…
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Pain Care Maintenance: Your Introduction to Myofascial Stretching
This week, we are going a little deeper into the maintenance phase of pain care with an introduction to Myofascial stretching. This is not your typical form of flexibility…
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The Chain Reaction Begins
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring how tension in one area of the body can create pain somewhere completely different. This week, we narrow the focus to one of the…
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A Joint Partnership
“I want bigger arms.” “I want a smaller waist.” “I want to lose weight.” “I want to gain muscle.” We hear this all the time. But almost never: “I want healthier joints.” And…
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A Different Way To Start The Year
We’re at that time of year again. Looking back at what we did, what we accomplished — and what we didn’t. Looking forward to the new promise we make to ourselves. But have we…
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You’re Only As Old As You Can Move
The 90-year-old who still goes for daily walks and takes weekly fitness or yoga classes. The 80-something who can still drop into a full split. The 90-year-olds I’m thinking of…
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Relief Is Only the Beginning
Over the last few weeks, we’ve explored how pain often starts somewhere other than where we actually feel it. We discussed referred pain, muscle tension, and how restoring…
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Why the Pain Keeps Returning
“You’re in pain because you don’t stretch enough.” For years, this has been one of the most common answers to stiffness and pain — especially for people with sedentary…
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Work the Muscle Ease the Joint
Last week, we tried something different. You were asked to search: “Tight hips and abductors, tight inner thighs, tight glutes medius, tight tensor fasciae latae, tight SI…
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Build Momentum While It’s Easy
As the warmer months arrive, most of us feel it - more energy, more movement, more time outside. This is the window. A chance to build momentum that carries into the colder…
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Stalled Progress Is a Great Sign
You started training. Momentum built. Strength improved. Nutrition locked in. Everything was moving in the right direction. Then — it stopped.
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A Little More Can Be Good
You were consistent. You showed up. You trained. You got it done. Meals on point. Routine locked in. Then something shifted.
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Underestimation
Last week, we looked at how we often overestimate our workouts and activity levels. This week, we shift to the other side - how we underestimate our nutrition. When people…
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The Difference That Changes Everything
One of the biggest reasons progress stalls in fitness and wellness is simple: We overestimate our activity and underestimate our nutrition This week, we focus on the first.…
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Where Better Decisions Begin
Last time, we explored the difference between a reaction and a response. A reaction is fast. Automatic. Driven by impulse. A response comes after a moment of space. That pause…
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True Momentum
Before you build anything lasting, a foundation has to be laid. You can jump in fast, go all-in, and try to match high-intensity routines, but progress without a base rarely…
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Credit Card Reality Check
Third week of the new year. Reality check. The fun was great. The gifts were worth it. The memories stay. Now it’s time to clean things up. Balances get paid. Debt gets…
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Heads or Tails
Intensity and frequency are two sides of the same coin. We’ve all heard the sayings: “No pain, no gain.” “Go hard or go home.” “Pain is weakness leaving the body.” They all…
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The Power Of Strength
I want to share two moments that say more about strength than any definition ever could. One of my clients—a diving enthusiast—went on a trip to Iceland. After a group dive,…
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A Small Step Today Can Change Everything
Behind on routines. Behind on energy. Behind on life. Here’s what I teach inside Triomph every day: Most procrastination isn’t laziness. It’s waiting for the “perfect time.”…
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The Real Work Starts Here
Last week, we talked about why relief is only the beginning. This week, we go deeper into why maintaining relief matters. Next week, we’ll put this into practice with a new…
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Find the Source Relieve the Tension
That knee pain that never fully goes away. That back discomfort that keeps returning. That constant feeling of “something’s off.” You stretch. You rest. You try heat. Maybe…
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Last time, we explored the difference between a reaction and a response. A reaction is fast. Automatic. Driven by impulse. A response comes after a moment of space. That pause…
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Reaction vs Response
Have you ever noticed where the phrase “used car salesman” comes from? It describes a familiar tactic: pressure someone to decide quickly before the opportunity disappears. Act…
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Nature’s “Take a Breather”
As snowstorms sweep across the country, we’re reminded of reality beyond modern convenience. Cancelled flights and delayed plans feel frustrating, but they also reveal…
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Knowledge and Experience
Last time, we looked at what happens when outside voices override lived experience. This time, it’s the opposite: when knowledge feels like certainty, but experience is what…
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The Route You Earned
You’ve been taking the same way home for years. You know when to leave, which train to catch, how to avoid traffic, and what to do when something goes wrong. After thousands of…
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Listening to Your Body
Across many world traditions, the body is seen as a temple. A living system that receives, stores, and communicates information. Even today, we still do not fully understand…
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Don’t let your eyes be bigger than your stomach
Most of us heard this growing up. Especially at parties or family events, when the table was full and we wanted a little bit of everything. You’d load your plate with this dish…
Read article →A Different Way To Start The Year
We’re at that time of year again. Looking back at what we did, what we accomplished — and what we didn’t. Looking forward to the new promise we make to ourselves. But have we…
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When Your Thoughts Get Loud
It tells you, “Go left.” And if it doesn’t work out, it says, “See? You should’ve gone right.” Or a string of thoughts you don’t like start flooding your mind - and the more…
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