The Inside Out Strength Blog
Simple and practical strength training and nutrition strategies for those looking to build muscle and burn fat (without spending their life at the gym)
How to Improve Ankle Mobility and Why It’s Important
If you’re missing ankle mobility, there’s a very good chance you’re not going to be feeling, moving, and performing as well as you’re capable of. ...
Want a Bigger and Stronger Back?
Having a strong and muscular back does much more than just look cool.  While that is an added side effect, a stronger back can often equal healthy shoulders and lower...
Don’t Let Traveling Wreck Your Mobility
Mobility work isn’t easy while traveling. However, finding mobility exercises to do after traveling can help us feel and perform our best.  We’ve all likely ha...
What is Your Rotator Cuff and Why is it Important?
We’ve all likely either had ourselves, or known someone that has had, rotator cuff strains, rotator cuff impingement, or rotator cuff tears.  As com...
Is It Safe For Me To Be Squatting?
We’ve all heard the importance of the squat as it relates to overall strength, health, and fitness.  But how do you know you’re ready for squatting and how do you k...
Why is Hip Mobility Important?
Hip mobility is extremely important for both athletic tasks as well as the overall health of your joints and your body. Â A common finding for the clients we see for low...
Shoulder Stretching Made Simple
Effective shoulder stretches do not require fancy equipment and do not require tons of time to see benefits. Sometimes we try and complicate our stretches by adding to...
Everyone has heard of the importance of a good warm-up to get your body ready for activity. However, the biggest problem with a good warm-up falls into either the type of warm-up being performed or t...
The Infamous Squat
The squat is commonly coined the king of exercises in the gym. Â Some people love the squat, while others despise it, but few would argue with the importance of the squat.
While it...
The Infamous Bench Press
If you’ve spent any length of time in a gym, you’re all too familiar with the bench press.  If you’re a guy that went through high school, then you definitely are familiar wi...
Why the Strict Pullup?
The ability to perform a strict pullup is essential for your health, your strength, and arguably your safety and longevity. Â Performing a body weight, unassisted, strict pullup...
What is thoracic spine mobility and why do I need it?
Before we dive into how to improve mobility in this area, we first need to know why having full thoracic spine mobility is important for both pai...
