• #97 Shoulder Mobility w/Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Dec 12 2022

    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

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    50 mins
  • #96 Hip Mobility (Part 2 of 2) w/Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Nov 4 2022

    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

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    46 mins
  • #95 Hip Mobility (Part 1 of 2) w/Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Oct 25 2022

    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

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    42 mins
  • #94 The Fitness Industry - Expectation Vs. Reality w/Dennis, Neal, and Ray
    Oct 21 2022

    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?

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    50 mins
  • #93 Top 5 Exercises and Drills w/Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Oct 13 2022

    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

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • #92 Trainer Talk & Coaching Tips with Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Oct 5 2022

    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

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    42 mins
  • #91 Essential Strength with Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Sep 14 2022

    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.

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    32 mins
  • #90 Competitive Lifting Pt.2 (Results Episode) with Dennis Dunphy, Neal Valera, and Ray Bailey
    Sep 8 2022

    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

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    51 mins