Shortly after the ‘stretching before training and games paradigm raised up in the late 1990s, a default position was also promoted – to stretch afterwards. Ironic (or tragic) in that in my opinion for the most part, those promoting this…
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By Ian King
Mobility training is fake stretching
The new athlete said to me: “I do my mobility work and then I feel good for a while but during the workout I feel all stiff again.”
I said: “Before we go any further I just to make it…
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By Ian King
Are your single leg training concepts from the 1990s still relevant?
I recently received a email where the writer asked:
“ Dear Ian, I've come across your single leg 2 part routine limping into October online. This I believe…
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By Ian King
I was near the finish line at a high school yesterday watching over 100 thirteen to fourteen year old boys complete a cross country race. As I do everywhere I studied their shape and development.
Apart from the expected changes…
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By Ian King
In part one of this series I raised the two challenges I faced in the 1980s - first, that there were inadequate numbers of exercises being used in single-leg format, and second, that the few exercises being used were predominantly…
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By Ian King
Now that everyone is utilizing single-leg training, surely they have figured it out. But I suggest not. As I outlined in part two of this series, there are many ways that the majority are undermining the power of single-leg training.…
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By Ian King
In part one of this series I shared a historical review of single leg training. In this second installment, I will focus on what I call the overreactions to the single-leg training trend that I triggered with my published works…
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By Ian King
Everywhere you look in the training world today you see single leg exercises. You could be forgiven for thinking that it was always this way. It wasn’t.
The purpose of this article is understand how we arrived at this point…
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By Ian King
#1 Assisted Squats
I developed this exercise shortly after my first knee reconstruction in 1983, to assist me continue squatting without pain and minimizing wear. I called it 'assisted squats'. Following that I also found it effective…
By Ian King
My motivation for writing this article is the continual damage to bodies and wasting of time and energy I witness on a daily basis. For the last thirty years I have worked in physical preparation to save people from damaging their…
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Should I stretch before or after training?
Mobility Training is Fake Stretching
Are your single leg training concepts from the 1990s still relevant?
When Buff is 'Bad'
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 4: Correcting the Imbalances
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 3: 7 Key Practical Strategies
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 2: Challenging the Overreaction
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 1: Historical Perspectives
Ian King's Exercise Innovations
The Top Five Dumbest Exercises