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The Gratuitous Boston Marathon Post 1 of 2

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:16:19 +0000

It seems as though every Tom, Dick and Harry from New England has at least one post about the Boston Marathon every Patriots Day, so here is mine;

Boston Marathon 2010

Although I have lived in Framingham and Natick for a combined total of 21 of my years, I have not gone down to the Boston Marathon race route as an adult and probably only did it a handful of time as a kid. Route 135 in Natick is literally a block and a 1/4 from my house and every year my wife, children, mother in law, some friends and their kids, neighbors and countless others in our community take in the spectacle. My kids love to hand out orange slices and get high fives from the runners, but this is the first year that I have witnessed it live.

I usually work a full day every Patriots Day, a holiday in Massachusetts so I never get to share in the reindeer games, until this year. I took a half day and made sure to get up early and park my car on the other side of rte. 135 so I could get to work when I was ready because the road is closed most of the day for the Marathon. So my Lab and I dropped the car off, enjoyed a brief walk back to the house and started to get ready for the Marathon. We loaded up on snacks, juice boxes and of course tons of orange slices for the marathoners.

It is a tough racket as kid handing our orange slices. There are now engineered yummies such as Cliff Bar “Shots” etc.

So many runners go high tech and skip taking an orange slice from some snot nosed kids who ay have already licked the orange they are offering him or her.

Nature's Sports Refreshment!

It was fun for the kids regardless and we helped facilitate the offerings to these running crazed marathoners, who are so appreciative of the support they get. They give kids high 5′s, cheer and clap back to the screaming crown and are mostly smiles (so are in down right agony). Our post was about 10.5 miles in to the race…so most people were still cruising pretty good, but I am sure much more pain was yet to come.

Let me stop this post now and come back with round 2 in case you are getting bored:)

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
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First Month of Another Fitness Challenge Brings Eric Beard Some Results

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:10:19 +0000

How has Another Fitness Challenge been going for you?

I have been plugging away at improving my overhead squat and it has felt great! I enlisted the help of Krisitn Mohr, a physical therapist at Integrative Therapeutics in Natick, MA. She can be reached at kmohr@integrativetherapeutics.com if you want some work from her. She is a skilled manual therapist and “gets it”!

Here is a series of short 2-3 minute videos bringing your through part of our last appointment.

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
http://facebook.com/theericbeard

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Another Fitness Challenge Update on Ankle Mobility of Eric Beard

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:30:31 +0000

How is this Corrective Exercise Specialist doing Another Fitness Challenge from HFPN? I am doing my homework trying to improve ankle mobility and core stability with the lean body mass gain and body fat loss coming along on the back burner.

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
http://facebook.com/theericbeard

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FLY This-Eric Beard Shows a Cool Variation for Core Stability plus Another Fitness Challenge

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:01:48 +0000

I love exercises that integrate the lumbo-pelvic hip complex stabilizers with the movers of the extremities. Kneeling, standing, lunging plus any variety of movement the options are limitless. They can help with athletic performance enhancement, metabolic training and corrective exercise. This is one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy!

I shot this at NASM corporate after teaching a corrective exercise specialist workshop in January 2010. NASM.org and HFPN.com share an exercise library with other ideas as well. I wish I had more time to do these videos, there is so much more to cover. If you are looking for more ideas for training the shoulder complex you can check out my video series Secrets and Staples of Training the Athletic Shoulder at http://athleticshoulder.com . This is a 5 disc series that I am pretty proud of. Lots of content! Truly soups to nuts training for the shoulder complex.

Are you guys registered yet for HFPN’s Another Fitness Challenge (AFC)? Visit http://anotherfitnesschallenge.com to get in while the getting is good. I can’t wait! I am going to use the AFC to reach some personal goals and offer some goal setting coaching and moving towards reaching your goals. Will be a fun ride! Register now, it’s free and you could win some cool stuff:) http://anotherfitnesschallenge.com to

Back to the Grammy’s! Beyonce finally beat Taylor Swift with a Grammy for Single Ladies and just tore it up on stage with a pretty cool mash up with her stuff and an Alanis Morisette cover!

Here are some vids about AFC…

HEY! Did you see the picture on Ben’s Desktop?? Mr.T!!! That is my boy B.A. Bad Attitude Barracass of the A-Team…it is hint! Get on bard A-Teamers!!!

Have a great night.

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
AthleticShoulder.com
EricBeard.com

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USA Women’s Rugby; Powerful, Tough Women Need Ankle Mobility and Core Stability Too

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Today I had the pleasure of working with a member of one of the USA Women’s Rugby Teams. I won’t say which one to keep client confidentiality, but there are more more one team and many women on the team scattered around the US. She was referred to me for some manual therapy for a back injury she had. I performed a complete kinetic chain assessment using; the overhead squat test, prone and supine postural analysis, goiniometric (range of motion) and manual muscle testing techniques.

Yes she had some issues with her low back as she already knew, but she had significant issues with range of motion in both ankles and her left big toe…yes the big toe is a BIG deal when it does not move well. Her ankles moved less than 1/3 of what they were supposed in the sagital plane (toes coming up towards the nose) to and the same with her left big toe. In addition to work she needs on her low back, pelvis and hips her ankles and left big toe are now in the mix. I am always amazed when high level athletes have these issues and they go unnoticed. I feel bad for anyone who is experiencing pain, tightness, soreness not reaching their true potential because someone in my field has not identified what their true performance inhibitors are. We need to find them and reduce or eliminate them to give our athletes the best chance to succeed. This goes for desk jockeys and recreational athletes too, but I have expectations that the higher level athletes will be taken care of. I ma so glad her strength coach, who is a sharp guy and hard worker, referred her to me. Kudos to him for taking care of his athletes like a true strength coach and performance enhancement specialist should.

A bit of a rant today, but the lesson for the day is the pain/tightness we feel is often a symptom, not the true problem. Find a corrective exercise specialist, manual therapist or licensed health care practitioner that can complete a full kinetic chain assessment and then develop a sound exercise program from flexibility to core stability and beyond.

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard
Athletic Performance Enhancement Specialist
Corrective Exercise Specialist
theericbeard.blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com

ps; I am filming my new video on Training the tennis shoulder this Sunday! I can’t wait to share it with you!

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