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Why would you do an isolation exercise first before your compound lifts?

I use a softball under my arch and it will hurt like a mother, but will help ease the pain....interesting the article says use a tennis ball and do not inflict pain.

Dude there's a ton of threads on this, but a lot of the time lower back issues are a result of poor flexibility in the surrounding muscles.
Start with stretching your hip flexors, hamstrings,...

All through college I suffered severe shin splints. I went to different doctors, physical therapists, tried orthodics, and nothing worked. Within a few weeks of discovering foam rolling, the issues...

I believe they did something like an ultrasound? of some sort to view the blood flow in my nut to make sure nothing was restricted. Once that came back negative, they concluded it was an infection. I...

I had two similar cases of what you're describing.
One was an infection in my right nut (Epididymitis) that I had to take antibiotics for.
Another time I strained my psoas doing a heavy hack...

You can use a softball on your neck area for temporary relief, but for the shoulder blades, you really need a professional massage to get it out.
Or using the softball, lay on your back, cross your...

It's changed, you have to have an accepted cert off of a reference list before you're hired. (NASM, ACE, Cooper, etc)

I had this same issue before where my chest wasn't activating well and my right pec was underdeveloped and not doing much work during a movement. What felt like my rear delts would BURN like crazy...

Pretty generic description, but I assume they're saying your shoulders protract and round forward?
Stretch your chest/lats out, work on strengthening your rhomboids/lower trap/rear delt.
Forward...

Here in Dallas I know client who trains at LA Fitness as well because his boss pays for it (still a loss IMO) and says every session he's assigned a different trainer.

strengthen your anterior tibialis (shin muscle)
heavy emphasis on stretching your calves

Invest in a foam roller and focus on the IT Bands, TFL, Piriformis. The IT bands will probably hurt like a son of a bitch but hang in there and it will get better.
Read this article on it:...

I agree on this, I am always engaging the client during the exercise, obviously making sure good form is executed, but also making sure the client is feeling the correct muscles working, telling them...

The biggest mistake I see trainers make is discussing training when you first meet someone(unless they inquire). It's just a huge turnoff for a lot of people.
Introduce yourself and have a friendly...

Foam rolling FTW. Fixed my shin splints, lower back pain, knee pain, etc.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_repair/feel_better_for_10_bucks

I usually...

Foam roll, brah.
You might cry the first few times on it, but it'll ease up! The foam roller has done wonders for me.
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If you are truly eating 1200-1500 cals a day, then that's way too low, brah. Go through a day measuring your portions out, reading labels, etc and figure out how many cals you're ingesting. I don't...

Are you excessively falling forward when youre squatting? If so sounds like your calves could be very tight and limits getting proper depth on the squat