Dopamine: Taming the Stallion
Ahhh, dopamine. Often vilified for its link to drugs like cocaine, dopamine is simply a neurotransmitter, a brain chemical that creates a...
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Evan Schwerbrock
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
Multi-angle Arm Workout
All too often, people get in a rut at the gym. Arms day equals standing dumbbell curls and cable tricep extensions. Back day is pulldowns...
Evan Schwerbrock
- Jul 4, 2021
- 3 min
Cooking Tips with a Visual-Impairment
When cooking with a VI, it's important to find methods and tools that take out the guesswork and pain in the kitchen. From my experience,...
Evan Schwerbrock
- Jun 26, 2021
- 4 min
Two Tactile Hip Hinging Drills
Verbiage can only get you so far. With visual-impairments, tactile cues are the name of the game. We simply learn better that way. We...
Evan Schwerbrock
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Blindfolding Athletes to Increase Performance
Pavel Tsatsouline is known for popularizing the kettlebell in America. He has also written many many books on kettlebell training,...
Evan Schwerbrock
- Jun 5, 2021
- 3 min
Co-Dependence: The Path to Blind Independence
I like to think I’m a fairly independent person. So once I developed a rare genetic disease that quickly diminished my vision, I wanted...
Evan Schwerbrock
- May 29, 2021
- 1 min
Diaphragmatic Breathing and Core Bracing
Try taking in a giant breath. Did you shrug up your shoulders and heave in your chest? If so, you aren’t using your diaphragm as you...
Evan Schwerbrock
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
Three Exercises for Improved Posture
Posture, posture, posture. We know it’s important but we can’t stand around single-mindedly ensuring that we are in impeccable stature....
Evan Schwerbrock
- May 15, 2021
- 2 min
Contracting the Glutes in Planks and Beyond
Planks are a staple exercise for improving core stabilization. However, in my years of training people in a normal gym capacity and at a...
Evan Schwerbrock
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Rolling Your Foot to Open Things Up
Your feet and your hands connect you to the world. With a depth of nerves to quickly tell your brain what is out there and a myriad of...
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