Tight muscles, like strained relationships, reflect unresolved tension.

The muscles are tense because they haven’t faced stress (proper weight lifting/resistance training progressions) the right way. Proper challenge leads to growth, but poor stress or shallow fixes only deepen the tension—whether in the body or in relationships.

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The Emsella Chair may be a worthwhile option if you've worked with a pelvic floor physical therapist, incorporated proper loading of your PF, and still haven't seen progress—it could be the missing piece to get you on track.

However, it's important to remember that this is an "and," not an "or" situation.

Alongside Emsella, you must also address other key factors like heavy lifting habits, the timing of pelvic floor activation ("the flick"), and overall body weight to optimize your results and return back to a pad-free life.

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There’s no shortcut. No hack. No secret sauce.

Whether it’s fitness, business, or life in general — you have to put in the work.

Not flashy. Not fancy. Just consistent effort, over and over again.

✅ 2 lifting sessions a week ✅ At least 3 cardio sessions ✅ Show up, even when you don’t feel like it

It’s not about motivation. It’s about commitment.

Motivation is fleeting. Commitment is what gets you through when it’s dark, boring, or hard. Hunt Readiness Quiz

1. Benefits of foam rolling
   1. Warming Up
      1. How does the body actually warm up?
         1. Dynamically
         2. FR is static
   2. Improving Muscle Flexibility/Mobility
      1. No.
      2. Eccentrics and LLPS are the only way to do this
   3. Pain Relief
      1. Via neurological input
      2. Smashing an already pissed off tendon
         1. Pain isn’t a bad thing
2. Ways to actually use a foam roller
   1. Core strengthening
      1. Dead bugs
   2. Spine Mobility
3. In conclusion
   1. Stop using it to..
      1. Warm up
      2. Address muscle flexibility/mobility
      3. Pain Relief
   2. Use it to…
      1. Progress core strengthening
      2. Spine mobility

1. Total Body Vs Body Part Splits
   1. What are they
      1. Total Body
         1. Hitting multiple muscle groups in a single session
      2. Body Part
         1. Hitting 1-2 muscle groups in a single session
   2. Pros
      1. Total Body
         1. Working the body as a whole
         2. Fewer times needed to hit the gym
         3. Typically more multi-joint movements
         4. Allows for emphasis on cardio
      2. Body Part
         1. Targeting specific body parts
            1. Are you actually though?
         2. Quicker change in body comp due to sheer volume of exercises for body parts
         3. Feel the pump
   3. Cons
      1. Total Body
         1. Longer time needed to look sexy, in general, due to overall lower volume for body parts
         2. Can be tough to complete all movements in a busy gym
      2. Body Part
         1. Increased need to visit the gym more often
         2. Takes time away from cardio
         3. Can build excessive muscle mass
         4. Chasing the pump

Overall, I suggest going with the total body splits to allow for more time to get the necessary cardio in. Once people switch from body part splits to total body splits in the program, 99% of them enjoy the change and enjoy the freedom to not be tied to a gym 4-6 days/wk.

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If you’re new to the newsletter/podcast, you’ll want to check out episode 41 to get a little more detail of what plyometrics are.

The pelvic floor is comprised of ~30% type II muscle fibers.

What does this mean?

These are the fast twitch, quick response fibers.

These fibers are quicker to adapt and grow.

To stimulate these fibers, men and women need to be heavy lifting and perform quick reaction type drills to stress these fibers, and have them adapt.

Last weekend, I did a live podcast to answer questions on Instagram for anyone who tuned in.

One question that came up was continuing to train with a recent injury.

I talked about a few modifications this fella could make.

Your feet are the only point of intended contact with the ground.

Ensuring your feet are solid and able to handle the demands the mountain places on them, is priceless.

Topics:

1) What the foot is

2) How to keep them healthy