Old Content – Nick-E.com https://nick-e.com Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist, and Online Coach Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:34:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.8 https://nick-e.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-nick-e-tab-icon-LARGE-32x32.png Old Content – Nick-E.com https://nick-e.com 32 32 Overhead Mobility Guide for Handstands, Overhead Press and More! https://nick-e.com/overhead-mobility/ https://nick-e.com/overhead-mobility/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:59:28 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=1059 If you are a fitness enthusiast, especially if you are into handstands, overhead press, olympic lifting, or anything involving putting your arms over your head, you’re probably well acquainted with the importance of having proper overhead mobility. By this I mean the ability to get your arms over your head without flaring your ribs out […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/overhead-mobility/feed/ 0 Why You Can’t Do a Proper Hollow Hold https://nick-e.com/bad-hollow/ https://nick-e.com/bad-hollow/#respond Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:29:01 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=878 If you’ve been practicing hollow holds, as a part of your gymnastics/calisthenics training, or perhaps you have decided to get in shape in the new year and are doing the /r/bodyweightfitness recommended routine (Tutorial HERE), you may have encountered an issue that stops you from progressing your hollow hold. This is an issue I’ve seen […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/bad-hollow/feed/ 0 Sit on the Floor Comfortably: 8 Ways to Do it https://nick-e.com/floor-sitting/ https://nick-e.com/floor-sitting/#respond Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:37:47 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=812 Sit on the Floor: To sit on the floor is very underrated. Kids we stt on the floor all the time in a variety of different wacky positions, but as we get older, go to school, then get jobs, we substitute our multitude of resting positions for one; sitting on a chair. It’s no wonder […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/floor-sitting/feed/ 0 Give Yourself A Full Body Mobility Assessment! https://nick-e.com/mobility-assessment/ https://nick-e.com/mobility-assessment/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:06:59 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=727 Important Note: This guide was written way back in mid-2016 and hasn’t been updated since then, yet still gets quite a bit of traffic. I’ve learned a lot since then and no longer necessarily agree with many of the mobility tests/standards I put forth in this guide as a standard baseline for the general population. […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/mobility-assessment/feed/ 12 How to do a Ring Muscle Up https://nick-e.com/how-to-do-a-ring-muscle-up/ https://nick-e.com/how-to-do-a-ring-muscle-up/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2016 18:13:09 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=517 Intro The Muscle Up. It is many things. For the gymnast, it is the babiest way of ever getting on top of the rings and the one they teach kids because they just can’t do anything cool to get up to the support position yet. For the CrossFitter, it is one of the most advanced […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/how-to-do-a-ring-muscle-up/feed/ 1 How to do a Back Lever https://nick-e.com/back-lever-tutorial/ https://nick-e.com/back-lever-tutorial/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:36:36 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=489 Intro: The Back Lever is one of the easiest of the fundamental static positions of gymnastics that you can learn. This is not to say its easy at all. Its just the ‘easiest’ of some incredibly hard stuff. However, if you are someone that wants to get better at gymnastics, love watching Barstarzz videos on […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/back-lever-tutorial/feed/ 0 Absolute Beginner’s Guide: Intro to Stretching https://nick-e.com/beginners-guide-to-stretching/ https://nick-e.com/beginners-guide-to-stretching/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2016 16:19:35 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=386 Intro: Why do we Stretch? For those into strength training, flexibility and mobility training are rarely present in ones mind as an important thing to keep up with. This makes sense considering the purpose of strength training is to, well, get stronger. However, if you are training for overall fitness, wellbeing and the longevity of […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/beginners-guide-to-stretching/feed/ 2 Reddit Bodyweight Fitness Recommended Routine https://nick-e.com/recommended-routine/ https://nick-e.com/recommended-routine/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:57:05 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=352 This post was made back in 2016. It is now very outdated and not up to date with the current RR. Check out the BWF Primer Routine for an up to date, free Bodyweight Fitness routine for total beginners Intro: You may have noticed I do not have any bodyweight fitness routines on my website, […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/recommended-routine/feed/ 7 Handstand Push-up Tutorial Pt. 2 https://nick-e.com/handstand-push-up-pt-2/ https://nick-e.com/handstand-push-up-pt-2/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:48:38 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=245 Intro: If you haven’t already, Read Pt 1 of the handstand pushup tutorial before you read on. If you have read it and have mastered the exercises outlined, you should have fairly good overhead pressing strength and you should be familiar with the movement pattern involved in the full push-up (atleast against the wall). This […]

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