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Serious Trunk Training for Serious Athletes
Most athletes train abs. Serious athletes train the trunk. Certified Power Athlete Coach, Dr Hunter Waldman shares how to build brutal trunk strength, improve spinal stability, eliminate weak links, and unlock greater power, speed, and resilience with the exact movements trusted by elite strength coaches.
Why You Should Never Skip Trunk Training
Trunk training is often skipped, but it’s foundational to strength, stability, and injury prevention. Learn why smart trunk work improves performance and keeps athletes durable.
The Key to Staying Athletic for Life
Most athletes never learn how to rotate under load, coil eccentrically, and generate power from a stable trunk. That’s why they break down early. True longevity in sport comes from mastering rotation, building dynamic trunk strength, and correcting imbalances before they turn into injuries.
The #1 Training Mistake Wrecking Your Back
Most people train their trunk for aesthetics, not function, and it shows. John breaks down the real job of your midsection, why traditional ab training falls short, and how imbalances in trunk strength are setting you up for injury. Learn how to build rotational strength, restore balance, and develop a core that performs under pressure.
Ep 677: Movement Quality > Junk Volume
The magnitude of your best work matters more than the frequency of good work. There are a…
Ep 501 – Hemorrhoids From Training? You Better Zip It Up!
In this episode the Crew dials the voicemail to answer a question from a loyal Power Athlete…
The Breath as the Driver to Stability | Part 2: Foot to Diaphragm Connections
In Part 1 of this series, we focused on how our diaphragm and pelvic floor are myofascially…
How a Toy Company Could Save Coaching: The Injury Prevention Rebrand
(For the sake of this article, any stakeholder in an athlete’s career is referred to as “coach”.)…
Why Your Trunk Can NEVER Be Stable
Core stabilization is a marketing fad aimed at profiting off the 90 billion dollar a year low…
Unf*ck Your Breathing: The Mechanics
“In my class today, we were discussing avoiding the Valsalva maneuver when lifting and cueing clients to…
