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Explore practical articles on building strength, improving mobility and developing better body control. From foundational exercises to advanced movement skills, the goal is simple: build a body you can rely on.
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Back Pain & Posture Fix | Jacked Bodies Break 🏋️
Most people train the way they did 20 years ago: chasing size, chasing aesthetics. But today, stiffness and back pain creep in, and the old routine doesn’t deliver the same freedom it used to. This article is about why movement-focused training lasts longer than size-focused training – and how you can start fixing your back…
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Strength Training vs Building Muscle: 5 Rules for the Right Program
Understanding the difference between strength training vs muscle building is key if you want real results. I get questions like these all the time—from friends, and even from my stepfather. When I told him I was going to write about it, he said: “Make it short. I don’t want to read a whole novel.” So…
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30-Day Spinal Wave Challenge to Fix Posture & Relieve Back Pain
You can improve your posture with this. You can also get rid of back and neck pain with this challenge. The emphasis is on “can.” This applies to every exercise. No single movement can magically eliminate back, neck, or any other pain — every body is different, and pain is too complex for one guaranteed…
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30-Day Hanging Challenge – Against Shoulder Pain & Impingement
Shoulder pain, impingement syndrome, problems with the rotator cuff, or tennis elbow. When clients come to me with such problems, hanging becomes one of the most important exercises in their training plan. (You can find more info about me here or on Instagram: @marcomeyermoves) I even insist that they install a pull-up bar or something…
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30-Day Deep Squat Challenge – Against Knee and Back Pain
“Use it or lose it” When you’re born, you often squat naturally. No one tells you to do it; you just do it because it’s programmed by nature. Over the years, you’re taught to sit in chairs. The problem with that is you lose the ability to sit in a deep squat. Take a look…
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3 Essential Exercises for Lifelong Well-Being
If I could only give you 3 exercises (or movement patterns) to keep your body functioning well and pain-free for as long as possible, these would be them: When you’re born, you automatically learn some skills without assistance, as if nature has preprogrammed it. Among these skills are the deep squat and hanging. In the deep squat, you fold your body…
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Maintenance Training – 2 Rules To Keep Strength When Life Gets Busy
If you stop training when life gets busy you will lose the strength that you have acquired. If You Don’t Use It, You’ll Lose It! To avoid this you can give your body a reminder, so that your strength level stays the same and all the „hard“ training was worth the time and effort. I…
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Why does he pick up new BJJ techniques so fast and I don’t?
“He’s a natural.” That’s what most people would say. A natural is someone who doesn’t really have to learn a skill or ability. It just kinda comes naturally to him or her. While you seem to invest twice as much time into getting the movements down the natural just picks it up after a few…
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4 Exercises for Lower Back Pain and Lumbar Lordosis
Original article in German: Muskuläre Dysbalance – 23 Übungen gegen Hohlkreuz, Rundrücken und Geierhals Some time ago, I was forced to take sick leave from work because of my lower back pain. Six different doctors had already examined my lower back. That day, I drove to the seventh and last doctor. I felt weak and…