Elite Performance Institute

Got a foam roller? Here are 5 different ways to use it for soft tissue work, mobility, control, and exercise.

Simple equipment. Plenty of options.

Turns out exercise names are pretty straightforward.

Bench press = press the bench.
Foam rolling = roll the foam roller.
Good mornings=wake up.

Dr. Max finally cracked the code. 😂

The hip hinge isn’t just something you practice with a barbell.

You use this movement pattern throughout everyday life—sitting into a chair, opening a door with your hands full, picking something up from the floor, and much more.

RDLs are one great way to train it, but the real goal is becoming better at the movement itself.

Catching requires much more than skill. You need enough hip and spine mobility to repeatedly squat, rotate, block, receive, move laterally, and get up to throw.

Once I got to college, mobility became a regular part of my routine instead of something I only worked on when I felt tight.

Your skills can get you on the field. Your body has to keep you there.

Dr. Max rolled up thinking the massage gun would be enough.

Then the IASTM tools came out. 😂

No chiropractors were harmed in the making of this video.

Apparently Dr. Max is a magician 🪄 The Dumbbell Zero Spill Challenge: balance on a BOSU, pick up a dumbbell with a full cup of water on top, drink the entire cup, and put it back down without spilling. Would you try it?

The Foot-to-Fingertip Jump Challenge 😂 Measure from your feet to your fingertips with your arms overhead, then see if you can jump that distance. Dr. Brian ✅ Dr. Max ✅ Georgie… not quite 😂 Who should we make try it next?

No talking. Just the oddly satisfying sounds of getting the clinic ready for the next patient.

Table cleaned, face paper changed, spray bottle refilled, and the vibrating foam roller fired up.

A little behind-the-scenes ASMR from Elite Performance Institute.

Dr. Max stepped onto the stability pad ready to demonstrate the exercise—then quickly realized the patient might be better suited for the job. 😂

Many baseball and softball players are told to “load into the backside,” but that does not mean rocking so far backward that the front of the foot comes off the ground.

Maintaining contact through the entire foot—especially the big toe—can help create a more stable connection to the ground and allow force to transfer more efficiently through the swing.

As a former college baseball player, this was one of the biggest differences between thinking I was loading correctly and actually feeling a strong, connected backside load.