Author Archives: Jen Zalta
Why I Train- Adam Dowell

-Coach Adam Dowell Good or bad, life happens. Will you be ready or will you regret every time you convinced yourself why you couldn’t train. As a professional snowboarder it seems a pretty easy answer why I train, because I’m an athlete. While this is true, I more so just train for life. You never […]

Swing in to Spring- Intro to Kettlebells starts 5/4

      Swing in to Spring Intro to Kettlebells STARTS MONDAY MAY 4 4 weeks of progressive training to develop your kettlebell practice Do you still bruise your wrists and tear up your hands every time you use kettlebells? Do kettlebells tweak your elbows, shoulders or back? Do kettlebells scare you because you don’t know how to use them? […]

Kettlebell Skills Course

Friday November 14th from 5:30-7:30pm $30 Adam Dowel of Avail Performance and myself will be coaching a Kettlebell Skills Course at Wright Training. This 2 hour workshop will teach you the fundamentals of the 3 basic ballistic kettlebell lifts: The SWING, CLEAN and SNATCH. If you are tired of bruised forearms, torn callouses and tweaked back, […]

Find Your Balance, Then Pull Heavy- Derek Miller, SFG II

Here’s a great article by Derek Miller on the concept of using “correctives” to create balance so you can go heavy and create durability. Enjoy! by Derek Miller, SFG II So, I want to deadlift. I want a strong deadlift. I want a really strong deadlift. Oh, you too? I don’t need to inform you […]

Strength training for all abilities.
Icing Delays Recovery

“Coaches have used my “RICE” guideline for decades, but now it appears that both Ice and complete Rest may delay healing, instead of helping.” – Gabe Mirkin, MD, March 2014 Gabe Mirkin MD is the man who coined the term “R.I.C.E.” (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) back in 1978 in the best selling Sportmedicine Book. He has now […]

Peak Bodywork Moved

The boxes are finally unpacked and we’ll be seeing patients Monday morning at 3620 South Park Drive. The new space offers a manual therapy clinic adjacent to Wright Training’s 3000 sq foot functional strength and conditioning facility. Peak Bodywork is passionate in helping you Return to Sport following injury. Pain and injury compromise your ability to […]

Reach Under Progression

The Reach Under is a fantastic Reactive Neuromuscular Training exercise that will help you to learn how to stabilize the shoulder girdle, core and lumbopelvic hip complex. Don’t under estimate the effectiveness of simple movements like the Reach Under and Bird Dog. The idea behind these movements is to create a “sensory rich” position that challenges […]

New Gym Space 2.17.14

We’ll be training in new a facility starting 2.17.14. See you at 3620 South Park Drive off hwy 89 in the South Park Business Complex.

Corrective Box Squat

The Corrective Box is used to help athletes learn what a neutral spine feels like during a squat. It a fantastic tool to re-train the squat pattern and can be used to correct the hyperextended as well as the flexed or rounded back squaters as long as the issue is a motor control problem and […]

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