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Better, Safer Alternatives to the “Big 4” Lifts

May 3, 2021
Better, Safer Alternatives to the “Big 4” Lifts

More gym gains, fewer nagging injuries! Contrary to popular long-standing belief, you don’t need to squat, bench, overhead press and deadlift with a barbell to build muscle and get stronger. The idea that the “big 4” is required for a lifting program is precisely why so many gym-goers are always banged up and not making […]

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Beet Juice: The Newest ‘Performance Enhancing Drug’?

February 15, 2021
Beet Juice: The Newest ‘Performance Enhancing Drug’?

Can beet juice improve athletic performance? One of the latest hypes for endurance athletes isn’t from one of the big sports labs. In fact, it’s not from a lab at all. And even though it looks like the perfect Valentine’s Day cocktail, it actually tastes a little bit like, well, dirt. And it’ll probably make […]

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The Back Exercise Everyone Needs To Add To Their Workout

January 25, 2021
The Back Exercise Everyone Needs To Add To Their Workout

Make this back exercise a staple. You know how important back strength is. A strong upper back is arguably one of the most important physical attributes for any athletic endeavor. You can’t neglect upper-body “posterior chain” exercises and expect to perform your best on the field or in the gym. Without a solid base of […]

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Don’t Have Time For A Full Workout? Try Exercise “Snacks” Instead

December 28, 20201
Don’t Have Time For A Full Workout? Try Exercise “Snacks” Instead

Exercise doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing. If you don’t have the time or space to get a full workout in (or if you’re just not comfortable going back to the gym yet), welcome to the club. Just like almost everything else in 2020, we’re all finding new ways to make our lives and bodies work […]

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#*&%! Studies Show Swearing During Your Workout Boosts Strength & Performance

August 3, 20201
#*&%! Studies Show Swearing During Your Workout Boosts Strength & Performance

Can swearing at the gym make you stronger? Anyone who’s ever really pushed themselves to run farther, lift heavier weights, or spin faster knows that intense exercise can cause even the most reserved gym-goer to unconsciously mutter expletives. And if you don’t typically cuss when you’re working out, you may want to try it: New […]

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Are Sit Ups Causing Your Lower Back Pain? Why the Army, Navy & Marines Are Ditching Sit Ups

June 22, 2020
Are Sit Ups Causing Your Lower Back Pain? Why the Army, Navy & Marines Are Ditching Sit Ups

Are Sit Ups Bad For Your Back? The US Army recently nixed sit ups when they updated their physical readiness tests, and the Navy and Marines are set to do the same this summer. They’re all finally following what fitness researchers (and your chiropractor) have been saying for years: sit ups, V-ups, and the like […]

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Painful Wrists? Do These Wrist Exercises For Better Strength & Flexibility

June 8, 20201
Painful Wrists? Do These Wrist Exercises For Better Strength & Flexibility

Fitness Fix: Help for Weak Wrists! Maybe you’re recovering from an athletic injury, or you’re finding you need to end push-up sets early to shake out your wrists. Or maybe your wrists are screaming from long days spent at your computer or even just holding onto a squirming baby for hours at a time. Whatever […]

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The 6 Best Exercises for Better Mobility

May 25, 20203
The 6 Best Exercises for Better Mobility

Get moving with these moves! At Ascent Chiropractic, we see athletes every day ranging from pro cyclists to kayakers to powerlifters. And while, yes, they’re often here for relief from the back pain & neck pain the rest of us experience, they also come to us to help improve their natural mobility. I’m constantly preaching […]

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Why Do You Get Sore After Workouts? The Science of DOMS

May 11, 2020
Why Do You Get Sore After Workouts? The Science of DOMS

No pain, no gain? We’ve all experienced that day-or-two-after-a-workout agony – the kind where just getting out of your car or wobbling up the stairs makes you feel like you’re 95 years old. It’s called delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and if you’ve been in the gym enough you’re probably not a stranger to it. […]

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Quarantine Home Workouts: Moving Your Workouts From The Gym To The Living Room

March 30, 20201
Quarantine Home Workouts: Moving Your Workouts From The Gym To The Living Room

Gym closed? Here’s how to avoid the #Quarantine15. Let’s be honest, the majority of Americans are going to come out of this quarantine in one of two ways: super fit because they’ve had nothing to do but workout for weeks or in dire need of a diet and serious chiropractic care because they rarely left […]

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Building a Better Butt: Upgrading Your Glute Workouts

February 10, 2020
Building a Better Butt: Upgrading Your Glute Workouts

“Work your glutes!” If you’ve ever been treated for low back, sacroiliac or pelvic problems at Ascent Chiropractic, you’re probably sick of hearing me talk about the importance of glute strength.

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Cardio Before Or After Weightlifting? Here’s What The Science Says

November 11, 20192
Cardio Before Or After Weightlifting? Here’s What The Science Says

Workouts: Should You Lift or Do Cardio First? I get it: we’re all insanely busy and it’s a miracle that we can get to the gym at all. So when we work out, most of us try to get in both strength training and cardio exercise in a single session. But should you do weights […]

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The Best Exercise For Shoulder Health That You Should Be Doing (But Probably Aren’t)

September 23, 201924
The Best Exercise For Shoulder Health That You Should Be Doing (But Probably Aren’t)

Fix your posture, grow your delts & heal your shoulders! What the heck are face pulls? If you’ve ever been treated for a shoulder injury at Ascent Chiropractic there’s a good chance you know all about them. But if you’ve never done them before, face pulls just might be one of the best-kept workout secrets.

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Introducing The Ascent Gym Fundamentals Workout Programs

August 19, 20191
Introducing The Ascent Gym Fundamentals Workout Programs

Gym Fundamentals: Do You Have A Plan? At Ascent Chiropractic, we’re serious about the belief that everyone can — and must — work out. Seriously, I’ll often literally give my patients a prescription for it and help them develop a lifting program specifically for what’s going on in their bodies.

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Deadlifts Causing Low Back Pain? Save Your Spine By Doing This Instead

July 22, 20192
Deadlifts Causing Low Back Pain? Save Your Spine By Doing This Instead

What’s Better For Your Back: Barbell or Hex Bar Deadlifts? The deadlift is one of the gold standard lifts in the gym. It’s pretty simple, really: You load a barbell up with weight, grab it with a shoulder-width grip, plant your feet on the floor and pull until the weights come off the floor.

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Weightlifting: Are Cheat Reps Worth It?

June 3, 2019
Weightlifting: Are Cheat Reps Worth It?

Cheat Your Way to More Muscle? I get this question from my athletes often: When it comes to weightlifting, are ‘cheat’ repetitions worth it? You’re probably not surprised to know my short answer is ‘no.’ The long answer, however, is that not all cheating is created equal.

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How Muscle Memory Works & Why It’s Essential To Understand

May 28, 2019
How Muscle Memory Works & Why It’s Essential To Understand

What Actually Is Muscle Memory? Muscle memory is a fascinating topic that’s essential to understanding what’s going on with your musculoskeletal system. And it’s for more reasons than simply making your muscles look good now that summer’s finally arrived (although I’m plenty aware that that’s important to my patients too).

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The Hard Truth: Working Out Isn’t Optional

May 6, 20193
The Hard Truth: Working Out Isn’t Optional

There’s no excuse for not exercising – your life depends on it! Sure, some of us live for the “workout high” — that intoxicating feeling derived from getting your heart rate up and pushing your body’s limits, while for others exercise is a chore, an item to be checked off their to-do list.

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Going Shoeless: Should You Embrace Barefoot Running?

April 1, 2019
Going Shoeless: Should You Embrace Barefoot Running?

Should you ditch your running shoes? Spring is in the air and everyone is itching to get outside and back in running shape. And with the subculture of barefoot runners and the products catering to them growing daily, I’m frequently asked about my opinion regarding barefoot running.

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Is It Pain Or Just Soreness? How To Tell The Difference

March 18, 2019
Is It Pain Or Just Soreness? How To Tell The Difference

Feeling especially sore after a workout? Whether it’s a nagging sore shoulder or a stiff and painful lower back, there are a couple warning signs to look out for to determine if it’s a normal post-exercise ache or something you should seek medical attention for. Before you test a minor ache and turn it into […]

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Spring 2019 Research Roundup: Exercise’s Effects on Longevity & Blood Pressure; Workout Frequency on Strength & Size Gains; HIIT vs. SIT For Fat Loss

March 11, 2019
Spring 2019 Research Roundup: Exercise’s Effects on Longevity & Blood Pressure; Workout Frequency on Strength & Size Gains; HIIT vs. SIT For Fat Loss

Workout Harder and Smarter! Rounding up the most important health and fitness studies of Q1 2019 that you can put to use right now!

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Get Abs Without Back Pain: How To Strengthen Your Core Without Harming Your Back

January 28, 2019
Get Abs Without Back Pain: How To Strengthen Your Core Without Harming Your Back

The Best Core Strengthening Exercises that Won’t Harm Your Back! THE CORE. We hear about the core and the importance of strengthening the core all the time, and if you’re a patient at Ascent Chiropractic, you’re probably sick of hearing me talk about why you need to be working on your core musculature.

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Weightlifting Reduces Heart Attack & Stroke Risk By 70% – And It Doesn’t Take Much

December 3, 2018
Weightlifting Reduces Heart Attack & Stroke Risk By 70% – And It Doesn’t Take Much

Need some gym motivation for this week? I get it – temperatures are dropping, days are getting shorter and it’s getting tougher and tougher to drag yourself to the gym to lift weights. But there’s good reason to keep with it, and it’s more than for just the muscle-building and bone health benefits that we’re […]

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Fix Your Workout & Save Your Shoulders: Retract Your Shoulder Blades!

November 26, 20184
Fix Your Workout & Save Your Shoulders: Retract Your Shoulder Blades!

Protect Your Shoulders & Back In The Gym! When it comes to proper lifting form, trainers and fitness gurus tend to harp on making sure your lower body lifts are performed properly. A lot of people end up underestimating how technical upper body exercises actually are, and reserve all that technique work for the big […]

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You’re (Probably) Doing Pushups Wrong – Here’s Why

October 29, 20183
You’re (Probably) Doing Pushups Wrong – Here’s Why

Fix your pushup mistakes! Most of us (including me!) learned how to do pushups in grade school. Ever seen a grade schooler try to do a pushup? It’s not pretty, and unfortunately, few people ever get better.

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Seriously, Stop Doing Sit-ups! (Do These Exercises Instead)

August 27, 20183
Seriously, Stop Doing Sit-ups! (Do These Exercises Instead)

Why Are We Still Doing Sit-ups and Crunches? Myths (especially myths concerned with health and fitness) take a long time to die. As a sports chiropractor, over the past ten years I’ve seen many ridiculous fitness trends come and go, and it’s finally time for sit-ups and crunches – mainstays of core and abdominal training […]

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Save Your Back By Switching From Back To Front Squats

June 11, 2018
Save Your Back By Switching From Back To Front Squats

Squats have long been a staple of lifting programs. It’s easy to see why: it’s hands-down the most effective exercise for building strength, speed, and size, and has a remarkable carryover to everything from the vertical jump to Olympic lifts. When you squat you use pretty much every muscle from the waist down. The big […]

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Great Arms Are Built, Not Born: The Best Evidence-Based Biceps/Triceps Workout

April 23, 201817
Great Arms Are Built, Not Born: The Best Evidence-Based Biceps/Triceps Workout

The 8 Best Arm-Sculpting Exercises. We all love doing compound exercises with heavy weights at the gym. But bench presses, squats and deadlifts alone aren’t going to get you sculpted arms because they aren’t sufficiently targeting and isolating the muscles of the triceps, biceps, forearms and shoulders. To maximize arm strength and size gains, we’ll […]

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More Reasons To Get Moving: Poor Fitness Levels Linked To Weaker Brain Fiber & Higher Dementia Risk

March 12, 20181
More Reasons To Get Moving: Poor Fitness Levels Linked To Weaker Brain Fiber & Higher Dementia Risk

Our Brains Were Wired To Move. For millions of years, our ancestors moved – walking, running, climbing – as an integral part of daily life. Today, most of the modern world doesn’t move nearly as much as we were designed to, and new research suggests that it’s one of the major factors contributing to the […]

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The Research-Backed Approach To High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) To Maximize Fat Loss

February 8, 201826
The Research-Backed Approach To High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) To Maximize Fat Loss

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is one of the biggest buzzwords in the fitness industry. The basic idea to do short periods of all-out work followed by short periods of active rest to make the body work harder (and burn more calories) than it might during extended steady-state cardio.

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10 Research-Proven Ways To Stick To Your Workout Routine (For Good!)

June 13, 20178
10 Research-Proven Ways To Stick To Your Workout Routine (For Good!)

Starting A New Exercise Plan: Sound Familiar? You splurge on new workout clothes and equipment, sign up for the most exciting fitness classes, and hit the gym like an addict for two weeks. But it starts with just one missed workout, progresses to a couple absences per week, and then you’ve completely fallen off the […]

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7 Simple Stretches To Maximize Your Golf Swing

May 13, 2017
7 Simple Stretches To Maximize Your Golf Swing

Preparing Your Body For Golfing In any sport getting your warm up right is vital to preventing injury and enjoying your fitness program. A key part of any warm-up routine is dynamic stretching, something a lot of people forget to do before they exercise.

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Ascent Chiropractic

Chiropractor Brookfield, WI
16620 W Bluemound Rd
Brookfield, WI 53005
Phone: 262-345-4166
Fax: 262-753-6908
[email protected]

  • Skip The Cheap Flip-Flops This Summer: They’re Making Your Foot & Back Pain Worse! May 16

    Why do cheap flip-flops hurt your feet (and your back)? After a...

  • 7 Signs (Beyond Back Pain & Neck Pain) That You Need To See A Chiropractor May 9

    Do you need to see a chiropractor? When you throw your back...

  • Lower Back Pain From Squats? How To Squat Without Hurting Your Back May 2

    How to avoid back pain when squatting! As humans, we tend to...

  • Do You Realize How Smart You Are? Apr 25

    Your body appreciates what you do for it! In a world of...

  • How To Fix Runner’s Knee Pain – WITHOUT Surgery! Apr 18

    Knee pain keeping you sidelined? Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), also called runner’s...

  • The Science On Low Back Pain Is Clear: Drugs And Surgery Should Be Your Last Resort Apr 11

    How do you get rid of back pain? Here’s what the science...

  • How To Fix The 5 Worst Effects of Bad Posture Apr 4

    The best DIY tricks to fix bad posture! If you’ve been slouching...

  • How To Use A Foam Roller: The Definitive Guide Mar 28

    This is how we (foam) roll. Foam rolling: These days, it seems...

  • What Actually Happens When A Chiropractor ‘Cracks Your Back’? Mar 14

    What’s that noise? And why does it feel so good? Almost everyone...

  • Can A Chiropractor Help With Acid Reflux (GERD)? Feb 28

    What can a chiropractor do for GERD? If you’ve dealt with uncomfortable...

  • Back Pain Facts: 10 Jaw-Dropping Stats You Didn’t Know Feb 21

    How’s your back? If it’s hurting, you’re not alone. About a quarter...

  • Upgrading Your Ab Workouts: 3 Ab Exercises That Actually Work Feb 7

    The only ab exercises you need for 6-pack abs! If you’re a...

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