Kaden Sloan

PT, DPT, CF-L1. Performance Therapist helping you move better, feel better and perform better.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

Unless you are specifically trying to improve the Clean, in which case there are other variables to consider, widening the deadlift setup provides less opportunity for compromised positioning for the average athlete and transfers into real world function more smoothly.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

What I’ve learned over the years of helping active adults with back pain is that the conventional deadlift setup rarely adds value compared to a more shoulder-width “frog” stance…

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

Slightly widening the stance in the deadlift makes maintaining neutral spine much easier and encourages using the hips more in the pull. I notice most people maintain better positions more frequently as well. The takeaway:

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

If you can squat a good amount of weight with great technique, chances are that you don’t have a “weak glute med”.

Weakness is not directly correlated to pain.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

If you have shoulder pain and aren’t looking at your hips and pelvis, you’re missing a HUGE opportunity for improvement.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

The future you is counting on the present you to keep the promises you made yourself yesterday.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

Pain is a part of the human experience. You can’t out run it or eliminate the potential for it, but you CAN learn what to do when you have it so you don’t live in fear of it.

Knowing what to do, when to do it and HOW to do it will free you from pain.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Excellence comes from sucking.
Then doing it again.
Trying to suck less.
Still sucking.
But doing a little better.
Then trying again.
And you keep trying until there’s nothing that sucks about what you do at all.
Then you’ll be “good.”
And people will ask u how it came easy.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

You get what you tolerate.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

Don’t let a bad decision burn you twice.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

“…while it’s all well and good to knock it out of the park for thirty to sixty minutes a day, if you spend the rest of your waking hours toggling between a chair and sofa, you’re in some ways canceling out all the good your workouts are doing.”

- Built to Move

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

The cost of inaction is always greater than the cost of action. Doing nothing because you keep “thinking about it” will guarantee that you don’t win.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

Having a framework of values to hold your program together will dramatically improve outcomes. Without a solid guiding light, you’re stabbing in the dark.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

The #nfl is so nit picky. Jamarr Chase caught that ball #BillsVsBengals

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

99% of the time, really sore muscles ≠ rhabdo.
But you should still manage intensity based on your level. Check the ego.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

NEAT - Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (calories you burn just moving more) = 15%
EAT - Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (intentional exercise) - 5%
The value of movement outside of exercise cannot be overstated. What good is the gym if you sit all day?

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

The biggest lesson I’ve learned this year so far is to ask more questions.
“I want to be pain free.” - why?
“So I can play with my kids.” - why is that important?
“I don’t want to miss out on anything” - why is that important?
“I don’t want to repeat family trauma”
There we go.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

Older and wiser! Sleep and recovery have priority over more training volume.

[Missy Mitchell-McBeth @missyMmcbeth]

Tell me you’re getting older without telling me.

This morning I chose sleeping in and shoulder rehab over training and going out for breakfast.

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

“Begin with the end in mind“

[Kaden Sloan @doc_ksloan]

If you wanna build muscle, work the muscle.