“When I left ranger battalion command in 1996 and I went off to spend a year at Harvard, I remember one of my nine commissioner officers said, ‘So what are you gonna do at Harvard?’ I said, ‘I’m gonna study.’ He says, ‘You gonna work out?’ And I said, ‘Yeah! Presumably, I will.’ And he […]
Physical Training
Freedom from Back Pain Part 2: Stretch and Phone
This is a continuation of my first post on back pain. If you haven’t read it yet, you can find it here. Stretches: Reversing the Damage Typically, lower back pain from sitting leads to tight hamstrings, quads, hip flexors, glutes, and piriformis. In plain English, you need to stretch the muscles around your thighs, your […]
Freedom from Back Pain Part 1: Stronger Abs
Several months after I started work at a large Accounting firm, I woke up to a lower back that was stiffer than my morning wood. Gents, don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about. Damn it, I thought. Not me, too. In this kind of pain, how am I supposed to lift […]