Ashley Grossmann
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Ashley Grossmann
@ashgmann
Biomechanics coach & mentor helping ambitious functional fitness professionals fix their clients and patients with movement mechanics
Bali, Indonesia Katılım Aralık 2020
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Exercise of The Week | Step Up/Down Rotating Away
👉 Builds internal rotation where you usually avoid it
👉 Integrates pronation and controlled knee valgus for stronger, safer squats
👉 Lights up your glutes and VMOs in ways straight step-ups can’t
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@Wise terrible customer service. Tried to make a simple transfer from one of my personal accounts to another. Money hasn’t arrived 8 days later. Spent several hours talking to agents and no one can explain why it hasn’t turned up. Agents tell me I have submitted everything I need to on my side and that the escalation will get back to me in 2/3 days - what a joke.
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Exercise of The Week | Medial Hip Stability
This drill does two things at once:
👉 Exposes hidden imbalances in the adductors and medial hip stabilisers
👉 Doubles as a brutally effective exercise to build strength where you’re weakest
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Most injury rehab stops at 75%.
The last 25% is the difference between “ok in daily life” and “confident under full sport conditions.”
A framework I use to close the gap (P-A-C-E):
Principles: respect the body as a system, not isolated parts.
Assessment: look for hidden dysfunctions like stiff ankles, poor big toe contact, or weak stabilisers.
Correction: prescribe drills that directly address those weak links.
Embed & Evolve: ingrain the new patterns under fatigue and competition.
David Shorunke applied this frameworks and returned to the CrossFit Games after 16 years of knee pain.
🎙️ Full story on The Training Stimulus Podcast.
open.spotify.com/episode/7pfK4G…
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Pain-free isn’t the finish line.
It’s the starting point.
#injuryrehab #movementmechanics
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3 common movement mechanics issues I see in CrossFit athletes.
1. The Big Toe Connection
Many CrossFitters lose contact with their big toe during squats and Olympic lifts, often due to the old and outdated “knees out” cue. This shifts stability to the outside of the foot instead of the tripod (heel, pinky toe, big toe).
The result? Poor single-leg balance, weaker quad and glute recruitment, and extra strain on the knees and lower back. Over time, it limits mobility and robs you of strength gains.
2. Frontal Plane Hip Mechanics
CrossFit covers a lot of up-down and forward-back movements, but rarely side-to-side. Without training the frontal plane, the adductors and glute med stop working together properly.
This shows up in squats with knee wobbles and the lower back ends up overcompensating for missing hip stability. The end result is more pain, less power, and stalled progress.
3. Shoulder + Spine Side Bending
Most CrossFitters have almost no side bend in their thoracic spine and limited shoulder adduction overhead.
The shoulders need to work harder in overhead positions. Instead of a solid lockouts we get active holds, and the shoulders will burn out quickly.
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These 3 missing movement patterns are small hinges that swing big doors.
Once addressed you’ll notice fewer injuries, better mechanics, and surprising jumps in performance.
This is all covered in the latest episode of the Training Stimulus Podcast, where I deep dive into each of these movement issues.
Check it out now and let me know what you think!
open.spotify.com/episode/1hPamK…
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It's all training.
Everything we do is conditioning our bodies.
How you spend your time, the positions, the postures, the movements, our body is always adapting towards them.
It's an incredible adaptation machine. In positive and negative directions.
Be conscious of the stimulus you're inputting.
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