Dr. Matt Shiver, PT

Physical Therapist, CSCS

Born and Raised in Charleston, SC. Matt attended Bishop England High School where we played football and discovered his passion for performance based physical therapy. Matt had a devastating ACL injury that required reconstruction and physical therapy. During that time, he started to realize that when he did deadlifts and squats his recovery was improving. The 3 sets of 20 leg press he was doing in traditional rehab was just not cutting it. He began researching training methodologies and quickly came across CrossFit. He started to implement this training into his rehabilitation and noticed tremendous improvement.

Matt attended Appalachian State University where he studied Exercise Science and Nutrition. While he was at Appalachian he discovered the sport of weightlifting. By his senior year he had directed two local weightlifting meets and founded the Mountaineer Weightlifting Club.

After graduating from Appalachian State Matt moved back...

Kathryn Adel is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) and is the owner of FitWave Nutrition.

She has completed degrees in both Kinesiology and Nutrition, as well as a Master’s degree in Sports Nutrition from Laval University in Canada.

Kathryn works extensively with athletes of all levels, helping them achieve optimal performance through personalized approaches. Kathryn is also trained to help endurance athletes who suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms during exercise.

She has partnered with Brad Johnson and the team at AXES Performance Coaching to support their athletes in the pursuit of their goals.  

Made 2 Move is happy to support both AXES Performance Coaching and Kathryn.

Kathryn is experienced with the Low FODMAP Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and is certified by Monash University in Australia. Her extensive training and experience in Sports Nutrition along with her personal experience as an...

Recreational lifters often use external support/equipment for multiple purposes. Some use it for injuries, some use it for performance benefits, and others use it because they were taught they need to wear them at all times.

This article will go over how and when to use the equipment to maximize your health and performance.

Injuries

When you walk into a gym, you can get a pretty good idea of who is dealing with an injury/pain based on the equipment they are wearing.

Are you wearing knee sleeves with light activity? Hmm..

Are you wearing wrist wraps for every upper body exercise? Hmm..

Are you wearing a belt with squats and deadlifts under 85%? Hmm..

The same goes for ankle braces, elbow support, etc. 

Let's set this straight... We should NOT be relying on this equipment to exercise!! Our body is meant to be strong and stable without the use of external support! PERIOD.

With all that being said, wearing external support can provide healthy...

There are three main concepts we’re looking at in regards to nutrition:

1. Weight gain/weight loss
2. Body composition
3. Overall health/vitamins/minerals

Weight gain and weight loss are 100% determined by the amount of calories you take in versus the amount of calories you expend. 2000 calories of table sugar will cause the same change in weight as 2000 calories of broccoli or beef. This is basic physics, and is indisputable. However, calories out is not a set amount - multiple factors including exercise, daily activity, hormonal changes, and even the actual food you eat influences the amount of calories you burn every day. 

The calories in versus calories out concept makes weight changes simple, but not necessarily easy. The first step is determining the average amount of calories you burn in a day. There are online calculators that will estimate your Total Daily Energy Expenditure, or TDEE based on body weight and activity level. These are estimates only...

Author: Dr. Meg Henderson, PT

What is Low Pressure Fitness?

If I took a survey of which exercises would best strengthen the core, I would probably get very similar answers. The top three I can think of off the top of my head are: crunches, planks, and hollow holds.

What if I told you NONE of these exercises actually help to improve the function of your core? The definition of the word core is “the most central, innermost, or essential part of something”. So why are we strengthening our “core” with exercises that target more superficial muscles?

As you can see in the picture above, your core is actually a complex system made up of 4 muscle groups: the pelvic floor, transverse abdominis, multifidi, and diaphragm. This system is responsible for posture, circulation, respiration, maintaining continence (so that we don’t leak!), support for our internal organs (prevention of pelvic organ prolapse or hernia), sexual function,...

I was born in the mountains of Colorado and grew up roaming the wilderness and attempting to play a number of sports. I made my way through several years of baseball, soccer, and karate early on, but a love for superheroes gave me the overwhelming lifelong desire to be strong. I would faithfully wear my Superman pajamas every night through grade school in the hopes, that if I didn’t miss a night, I would wake up one morning with superhuman strength. 

I started lifting weights when I was 14 years old and was enrolled in the weight training elective at my high school. I spent a solid 4 years doing only bench press and curls because chest and biceps were the most important muscles, although I did have one amazing deadlift experience my junior year. I ran cross country and was a sprinter in track all 4 years of high school. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life other than somehow make a positive difference in the world, but when 9/11 happened during my sophomore year,...