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Psoas Muscle Pain: Why Your Hips Keep Tightening Up After You Stretch Them Brian Murray
Joint Pain

Psoas Muscle Pain: Why Your Hips Keep Tightening Up After You Stretch Them

Psoas muscle pain isn't always a flexibility problem. Here's what's actually driving it and what to do instead of another hip flexor stretch.
June 16, 2026
Personal Trainer for Women in Austin Brian Murray
Personal Training

Personal Trainer for Women in Austin

What women actually need from personal training in Austin, and why assessment-based, mobility-integrated coaching produces results that generic programs don't.
June 9, 2026
Strength Training for Runners in Austin Brian Murray
Strength Training

Strength Training for Runners in Austin

Most Austin runners train for miles, not for the body doing the running. Here's what strength training actually looks like when it's built around how runners move.
June 8, 2026
IT Band Pain in Runners: Why It Keeps Coming Back Brian Murray
Injury Rehab

IT Band Pain in Runners: Why It Keeps Coming Back

IT band pain is one of the most common running injuries, and one of the most mismanaged. The foam rolling and stretching approach treats the symptom. Here's what's actually happening and what changes it.
June 7, 2026
What Your Knee Actually Needs: Tibial Rotation and Why It Gets Ignored Brian Murray
Kinstretch

What Your Knee Actually Needs: Tibial Rotation and Why It Gets Ignored

Most knee training ignores tibial rotation entirely. This KINSTRETCH Online class builds the rotational control your knee needs, starting with CARs and working into end-range loading.
June 4, 2026
Mobility Training for Runners: Why Flexibility Isn't the Problem Brian Murray
Mobility

Mobility Training for Runners: Why Flexibility Isn't the Problem

Most runners don't have a flexibility problem. They have a control problem. Here's what mobility training actually addresses for runners, and why the standard stretching advice misses the point.
June 3, 2026
The isometric movement path: what it is and why it matters in KINSTRETCH Brian Murray
Kinstretch

The isometric movement path: what it is and why it matters in KINSTRETCH

The isometric movement path is a flow-based KINSTRETCH skill that builds strength and control through the range between positions, not just at them. Here's what it is, how it works, and what it actually trains.
June 2, 2026
Why Your Posture Problem Is Probably a T-Spine Problem Brian Murray
Kinstretch

Why Your Posture Problem Is Probably a T-Spine Problem

Your upper back was built to round. The problem is when it gets stuck there and the low back, shoulders, and neck pick up the slack. Here is why thoracic extension matters for posture, what specifically gets restricted, and how to tell if it is your issue.
May 29, 2026
What It Means When Your CARs Click, Pinch, or Burn Brian Murray
Functional Range Conditioning

What It Means When Your CARs Click, Pinch, or Burn

Your CARs clicked, pinched, or burned at end range. Here is how to read what your joints are telling you during controlled articular rotations, and when the signal is worth acting on.
May 27, 2026
How to Program PAILs and RAILs So the Range Actually Sticks Brian Murray
Functional Range Conditioning

How to Program PAILs and RAILs So the Range Actually Sticks

How to program PAILs and RAILs across a training week. Rounds, frequency, intensity, and when end-range isometrics should come before loaded movement.
May 26, 2026
FRC vs Foam Rolling: What Each One Actually Changes Brian Murray
Functional Range Conditioning

FRC vs Foam Rolling: What Each One Actually Changes

Foam rolling and FRC get lumped together as mobility work. They do different jobs. Here is what each one actually changes, how long it lasts, and where each one belongs.
May 24, 2026
How Often Should You Actually Train Mobility Brian Murray
Mobility

How Often Should You Actually Train Mobility

How often you should train mobility depends on what kind of mobility work it is. Daily maintenance, weekly capacity building, and end-range strength each run on different schedules. Here is how to think about frequency.
May 23, 2026

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