Wearing barefoot style sandals is great for your foot health. But one time you shouldn't wear barefoot sandals is when you're walking around nails and other construction materials. Make sure you're careful with your minimalist sandals so you don't end up with a nail in your foot!

Learn how to fix a rotated pelvis in this video. You'll discover four exercises to fix pelvic rotation. One exercise for pelvic rotation will help you stretch your sides. The other stretches for pelvic rotation will help you unwind tight muscles that keep your pelvis rotated.

Learn the truth about the physically feeble fallacy. Discover why doctors advice about joint pain is so often wrong. Learn why trainers and physical therapists have totally screwed up understandings of human movement. And learn how to protect yourself from the lies and myths that pervade the medical world.

You can get shoulder pain relief by doing some simple exercises to fix the muscle imbalances around your shoulder. If you get shoulder pain from endurance and stamina training, make sure your form is good, that your shoulder is stable, and that you are doing enough shoulder exercises to maintain good shoulder position during your running, walking, etc.

To do push-ups with proper form, make sure your abs, glutes, and thighs are engaged. Get your head lined up with your spine and look at a spot on the floor somewhere between your hands. Keep your forearms as vertical as you can throughout the pushup, and make sure you stay within a controllable, pain-free range of motion. If you have wrist mobility issues, make sure you improve your mobility so you can do a full push-up safely! As you get more advanced at push-ups, you can work on asymmetrical push-ups, push-ups with rotations, and any other variation you can think of!

If you use static stretching to improve your flexibility, you may have gotten frustrated when you tighten back up. No matter how many times you stretch, you feel like you get tight and stiff again. The key to improving your range of motion is to build strength at every length. You don't want to just relax into every stretch. In this video you'll learn why "relaxing" into a stretch alone often isn't enough. You'll also learn strategies to get more flexible that will turbocharge your flexibility training.

Finding barefoot shoes for kids is tough. They can be expensive, and if you're a new parent, you don't really know what you're looking for. The key is to find a blend of value and durability since your kids' feet are going to keep growing. I've found that having a good mix of shoes for my toddler maximizes the performance and life span of minimalist shoes. It also means I don't have to spend as much money on barefoot style kids shoes.

In a previous video on weak neck muscles, Matt discussed a simple endurance test. In this video, he shows you an added step - the chin tuck - to make sure you get the most out of your weak neck muscle test!

Everyone can do the Asian Squat (it's not just for Asians!). Many people can get into the Asian squat but find it difficult to maintain the deep squat position. If you get hip pain, knee pain, or foot and ankle pain in the Asian squat, you need to build strength in the hip, knee, and ankle muscles. Doing deep squats requires flexibility (muscle elongation) as well as muscle STRENGTH and COORDINATION (ability to produce the right amount of force in the right position). If you have the flexibility to get deep into your Asian squat (AKA slav squat, hindu squat, primal squat, kimchi squat), then these strength exercises for the Asian squat will help you!

Having weak neck muscles leads to poor posture. Weak anterior neck muscles is a big part of forward head posture. If you want to fix forward posture, having stronger neck muscles helps. If you want to do ab exercises, you need stronger neck muscles! This video will show you how to strengthen your neck muscles safely!