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Personal Training in Austin: What to Look For Before You Book Brian Murray
Personal Training

Personal Training in Austin: What to Look For Before You Book

Personal training in Austin covers a wide range of approaches, and the differences are not always obvious from the outside. Here is what actually separates good coaching from generic training, and what to look for before you book.
May 16, 2026
Can You Build Strength and Mobility at the Same Time? Brian Murray
Strength Training

Can You Build Strength and Mobility at the Same Time?

Strength and mobility get filed in different drawers and they shouldn't be. They're addressing two halves of the same problem and each one makes the other more effective when trained together.
May 9, 2026
How Long Does It Take to Improve Mobility? Brian Murray
Mobility

How Long Does It Take to Improve Mobility?

Mobility has a timeline. Most people don't know what it is, expect results too fast, and quit before the work starts working. Here's what actually changes and when.
May 9, 2026
What to Do After You're Discharged from Physical Therapy Brian Murray
Injury Rehab

What to Do After You're Discharged from Physical Therapy

Discharge from physical therapy is the start of recovery, not the end. Here's what training in the post-PT window actually looks like and why it matters.
May 6, 2026
Why Pain Comes Back After Treatment Brian Murray
Pain Management

Why Pain Comes Back After Treatment

Pain that fades with treatment and returns months later is a pattern, not a fluke. Here's the structural reason it happens and what actually changes the cycle.
May 6, 2026
Why Functional Range Conditioning Changed How I Coach Brian Murray
Functional Range Conditioning

Why Functional Range Conditioning Changed How I Coach

An honest take on what Functional Range Conditioning actually does, where most mobility advice falls short, and why the framework matters more than the exercises.
May 4, 2026
Looking Toward 2027: Why I'm Going to Massage School Brian Murray
Motive Training

Looking Toward 2027: Why I'm Going to Massage School

A note from Brian on what's ahead for Motive Training in 2027, why I'm enrolling in massage school, and how Functional Release and manual therapy fit into the way we already coach movement.
May 2, 2026
Flexible But Still Stiff: Why Stretching Isn't Solving Your Tightness Brian Murray
Mobility

Flexible But Still Stiff: Why Stretching Isn't Solving Your Tightness

If you stretch consistently and still feel stiff, the problem is not your flexibility. It is the gap between range you have and range you can actually use. Here is what that gap is, why stretching does not close it, and what to do instead.
May 1, 2026
Mobility for Pickleball Players: Training the Demands the Sport Actually Makes Brian Murray
Austin, TX

Mobility for Pickleball Players: Training the Demands the Sport Actually Makes

Pickleball injuries are mostly mobility problems wearing different costumes. Here is what the sport actually demands from your hips, ankles, and shoulders, why most adults are not ready for those demands, and what to do about it before something tweaks.
April 29, 2026
What CrossFit Leaves Out: The Mobility Gap Most Athletes Don't See Brian Murray
Functional Range Conditioning

What CrossFit Leaves Out: The Mobility Gap Most Athletes Don't See

CrossFit builds real fitness. What it doesn't reliably build is ownership of the ranges it loads. Here is what that gap looks like and what FRC adds.
April 27, 2026
Why Your Morning Routine Should Start with CARs Brian Murray
Functional Range Conditioning

Why Your Morning Routine Should Start with CARs

A morning CARs routine is not just a warm-up. It is a daily assessment of your joints, a maintenance practice, and the most useful ten minutes you will spend on your body before training even starts.
April 27, 2026
Why Most Personal Training Stops Working Brian Murray
Personal Training

Why Most Personal Training Stops Working

Most personal training produces effort without progress. Here is what changes when the program is built around what an assessment actually finds, rather than templated around what the trainer happens to know how to program.
April 26, 2026

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