Tundra Performance & Physical Therapy

03/03/2026

We’re partnering with for a Cycling Strength & Performance Workshop hosted at — and we’re excited!

📍 Full Frame Beer & Coffee
📅 Saturday, March 14
🕐 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Whether you’re a seasoned rider or just getting started, come learn how to train smarter and ride stronger. All are welcome and can’t wait to see you there!

02/04/2026

Here’s why I prefer RPE over RIR or percentages for my patients in my programming and rehab:

1️⃣ Autoregulation
Sleep, stress, work.... it all affects how we perform when lifting. By creating a decision mkaing model based off of RPE, we can account for all of it, making the best choice for OURSELVES that day.

2️⃣ Adaptable
Can be used in the context of pain, intensity, apprehension, you name it. We can use it just as much in our heavy compound lifts as we could in sled pushes without ever knowing someones max.

3️⃣ Accountability
RPE allows us to be intetnional and accountable to a given objective. Did we achieve the desired training effect? Strength development, hypertrophy, or maybe speed or confidence.

While RPE isn’t the end all be all when it comes to programming. I certainly use RIR and Percentages when called for. But the bread and butter remains RPE and its application throughout our decision making at Tundra.

01/22/2026

What’s the Plan? and Why it Matters?

Because every assessment should lead back to what YOU care about most.

What are your goals? What are your expectations? and What do we need to put together for you to get there?

If we can clearly answer these questions, we can create a clear pathway that is repeatable, sustainable, successful. Back to being you.

01/14/2026

We started working with .matte in the lead up to the 24/25 ski season following a tear of his ACL. This came after 5 other prior knee surgeries including 2 ACL reconstructions mixed in.

After dialing in both the needed intensity of his programming, along with focused and directed decision making on exercise selection to get him back skiing at a high level, here we are today, skiing hard and fast.

One of the most common questions I get asked all the time, “do I have to do PT the rest of my life?” The direct answer is no. Rather I do reframe that we all have items that would benefit ourselves both as individuals and our injury history.

With the right programming, we can not only strength train at a high level but also account for everything that needs to be considered. The line between what is physical therapy and what is training becomes an integrated entity.

Instead of worrying about his ACL the conversation has now become how to continue to get stronger and get as many days on the mountain as he can!

01/08/2026

Happy New Year to everyone! Jess and I took the low key route and welcomed the new year at a friend's house. Jess took the following day to go skiing in Keystone where signs remain quite bleak for the season. I myself made my way to the gym, taking advantage of the day off to settle in and enjoy the day lifting.

I wanted to start the new year off exploring an exercise that has been at the forefront of my programming for many of my recent patients when it comes to their neck pain. For the majority of individuals with neck pain, the bulk of what you will find is stretch this, stretch that, and give it enough time and your symptoms will settle down. Now I wouldn’t necessarily label this as an incorrect approach, rather an incomplete perspective.

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I wanted to start the new year off exploring an exercise that has been at the forefront of my programming for many of my recent patients when it comes to their neck pain. For the majority of individuals with neck pain, the bulk of what you will find is stretch this, stretch that, and give it enough

01/07/2026

Rehab for weightlifters isn’t about avoiding weight, it’s about training your way back.

It means understanding the demands what the athlete is trying to get back to. Restoring capacity. Progressively reintroducing load and needs with intention.

If we properly treat rehab like training the transition from injured to intensity goes completely unnoticed.

Thankful for people like Nate trusting us with his physical therapy in getting him back to lifting pain free.

01/02/2026

What’s Coming in 2026?

We had an amazing year in 2025 and had the privelage to work alongside people training for trail races, get back into lifting comps, bigger climbing and ski days. We love the collaboration and partnerships with our patients, and community that has come with it. But we’re looking for bigger in 2026!

Here’s what’s coming:
✨ New team members
✨ New squat rack and weights
✨ New testing equipment
✨ New merch drop
✨ New partnerships and relationships

Stay tuned for more from us and stay up to date, where are theme of the year is Big Mountains and Big Lifts!

12/30/2025

Total knee replacements in someone’s 40s aren’t uncommon but they aren’t the traditional route either. For it’s a stepping stone to new opportunities and new beginnings.

After working hard on regaining her knee movement in the initial recovery we’ve started the transition into more intensity for strengthening opportunities. From there we will look to complete her range for any yoga related positions along with all of her other interests.

Grateful for and pointing her in our direction and their help in her care. Appreciate our friends with all of our cases.

12/24/2025

Happy Holidays from Tundra Performance and Physical Therapy!

Wishing everyone a season filled big mountains and big lifts.

12/17/2025

Bone Stress Injury in a Trail Runner

Maria came to us in the midst of training for her first ultra trail race this past season with thigh pain. After her examination and some follow up imaging we found an associated bone stress injury in her femur. We consulted with a doc and together formulated a plan to get her back to the trails.

Here’s a sample session with Maria looking to (a) regain strength in the injured lower extremity and (b) reintroduction of some initial plyos and deceleration for her. The ultimate goal for her isn’t just pain free, it’s returning prepared, resilient, and ready for the miles ahead!

12/16/2025

This past week I was listening to The Runners Zone podcast with and where they were discussing standard strength recommendations and its applicability and relatability to the running population. I loved the critical conversation of not only the material but applied the strength expectations in a population not traditionally associated with strength training.

It got me thinking…. how applicable was this information to other populations? For example, as we head into ski and snowboard season, what would my strength standards be for one of my patients hitting the mountain? I decided, I’m going to take a stab at it. After much thought and consideration the following is my personal strength standards for the skier and snowboarder.

You can appreciate, first, one does not have to currently be at these levels to actually participate in skiing and snowboarding. Second, it does not preclude you from being successful at these activities. However, the goal of these recommendations is to set an expectation and standard for what hypothetically would assist in improved performance as well injury mitigation in regards to the stresses and strains of the sport.

What if you aren’t even close to these numbers? We all begin somewhere. We all have our starting point in the conversation to strength training. We all explored new movements, new challenges, and new obstacles at one time. With time, learning, and consistency, big things start to compound and achievability of these recommendations won’t seem too far away.