This deceptively challenging plank variation improves shoulder and scapular stability, and strengthens the posterior core muscles. Coaching Tips: Place each elbow on a bench or other stable surface, and point your forearms…
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Awesome Exercise For Pistol Squats, Ankle Mobility, And Core
This exercise strengthens the muscles in the foot and lower leg, glutes, quadriceps, and hamstrings, and improves lumbo-pelvic stability. If being in a pistol squat doesn’t feel comfortable, you can do these…
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Are You Making This Common Plank Mistake?
When countless people perform plank variations (or really, many exercises that are done in a prone position), they mindlessly hang out on their shoulders. This might not make your shoulders overly happy,…
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Sloppy Renegade Row Form? Try Out This Trick!
If you are performing Renegade Rows correctly, your weight should remain equally distributed on both feet and your body should not move at all. VERY few people perform Renegade Rows correctly…
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5 VERY Humbling Exercises That Use A Foam Roller
This week I am sharing 5 VERY humbling exercises that use little more than a foam roller (several also use a band). While these exercises require minimal equipment, they are challenging and…
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Wall Mountain Climbers: Advanced Core Exercise
Here is a tough core exercise I saw another coach share a while back. This exercise is also great for shoulder and scapular stability, strengthening the hip flexors, and full body coordination.…
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Dead Bugs: Good Form Vs Bad Form
Dead bugs are one of my go-to exercises for improving lumbo-pelvic stability (think ‘’core.’’). This is an exercise you see being performed incorrectly ALL the time. GOOD FORM 😇 …
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5 Advanced Exercises To Light Up Your Core
This week I’m sharing 5 advanced core exercises you can try. Make sure you are proficient at the fundamentals before you try these exercises. #1) Single Arm TRX Fall-Outs This exercise strengthens…
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Do A Better Plank, Not A Longer Plank!
“What if instead of doing a longer plank, you did a better plank?” This is a quote from coach Elsbeth Vaino. I couldn’t agree with her words more! If you are performing…
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Light Up Your Hip Flexors And Core With This Innovative Hollow Body.
This exercise, which combines a hollow body and band resisted hip flexor ‘’cycles,’’ strengthens the hip flexors, and improves lumbo-pelvic stability. This exercise is very deceptively challenging! I saw another coach…
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One Of My Favorite Coaching Cues You Likely Haven’t Tried
When a lot of people are performing exercises, they have a tendency of arching their back, and flaring their ribcage. As a coach, this is one of the most common breakdowns in…
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Conquer Pistol Squats With These 5 Exercises
A lot of people have the goal of being able to do pistol squats, but don’t know how to achieve this feat. Here are 5 exercises that will help you conquer pistol…
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Innovative Exercise For The Glutes, Grip, And Shoulders
This bang for your buck exercise strengthens the glutes, the muscles in the foot and lower leg, improves shoulder and scapular stability, grip strength, and lumbo-pelvic stability. As you can tell,…
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Innovative Ab Roll-Out + Serratus Strengthener You Need To Try!
This unique exercise provides a big bang for your buck as it strengthens the serratus, improves lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder and scapular controlled mobility. Unlike during regular roller serratus slides, there is…
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5 Challenging “Filler” Exercises You Need To Try!
My time is valuable, so I like to maximize every minute I spend training. A lot of the time, instead of remaining totally idle between sets I will incorporate “filler” exercises. As…
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One Of The Most Deceptively Challenging Dead Bug Variations
Dead bugs are one of my favourite exercises for improving lumbo-pelvic stability. If you are unfamiliar with this term, think core stability. Here is one of the most deceptively challenging dead bug…
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Torch Your Obliques With This Exercise
This deceptively challenging exercise improves lumbo-pelvic stability, shoulder and scapular controlled mobility, and to some extent, upper body strength. Not rotating will pose a HUGE challenge, and your obliques will likely be…
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Humble Yourself With This Challenging Bird Dog
This incredibly humbling exercise combines an isometric contralateral bird dog, and landmine single arm row. I’m guessing most people have not tried this bird dog variation before! Coaching Tips: Set…
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Get Strong To Run: Runners, Check Out These 10 Exercises!
To be very clear, if you want to get better at running, you NEED to run. However… While running definitely offers many benefits, running is not a suitable substitute for strength…
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5 Hip Flexor Strengthening Exercises For Runners/Athletes
Are your hip flexors ‘’tight?’’ Or do they feel this way as they actually need to get stronger? I have ‘’tight’’ in quotations because there are different reasons why your hip flexors…