Nordic curls and glute hamstring raises are two of my go-to exercises for strengthening and building more robust posterior chain muscles. While many gyms do not have a Nordic curl or…
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Upgrade Your Bird Dogs With These Two Advanced Variations
Bird dogs are one of the most fundamental exercises out there. However, I bet most coaches would say bird dogs are an exercise that most people perform VERY incorrectly. This includes people…
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4 Top Exercises For Strengthening The Lower Legs And Feet
Here are 4 top exercises for strengthening the lower legs and feet. This will help with all of your strength training, running, other sports, and even daily activities! #1) Tibialis Anterior Kettlebell…
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Struggling To Get Your First Pistol Squat? Try This!
Do you struggle to keep your extended leg up/foot from striking the floor during pistol squats? Or do your quadriceps cramp? This could mean you need to strengthen your hip flexors! In…
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5 Exercises For A More Durable Rotator Cuff
Here are 5 exercises for a more durable rotator cuff. Some of these exercises are fairly innovative. Many also require next to no equipment. Enjoy! #1) Overhead Barbell Hold + Single Hanging…
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A Plank For Shoulder Stability And The Posterior Core?
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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Awesome Exercise For Improving Hip Mobility And Strength
This awesome exercise strengthens the glutes, and improves hip mobility (internal and external rotation). Coaching Tips: Sit on the floor. Your head, torso, and hips should be in a stacked position. Bring…
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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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Part 1 – Struggling To Do Pistol Squats? Try This Exercise!
Are you struggling to do pistol squats? Kickstand pistol squats will help bridge the gap! Unlike regular pistol squats, you will keep the heel of your non-working leg on a towel/something that…
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Hip Hinging: Form Fix
Hip hinging is a movement you are required to do every day. Many people struggle to perform this movement correctly. The video on the left highlights several mistakes you often…
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Step-Ups: Form Fix
Step-ups are an awesome and very beneficial exercise when performed correctly. Unfortunately, most people make key errors that render the exercise much less effective. I have a solution! Potential Solutions: When you…
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Banded Taps For Glutes: Good Form Vs Bad Form
Band resisted multidirectional taps is an awesome exercise for the glutes. This is an exercise that most people do incorrectly. If you are performing the exercise correctly it will not feel too…
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5 Innovative Exercises For Stronger Quadriceps
This week I’m sharing 5 innovative exercises for strengthening the quadriceps. #1) Landmine Step-Ups + Band Resistance This exercise strengthens the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings, the muscles in the lower leg and…
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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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Stronger Glutes With These 5 Deceptively Tough Exercises
Here are 5 effective and deceptively challenging exercises that will help you strengthen your glutes. #1) Single Leg Isometric Glute Bridge + Single Leg Slides This exercise strengthens the glutes and hamstrings,…
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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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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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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…