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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Lunge Form: Train Track Vs Tightrope Analogy
When many people perform lunges (I’ll use the reverse lunge as a example), they make the mistake of lunging back and placing the foot of their back/supporting leg so it is directly…
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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…
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Trap Bar Deadlifts: Knee Dominant Vs Hip Dominant
Trap bar deadlifts are one of my favourite exercises. This exercise is often pretty user friendly, and can be done by people of many fitness levels and backgrounds. Here is an awesome…
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Underrated Glute Bridge Fix
When countless people perform exercises where they are in a supine position, and this includes glute bridge variations, they make this very common compensation which renders the exercises much less effective. …
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5 Deadlift Primers You Might Not Have Tried
This week I’m sharing 5 exercises that can be great deadlift primers. These can be done pre-deadlift as part of the warm-up, or on non-deadlift days. #1) Goblet/Anteriorly Loaded Hip Hinges This…
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5 Lower Body “Filler” Exercises That Will Humble You
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. This…