When many people perform pistol squats, one obstacle they encounter is they struggle to keep their extended leg from striking the floor or from cramping when they reach the bottom position of…
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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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Troubleshooting 5 Key Reasons Why You Are Struggling With Pistol Squats
Here are five common issues people experience when they are learning pistol squats. Unfortunately, as many people are not following a fundamentally sound program, and are not getting helpful coaching tips, they…
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Squat Challenge For Strong Feet And Calves, And Better Mobility
Here is an awesome (and very difficult) exercise for strengthening the lower legs and feet, and improving ankle and knee mobility. I’m performing calf raises while remaining in the bottom position of…
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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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Serratus Slides Form Fix. Troubleshooting This Awesome Exercise
Serratus slides are an awesome exercise for strengthening the serratus anterior muscle. The serratus anterior is overlooked by many, and is hugely influential in terms of shoulder health and function. The serratus…
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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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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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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 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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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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5 Of My Go-To Exercises For Bulletproof Shoulders
Here are 5 of my go-to exercises for bulletproof shoulders. If you are an athlete, or anybody really, these exercises will be very beneficial. #1) Prone I-T ‘s This exercise improves shoulder…
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Stronger Serratus, Core, And Better Overhead Mobility With This Exercise
This exercise provides a BIG bang for your buck as it strengthens the serratus, improves lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder/scapular controlled mobility. Unlike during regular roller serratus slides, there is a ball roll-out…
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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…
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Lateral Straight Leg Hip Flexor Lifts
This exercise is SO difficult. It strengthens the hip flexors, and improves hip mobility. I got this idea on Instagram from @jan_functionalbodyunit . This was my first time trying this so my…
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Light Up Your Hamstrings With Half Kneeling Hamstring Lifts/Pulses
This exercise, which is SO much tougher than it looks, absolutely lights up the hamstrings, and improves hamstring/knee mobility. This exercise also improves balance (but you can modify by lightly holding onto…



















