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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Are Nordic Curls Too Difficult? Try These!
Nordic curls improve the eccentric strength in the hamstrings. This exercise can be extremely beneficial for athletes, and the general population. However, some people might not be ready to perform the exercise.…
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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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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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6 Advanced Stability Ball Exercises For The Core
This week I’m sharing 6 advanced stability ball exercises for the core. These exercises are no joke ;). #1) Supine Tantrum Kicks This exercise strengthens the posterior chain muscles, and improves…
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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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An Innovative Body Saw That Also Strengthens The Hip Flexors??
Body saws are an amazing serratus strengthener, and also improve lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder and scapular controlled mobility. This advanced body saw variation also strengthens the hip flexors. Not only am I…
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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…
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Deceptively Tough Exercise For The Core, Lower Legs, And Feet
This innovative and very deceptively difficult exercise improves lumbo-pelvic stability (VERY anti-rotational in nature), strengthens the muscles in the foot and lower leg, and to some extent, the posterior chain muscles. …
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5 Great Exercises For Stronger Adductors
Many people overlook strengthening the adductors. This can be a huge mistake. This week I am sharing 5 exercises that strengthen the adductors. #1) Towel Adductor Slides This exercise, which strengthens the…
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Get A Stronger Posterior Chain With These 5 Hip Hinging Exercises
Hip hinging exercises strengthen the posterior chain muscles. Here are 5 awesome hip hinging/deadlifting variations that don’t involve starting from the floor. #1) Single Leg Rear Foot Elevated RDL’s Your front…
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Trap Bar Deadlifts Vs RDL’s
Here is a VERY basic comparison of trap bar deadlifts vs RDL’s. Both of these exercises strengthen and develop the posterior chain muscles. Before introducing any barbell or trap bar deadlifting…
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5 Awesome Exercises For Stronger Hip Flexors
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…