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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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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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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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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…
