A Facebook memory came up yesterday that made me feel a little sentimental, and hungry to present/teach again. Two years ago (time flies), I presented at the Evolve Strength Symposium in…
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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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Torch Your Obliques With This Exercise
This deceptively challenging exercise improves lumbo-pelvic stability, shoulder and scapular controlled mobility, and to some extent, upper body strength. Not rotating will pose a HUGE challenge, and your obliques will likely be…
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Zombie Push-Up Challenge: Do You Have What It Takes?
Zombie push-ups are a very advanced push-up, and happen to be one of my favourites. They are a great serratus strengthener as well. When it comes to push-ups (and really, anything…
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Push-Up Form: Arrow vs T Body Position
When many people perform regular push-ups (and countless other variations), they allow their elbows to flare out so their body and arms end up looking like a ‘’t.’’ This is not efficient,…
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Humble Yourself With This Challenging Bird Dog
This incredibly humbling exercise combines an isometric contralateral bird dog, and landmine single arm row. I’m guessing most people have not tried this bird dog variation before! Coaching Tips: Set…
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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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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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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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Learn Pull-Ups With These 8 Exercises!
Are you struggling to do your first pull-up ever, or improve your current best for reps? You might be struggling to do pull-ups as you probably aren’t doing exercises that are the…
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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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Rep Quality Matters! One Of My Game-Changing Tips
Rather than focusing on doing as many reps as possible at any cost (or lifting as much weight) and totally disregarding the quality of each rep, focus on rep quality, and performing…
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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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Learn How To Do Better Push-Ups With These 5 Exercises
Push-ups are an incredibly effective and empowering bodyweight exercise, but are one that many people of all fitness levels and abilities struggle to excel at. Push-ups are a technically demanding exercise, and…
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Practice Pull-Ups Without A Bar?
Do you want to practice pull-ups but don’t have access to a bar? Or do you already do pull-ups and want an additional exercise to add to your arsenal? If so, look…
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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…
