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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Dragon Flag: Learn This Advanced Core Exercise
Dragon flags, which are one of my favourite advanced core exercises, improve lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder/scapular stability. I am sharing both the regular variation, and a modified variation (shown second). Coaching…
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Bear Crawl Wall Climbs: Core Strengthener + Better Shoulder Stability
This unique bear crawl variation improves lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder/scapular stability. I’ve posted the plank variation before, but the bear crawl feels even more challenging! Coaching Tips: Get into a bear…
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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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Strengthen Your Posterior Chain With These 3 Landmine Exercises
Do you want to strengthen your hamstrings and glutes but don’t know where to start? Have you been performing countless reps of isolation exercises and aren’t experiencing results? Or perhaps you are bored…
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Focus On Progress, Not Perfection. A Few Of My Training Bloopers.
Sometimes I am tough on myself and think I should be better (or good at something right away), but then I take a step back and remember just how far I’ve come.…
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Awesome Primer For Deadlifts You Can Do
This exercise improves lumbo-pelvic stability, and is a great primer for hip hinging exercises. The weight placement really challenges the core muscles, and reinforces the 360 degree brace. Coaching Tips: …
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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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Not Every Workout Will Be Your Best. This IS Normal.
Not every workout will be your best. This is TOTALLY normal. I didn’t sleep well and my body is still tired from the high volume of muscle-ups I did on Sunday. So…
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Improve Your Shoulder Durability With This Exercise
This exercise strengthens the traps (most notably, the lower traps), and improves shoulder and scapular controlled mobility. If you want healthy and durable shoulders, add this to your training. …
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Hollow Body For Stronger Core And Lats
This exercise improves lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder and scapular controlled mobility. While the band resistance isn’t too significant, this exercise strengthens the lats, particularly if you are really mindful of contracting them…
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Form Check: Bird Dogs
Bird dogs, which are one of Stu McGill’s ‘’big three’’ exercises, are extremely beneficial. This exercise helps improve lumbo-pelvic stability, and shoulder and scapular stability.Unfortunately, this is an exercise you see being…
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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 Innovative Exercises For Improving Your Push-Ups
To celebrate the one year anniversary of when I released The Ultimate Push-Up Program (it’s actually a little over a year), here are 5 innovative exercises for improving your push-ups. These exercises can…
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5 Advanced Push-Up Variations You Can Try
To celebrate the one year anniversary of when I released The Ultimate Push-Up Program (it’s actually a little over a year), here are 5 of my favorite advanced push-up variations. #1)…
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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…
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Squatting Vs Hinging: Key Differences
Many people do not know the difference between squatting and hinging. Both are key fundamental movements you are required to do every single day, both in the gym, and in daily tasks.…
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Build A Stronger Grip With These 5 Innovative Exercises!
Do you want to build a stronger grip? Here are 5 innovative exercises that will help improve your grip. Improving your grip will have a huge positive carryover to your training in many…
