4 BETTER MOVEMENTS FOR YOUR SHOULDER HEALTH
Mobility work doesn’t have to be rehab work. It can be proactive on keeping your shoulders healthy.
Check out these movements for better shoulders.
Category: exercise
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CORE BETTER: PART 4 ANTI-LATERAL FLEXION
Welcome back to the discussion of your core and how to train them. This is the final installment of the core series, and if you are new and have not read the previous articles, you can check them out here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. This article will talk about anti-lateral flexion, what it is, what exercises you can do, and how you can progress. So what is…
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CORE BETTER: PART 3 ANTI-ROTATION
Welcome back to Part 3 on how you can train your core better. With today’s article, I will talk about how you can get started with anti-rotation core exercises. The last two articles were about anti-extension, in the supine and prone position. If you have not read those yet, go and read them here: go and read them here: PART 1 & PART 2 If you are all caught…
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CORE BETTER: PART 2
Here I am continuing with the discussion of your core workouts. If you have not read it yet, go and read part 1 on how to train your core better. In the last article, I go into what the core is and how to train it in different planes of motion. I go into detail for how you can start and progress with your anti-extension core exercises. Today I will…
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR CORE BETTER: PART 1
How do you train your core? Are you only focused on your abs that you can see? If you train your core and only focus on the abs, you are missing an opportunity to build stability with your torso. The lack of stability in your core will be your limiting factor for strength training, athletic performance, and overall moving and feeling better. So what is your core? The core is…
HOW TO GET YOUR FIRST CHIN UP: YOUR 6 STEP GUIDE TO A CHIN UP
Chin ups are hard. It’s a simple movement, but you are literally working against gravity to pull yourself up. Some people are able to perform chin ups easier than others. The hard truth is, if you want to achieve your first chin up, you might have to look at losing some body fat. Makes sense, right? The lighter you are, the easier it is to pull your body against gravity. …
HOW TO DO A SPLIT SQUAT WITH PROGRESSIONS
Everyday we are in a split stance at some point. For most people it’s just walking around, or they go for a run. That alone should tell you that we need to incorporate split stance squats into your routine. Split stance squats are more functional, meaning it will carry over to real world activities, in comparison to your traditional back squats. Your split stance strength is able to carry over…
HOW TO GET YOUR FIRST PUSH UP
Push ups are one of the exercises that are highly underrated in the gym. This is due to the fact that it is a bodyweight exercise. It gets passed because you can’t load it like a barbell bench press, and it sounds better to brag about how much you can bench compared to how many push ups you can do. Not many people think about push ups, but here is…
THE POWER OF BREATHING
Breathing is a powerful force, without it there is no life. You can survive for hours without water, and days without food, but only minutes without breathing. On average, you will breathe between 18,000-24,000 breaths a day. With that many breaths in a day, you should pay attention to the quality of your breathing. Breathing is a movement pattern, and like any movement pattern, you can have dysfunctional breathing…
YOUR KIDS ARE WATCHING, WATCH YOUR ACTIONS
YOUR HABITS DICTATE YOUR KIDS HABITS First thing I want to say here is, I am no expert about kids or behavior. I am a dad and a personal trainer who wants what is best for my kids, and other parents and their kids. I have some thoughts and I have shared them on my Instagram account, but I want to go a little deeper here. Your kids are watching…