MIND-MUSCLE CONNECTION: HOW TO FEEL YOUR BACK MUSCLES DURING WORKOUTS
Can’t feel your back muscles during your workouts? Trouble growing and strengthening your back muscles? Read how you can fix that now.
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HOW TO SHOW YOUR KIDS TO BE STRONG FOR LIFE
Instead of wishing that our kids grow up healthy and strong, I suggest that you show them. Show them what it means to be healthy with your lifestyle. Get them involved with your own fitness journey. The key word is fun, especially with younger kids. If you have an older kid, do not force them, but incentivize it and make it fun. You are your kids’ biggest role model.
5 REASONS WHY STRENGTH TRAINING WILL HELP YOU BE BETTER
What is the first thing that comes to your mind about strength training?
Strength training to me, means life. Strength training is for longevity, health, play, and more.
30-DAY CHALLENGE TO CREATE HEALTHIER HABITS FOR THE NEW YEAR
It’s the New Year, and that means New Year Resolutions. It can be hard or overwhelming on where to start to be successful. Read my new blog and take on the challenge to be successful.
WHAT IS STRENGTH AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
What is strength? First thing that comes to my mind is how heavy you can lift? Being strong looks a little different for each person. One person might feel strong to finally get that push up, the other might be chasing a pull up goal, and another person might feel strong when they finally can get out of the chair without assistance. Everyone has a different meaning of what strength…
3 AMAZING UNILATERAL EXERCISES FOR STRONGER AND BETTER LEGS
Why unilateral exercise to build strength and size? I go into detail on the benefits of unilateral training in an earlier blog post, which you can read here, What is Unilateral Training and Why it’s Important. You can expect to get more than what you are looking for. Better stability, better mobility, and overall move and feel better. It is a win-win situation. Even better, the carryover of unilateral strength…
WARM-UP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PERFORM BETTER
What is a warm-up? A definition straight from the dictionary says this, a period or act of preparation for a game, performance, or exercise session, involving gentle exercise or practice. A couple of keywords should stick out to you, preparation and practice. Ideally, your warm-up should prepare you for moving your body. The warm-up should also let you practice the movements you will be performing for that training day. Think…
TIGHT HIPS? TRY THESE MOVES FOR BETTER HIPS
Having tight hips is not fun. When your hips are tight, it can cause all kinds of issues with the rest of your body. If you look at the body, your joints have a pattern with stability and mobility. Your foot is for stability, and the joint above, the ankle, is made for mobility. Continuing up the chain is the knee for stability, and then you have the hip joint. …
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.
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…