The most important lower body exercise you AREN’T doing! Following Gray Cook’s joint by joint approach, one knows that the lumbar spine is supposed to be a stable and the hips are supposed to be mobile. Performing a single legged deadlift (SLDL) helps this! When trying the exercise, use a mirror and…
Have you ever wished that you would be able to get a massage at a moment’s notice? When you are at the gym, office or if you are resting at home, we sometimes get some aches and pains that we can’t reach. This is where a lacrosse balls come in very handy. You…
Conventional single joint vs. multi-joint training Weight training that focuses on how the body moves rather than what the individual muscle is doing is a far more effective way to burn fat, create lean muscle tissue, and help prevent injuries in the long run. Compound exercises involve using more…
Bucket of sand for a healthy hand! Walking on sand is a great form of working all the intrinsic muscles of the feet and challenges balance and strength. The irregular sand on beaches is great for this. It is tiring but beneficial for stabilizing the lower leg. The same can be said…
Have you felt that your hamstrings are missing flexibility? Are you stretching every day but there is not much change? Have you tired everything? Here is a simple exercise, which should be able to help you out as strange as it sounds and all you need is a firm rubber ball or golf ball….
The hip flexors are muscle that attach from the lower back, into the pelvis and the hip. They often get tight becasue of overuse or simply because we shorten them when we are sitting too long. Click on the video to find out how to properly stretch your hip flexors!
You have heard us talk about our Primal Movement Petterns before: Push, Pull, Twist, Squat, Bend, Lunge. Here is one exercise that covers 4 of those 6 movement patterns! Great bang for your buck! Click on the video to see what we mean!
Sometimes we can find ourselves stretching, massaging and rolling our hamstrings and nothing seems to happen. That's becasue they are trying to tell us that somethig else is makign them tight. Click on the video for a simple solution!
The Joint by Joint approach Everyone realizes how complicated the human body is, yet it can be so simple at times. This article will demonstrate that although we are capable of extreme things from fine motor control movements like threading a needle to gross motor control activities such as bungee jumping and gymnastics,…
Me: “Okay Johnny, let’s see you touch your toes!” Johnny: “That’s not going to happen! I was never able to touch my toes!” How many times have we heard this? It is not the be-all-end-all to touch your toes but it does give us the indication that your joints are working synchronously. Toe touching is…