Do you wake up with a stiff neck, feel tightness by the end of the day, or constantly find yourself stretching to relieve tension? Today, we’ll dive into why your neck hurts and, more importantly, what you can do to address the root causes and find lasting relief. Rather watch or listen? Common Causes of … Read more
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Are you overwhelmed by the vast array of core exercises available? With so much information—and misinformation—about core training, it can be hard to know where to start. In this blog, we’ll clarify the essentials of effective core exercises, especially those you can do at home. We’ll focus on what truly matters for enhancing performance and preventing injury.
Did you know that you can burn almost 350 additional calories each day, which is equivalent to 30 pounds per year if you include more NEAT in your life? NEAT stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. It is defined as any other type of activity that is outside of your purposeful physical training. Think of this as the energy expenditure related to the daily maintenance of your body, leisure activities, occupation, and all of the things outside of your intended physical 30 to 60 minutes at the gym.
Do you have hip pain that you are continually trying to stretch, roll, or smash, and nothing seems to get better? Before we get into the role of the psoas, one of your key hip flexors, let’s speak about the local stabilizers and global stabilizers of the body. This is important to understand how you are going to treat your hip flexors and hip pain.
Have you convinced yourself that you’ll never be able to do a pull-up, or you’ve tried with bands and assistance, but you’ve been unsuccessful? Well let me tell you something. With the right exercises, time, patience, dedication, and hard work, you can absolutely do a pull-up. Whether you’re a child, an adult, a man, or a woman, it doesn’t matter. You have the potential inside of you to do a pull-up. Pull-ups are one of the greatest human fundamental strength movements that we all can do. However, before you work on pull up progression, you do want to make sure that you have checked a few boxes. So, here are the boxes you need to check.
I know that many of you have been working at your desk all day during this quarantine. You may not be getting up as much and probably not feeling as great as you normally do. These simple exercises can be done at your desk or the surrounding area. Rather than heading to the kitchen, here … Read more