Challenge Yourself with Balance Pods But keep safety in mind! What if you are very comfortable standing on one leg, or walking the pod line? A single-leg stance is a great core work and builds muscle and bone in the standing leg. How do you challenge yourself? Closing...
Let’s Pull That Core Into Shape Have you ever struggled to pull yourself out of a pool, up a rope, or up the side of a mountain? When we pull, we use our back muscles, not exclusively, but that is where the force is initiated! Today’s movement is not a...
Let’s Tweak It! Sometimes you can take a basic exercise and do something to tweak it! Often times we see hip bridges done with a bar over the hips, in order to give the glutes more work. I found this little gem from a Spanish PT blog. Having the band across the...
How many of you out there have played with ropes, recently? They have been a gym trend for the last few years and I have to say they give you a lot of option with your mobility. However, here is a perfect example of mobility and stability working together. Notice how...
Side Planks I have done some planking throughout this blog, using a single leg, moving planks, and tapping shoulder planks. Today we introduce the basic side plank with work on the elbow. Planks, in general, do several things. One and the biggest focuses are to...
Super Setting! A great way to add a little flavor and kick to your routine! Last week we focused on the row, or pull, for our super set. Today’s video involves the push. As a reminder, a super set is usually two exercises that are done back to back, which...
