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TRX Y’s
TRX Y's The TRX Y exercise is a great one for those looking to warm up their shoulder complex prior to an upper body workout or for those looking for some additional posterior shoulder complex strength and conditioning to help bullet proof against injury. The...
Powerband Hip Pull Aparts
Powerband Hip Pull Aparts This exercise was first shown to me by Strength and Conditioning coach Martyn Girvan of Elite Sports Performance. It is incorporated into ones movement preparation phase prior to a lower body workout or for those needing some additional...
Lunge With Reach
Lunge With Reach In the video below osteopath Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy demonstrates how you can either increase or decrease hip work in the lateral lunge through varying his hand reach. The lateral lunge is a great exercise as it trains the hip...
Bilateral Kettlebell Load and Carry
Bilateral Kettlebell Load and Carry Recently I have been adding in some kettelbell load and carry exercises into my training program 1 - 2 week to work on general conditioning as well as develop some additional strength endurance in my grip. In the video below you...
Single Arm Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift
Single Arm Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift The single arm dumbbell romanian deadlift is a great tool to use as part of assessing ones ability to control their trunk in the hip hinge pattern with load as well as to use as an adjunct to ones training. Holding the dumbbell...
Football Bar Floor Press - Training The Chest The football bar is a great training accessory to use when training both the chest, shoulders and back because it allows the user to alter their hand grip position as well as width during bench pressing, overhead shoulder...
Taking A Look At Standing And Treadmill Desks In The Workplace
Taking A Look At Standing And Treadmill Desks In The Workplace I was recently reading the article titled “A systematic review of standing and treadmill desks in the workplace” that was published in Preventative Medicine in 2015 and thought I would highlight some of...
Can Installing A Stand Desk Improve Ones Physical Activity Levels?
Can Installing A Stand Desk Improve Ones Physical Activity Levels? I was recently reading the article titled “Installation of a stationary high desk in the workplace: effect of a 6-week intervention on physical activity” that was published in BMC public health journal...
Taking A Look At What The Research Says About Workplace Interventions And The Prevention of Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders
Taking A Look At What The Research Says About Workplace Interventions And The Prevention of Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders I was recently reading the article titled “Effectiveness of workplace interventions in the prevention of upper extremity musculoskeletal...
The Rack Pull
The Rack Pull The rack pull is essentially a partial deadlift where you will pull the barbell from a set height (usually higher than the bar position on a standard deadlift). One will often perform a rack pull as either an alternative to the deadlift or an accessory...
Are All Hip Extension Exercises Equal
Are All Hip Extension Exercises Equal I was recently reading the article titled “Are all hip extension exercises created equal?” that was published in the strength and conditioning journal in 2013 and thought I would discuss some of the key take home messages. The...
Variable Resistance Training Using Bands and Chains
Variable Resistance Training Using Chains and Bands I was recently reading the article titled “Effects of variable resistance training on maximal strength: A meta analysis” that was published in the strength and conditioning journal in 2015 and thought I would discuss...