Tag: lower back
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Strength Training for Lower Back Pain
If you’re a lifter or athlete, nothing halts you like low back pain. When a limb is injured, you have another limb to rely on and can adjust your activities, but there is no sidestepping back pain. When it hurts, many movements become painful, and it sucks. Ten years ago, I suffered from three herniated…
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5 Exercises For a Healthier Lower Back
Are you familiar with lower back discomfort? If you have or haven’t experienced the debilitating effects of low back pain, you should do anything to prevent or reduce this discomfort. Trust me, I’m speaking from personal experience. Many exercise articles would like you to revamp what you’re doing to fit their narrative. But not this…
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5 Reasons Why The Bird Dog Is The Bomb
Certain non-negotiables in exercise are near and dear to my heart, with the bird dog being one of them. What the heck is that? Is it a cross between a bird and a dog? Don’t worry; I’ll get into that soon. There are other non-negotiables like water, food, being kind, and Chuck Norris, but that…
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8 Reasons Why You Should Deadlift
It’s no secret that I love to coach and perform the deadlift. Here’s me nailing twice my bodyweight deadlift six months ago. There was a lot of pain, blood, sweat, and tears that went into this attempt. Picking up and putting down a barbell is part exhilarating and part f#$%ing hard. And like most barbell…
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5 Best Core Exercises For Beginners
The Best Squat For The Beginner Here The Best Back Exercise For The Beginner Here When I was a training beginner, I didn’t know what the core was. I thought it was a six-pack and nothing else. Now after exercising for over 30 years and training clients for 12, (I think) I have a better…
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6 Must Do Exercises Part 2– Pulling
Pulling is an extremely important exercise to do The hard part is over. You made it to the gym (or you’re at home all set up) and that’s usually half the battle. Now you’re ready, what’s the plan Stan? This is where a lot of people get stuck but don’t worry, I’ve got your back.…
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Am I doing this right?
There’s a reason low-cost gym(s) has weight machines as far as the eye can see. These machines are easy to use because the directions (usually) are right there beside you on how to do each exercise. You don’t have to think about it, you just do it. Most people struggle with getting to the gym in this 24/7…
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Reclaim your waist line with 5 simple moves
After you polish off your second side of fries and the guilt sets in, you finally resolve to go the gym to work on your waist line. If it’s been a while since you’ve hit the gym and you’re thinking about resorting to those old school moves of crunches and sit ups, stop now. Instead,…
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What you should be doing in the gym- Part four – Hinge
The hard part is over. You made it to the gym and that’s usually half the battle. Now that you’re there, what are you going to do? This is where a lot of people get stuck but don’t worry, I’ve got your back. This is part four of a six-part series that focuses on the…