13 May Hanging Shoulder Shrug
HOW: Start by bringing your arms up and grabbing onto the wide grips in a pull up bar. Let your body hang down with your knees slightly bent. Using only the muscles in the shoulder blade, pull your body up while keeping your arms...
31 Mar SNAGS
HOW: Use a towel wrapped around the desired area of your neck to be stretched. The edge of the towel provides great friction for this mobilization. First stabilize one end of the towel, then pull up and over with the opposite arm of the...
09 Feb Seated Chin Tuck
HOW: In a seated position focus on tucking your chin towards the front of the upper part of your neck. Think about creating a "double chin". FEEL: You will feel the muscles in the front of your neck activating. You may feel a stretch...
03 Feb Cat Cow – Distraction
HOW: Place your hands against an elevated surface, lean into the surface so that most of your body weight is in your arms. Then perform the traditional cat cow by arching and tucking your tailbone. FEEL: This should feel like a global stretch to...
11 Dec Seated Thoracic Rotation
HOW: Get set up seated upright with your hands supported on your thighs. Begin the exercise by rotating your upper body side-to-side and repeat, listen to the video for tips and cues. As you rotate your body to the right, push your left shoulder...
11 Dec Seated Cat Cow
HOW: Get set up seated upright with your hands supported on your thighs. Begin the exercise by rounding your upper body and head/neck forward, letting your spine bend forward as your hands slide down your thighs. Reverse the motion to sit upright nice and...
05 Dec Neck Circle – Small
HOW: Begin the exercise by getting yourself set up in good posture sitting upright looking straight ahead. Then perform clockwise small neck circles, begin the movement by dropping your chin down, then lower your right ear down towards your shoulder, then turn your chin...
05 Dec Seated Cat Cow
HOW: Begin the exercise by getting yourself set up in a seated position, sitting upright and tall, looking straight ahead with your hands on your thighs. Begin movement by rounding your upper back and neck and letting your hands slide down your thighs towards...
05 Dec Quadruped Push Up Plus – Chin Tuck
HOW: Begin the exercise by positioning yourself on your hands and knees in a quadruped position, shoulders stacked over hands and hips over knees. Perform a chin tuck and maintain that head/neck position the entire time. Then perform a push-up plus by keeping your...
05 Dec Quadruped Push Up Plus – On Forearms, Chin Tuck
HOW: Begin the exercise by positioning yourself on your forearms and knees in a modified quadruped position, shoulders stacked over elbows and hips over knees. Perform a chin tuck and maintain that head/neck position the entire time. Then perform a push-up plus by pushing...
