09 May Eccentric Single Leg Hamstring Curl – Swissball
HOW: While lying supine, bend your knees up and place your heels on the swissball. With one leg, push down into the ball lifting your hips up. When your torso is in line with your knee, slowly let the swissball roll away from you.....
31 Mar Eccentric Single Leg Heel Raise – Off Step
HOW: Stand in front of a wall or an object to use for balance. Stand on the leg you want to train with your heel off the edge of an elevated surface. While keeping your glutes and quads tight to keep your knee straight,...
31 Mar Eccentric Single Leg Heel Raise – Knee Bent
HOW: Get set-up in front of a wall or an object to use for balance. Begin by keeping your knees bent then lift your heels off the ground. When you are at the top, shift all your weight over to one leg, lift the...
31 Mar Eccentric Single Leg Heel Raise – Knee Bent, Off Step
HOW: Get set-up in front of a wall or an object to use for balance with your feet on an elevated surface, heels just off the edge. Begin by keeping your knees bent then lift your heels off the ground. When you are at...
09 Feb Eccentric Elbow Extension – Band
HOW: With a resistance band in both hands, begin by pulling the resistance band on one end with your biceps. While the band is tensioned, allow your arm with the elbow straight to slowly bend to meet the other arm. Once the tension in...
09 Feb Eccentric Elbow Flexion – Band
HOW: Begin with a resistance band in both hands up towards your chest. Pull the resistance band on one end with your triceps. While the band is tensioned, allow your bent arm to slowly meet the other arm towards your waist. Once tension in the...
17 Oct Curtsey Step Down
HOW: Begin by standing on an elevated surface. While balancing on one foot, slowly lower yourself down and reach behind and past the foot that is on the elevated surface (if standing on left foot, reach behind and to the left past your left...
26 Aug Anterior Step Down – Wedge
HOW: Place a wedge underneath your heel. Reach forward with the elevated leg as far as you can, tap the floor and return back to starting position. FEEL: You will feel the muscles in your legs working, particularly the muscles on the front of...
26 Aug Anterior Step Down – Wedge, Kettlebell
HOW: Place a wedge underneath your heel while holding onto a load up against your chest. Reach forward with the elevated leg as far as you can, tap the floor and return back to starting position. FEEL: You will feel the muscles in your...
09 Aug Posterior Step Down
HOW: Stand on the step. Shift all of your weight to the leg you want to exercise. With the foot in the air, you will reach back and lightly tap the ground, and then come back up to your starting position. FEEL: You should...
