09 Aug Prone Terminal Knee Extension – Hips Down
HOW: Get set-up laying on your stomach with your elbows under your shoulders and hips supported on the ground. On the side, you want to perform the exercise, point your toes towards you and start with your knee on the ground. Begin the exercise...
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...
09 Aug Plank Terminal Knee Extension
HOW: Begin the exercise in a forearm plank position. Perform the exercise by bending your knees until just before they touch the ground followed by squeezing your quads to fully straighten your knees, hold that position, then repeat. FEEL: You will feel your quad...
09 Aug Plank Leg Lift
HOW: Begin the exercise in a forearm plank position with the knees straight. Perform the exercise by moving at the hip joint to lift one leg into the air while keeping the knee straight, hold that position, then return to starting position and repeat...
09 Aug Plank Leg Lift – Band
HOW: Begin the exercise in a forearm plank position with the knees straight and a band around the knees. Perform the exercise by moving at the hip joint to lift one leg into the air while keeping the knee straight, hold that position, then...
09 Aug Nordic Hamstring Curl
HOW: Get set-up in a tall kneeling position with something under your knees for comfort and with a partner or weight holding your ankles down. While keeping your core tight and trunk straight, perform the exercise by leaning forward as far as you can...
09 Aug Long Arc Quad – 0 to 90 deg
HOW: Get set-up seated on the edge of a surface with your feet hanging off at a 90˚ angle. Place a band around your ankles. On the side, you want to perform this exercise, kick the leg straight until your knee is fully straight,...
09 Aug Long Arc Quad – 45 to 90 deg
HOW: Get set-up seated on the edge of a surface with your feet hanging off at a 90˚ angle. Place a band around your ankles. On the side you want to perform this exercise, kick the leg straight until your thigh and shin make...
09 Aug Lateral Step Up
HOW: Stand to the side of a box/step. With the leg closest to the box/step, step up onto the surface, and then step back down. FEEL: You should feel the muscles working in the leg that you are stepping up with. COMPENSATION: Avoid letting...
09 Aug Lateral Step Up To Single Leg Balance
HOW: Stand to the side of a box/step. With the leg closest to the box/step, step up onto the surface and balance on that leg as you drive the other knee up into the air. Squeeze the butt muscles in that leg as you...
