18 Aug Jump Squat – TRX
HOW: Begin holding firmly onto the TRX with both hands. From here, bend your knees as you assume a squatting position. Using your arms and the TRX for support, push through your legs as you perform a jumping motion. FEEL: You should feel the muscles...
18 Aug Wall Sit – March
HOW: Begin leaning up against a wall with your knees bent in a wall sit position. Once there, shift your weight onto one leg and pick the other leg up performing a marching type of motion. Return that foot to the ground and alternate legs. ...
18 Jun Squat – Wedge
HOW: Begin standing with both feet on a wedge. From here, perform a squat motion allowing your knees to go over your toes through a controlled manner. FEEL: You should feel the muscles of your lower extremity and quadriceps muscles working as you perform the...
18 Jun Seated Sciatic Nerve Glider – Leg Only
HOW: Begin in a seated position with your hands behind your back and your back slightly rounded in a “slouched” position. From here, point your toes down as you straighten your leg then pull your toes up towards you as you bend your knee to...
17 Jun Eccentric Single Leg Squat – Heel Elevated, Wall Supported
HOW: Begin at a wall for support with your back against the wall and your heel raised resting up against the wall in a single leg position. From this position, squat by bending your knee allowing the knee to come over the toes in a...
22 Mar Single Leg Balance – Terminal Knee Extension, Band
HOW: Anchor a band about knee height. Loop the band around one leg just above the knee. Face the anchored band and shift your weight to balance on that leg while also straightening the leg pushing out against the band. Raise the opposite leg up...
12 Mar Sidelying Hip Circle
HOW: Get set up by lying on your side. Bend the bottom knee. Lift up the opposite leg and while keeping your knee straight draw a circle in a clockwise motion first, then counterclockwise after that. The bigger the circle the harder the exercise is. FEEL:...
12 Mar Supine Leg Circle
HOW: Get set up by lying on your back. Bend one knee and place that foot flat on the ground. Straighten the opposite leg and lift that leg off the ground. While keeping your knee straight, draw a circle in a clockwise motion first, then...
12 Mar Standing Isometric Knee Extension – Wall
HOW: Stand against a wall and place a towel roll behind your knee with your heel as close as you can to the wall. Support your hips on the wall and push into the towel with the back of your knee flexing the top thigh...
10 Mar Single Leg Triple Hop Assessment
This is a great assessment to look at your single leg power and control. Set up a starting line on the ground with an object or piece of tape. You will need to start with your toe behind the line and your hands on your...
