11 Dec Overhead Squat – TRX
HOW: Get set up with suspension trainer handles positioned overhead. Perform an overhead squat while keeping your arms positioned overhead with your elbows straight and arms in line with your ears. Return to starting position and repeat. If you're having trouble keeping your body...
11 Dec Incline Push Up
HOW: Get set up in a tall plank position with your hands on an elevated surface. Perform an incline push up with optimal form and arms roughly at a 45° angle from your body. Lower yourself down until your upper arms are parallel to...
11 Dec Forward Reach Assessment
The Forward Reach Assessment is a part of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), which is a quick and reliable tool developed and used to evaluate neuromuscular characteristics including balance, lower extremity coordination, flexibility, and strength. The Forward Reach Test has concluded in multiple research...
05 Dec Nordic Hamstring Curl – Swissball Assisted
HOW: Get set up on your knees with your feet/ankles anchored. Be kneeling tall with your hands supported on a swissball. Perform the exercise by rolling the ball forward while keeping your hips extended, your trunk/spine relatively neutral, and slowly lowering yourself using your...
05 Dec Good Morning – Barbell
HOW: Get a barbell set up on your upper back, a low-mid bar position will be better than a high bar position pending on how far you hinge forward. With your feet hip width apart, perform a hip hinge while maintaining a relative neutral...
04 Dec Push Up Plus – Wall
HOW: Begin with your forearms against the wall while keeping your body in line (feet up to shoulders). Allow the scapula to sag then push the scapula away from you by pushing your chest away from the wall. This will cause rounding of the...
04 Dec Farmer Carry – Dumbbell
HOW: Grab onto a dumbbell or weight with each hand. In a standing position, stay tall as you raise your heels off of the ground and you are supporting your body on the balls of your feet. From here, walk forwards on your toes staying...
04 Dec Creeper Carry – Dumbbell
HOW: Stand up with a weight in both hands. Keep your shoulder blades pulled slightly back, head erect towards the ceiling, and knees bent for the entirety of this movement. Take slow, controlled, and quiet steps one at a time. Your heels should never...
04 Dec Plank Push Up – Band Around Head
HOW: Begin in a plank position on your hands and feet with a band wrapped around the back of your head. Spread your shoulder blades by pushing your chest away from the floor. In this position perform a chin tuck, try creating a double...
04 Dec Shrug – Barbell
HOW: Stand holding onto a barbell with your hands spread apart. While. Pull your shoulder blades up and back. control the motion down and repeat. FEEL: You will feel the muscles on the top back portion of the shoulder blade working with this exercise. ...
