20 Aug Side Plank
HOW: Begin the exercise by laying on your side, the side closest to the ground will be doing most of the work. Lift up into a full side plank with your feet stacked or one foot in front of the other, keeping your body...
20 Aug Plank
HOW: Assume the plank position on your elbows and toes. Simply hold this position for the desired amount of time. FEEL: You should feel all the muscles in your stomach working to hold this position. You may also feel your shoulder and chest muscles...
20 Aug Lunge Matrix – Frontal Plane
HOW: You are going to be moving side-to-side in this exercise. Step to the side into a lateral lunge to the left. Drive your left leg into the ground and push yourself back up. Immediately go into a curtsey lunge with your left reaching...
20 Aug Deadlift – Dumbbell
HOW: Get set-up holding a dumbbell in each hand. Start standing with your feet about hip-width apart. Begin the exercise by hinging at your hips, letting your trunk lean forward as you push your butt back. Maintain a flat back and straight neck as...
10 Aug Tall Plank Knee Extension
HOW: Begin the exercise in a tall 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 Single Leg Wall Sit – Band
HOW: Get set-up with a band around your knees and your back against a wall with your feet about a foot away from the wall. Lower your hips down against the wall until your thighs are at most parallel to the ground, then lift...
09 Aug Single Leg Squat – Terminal Knee Extension
HOW: Get set-up standing with a band around and above the knee with the band anchored in front of you. To perform the exercise, put tension on the band so that it wants to pull your knee forward, balance on the leg with the...
09 Aug Reverse Nordic Curl
HOW: Get set-up in a tall kneeling position with something under your knees for comfort. You can have the top of your feet on the ground or be up on your toes. While keeping your core tight and trunk straight, perform the exercise by...
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...