20 Aug Single Leg Hip Hinge – Dowel
HOW: Begin in a standing position with your feet about hip-width apart. Place a dowel behind your back with one end making contact with your head and on your tailbone with the other end, the middle of the dowel should also be in contact...
20 Aug Quadruped Fire Hydrant
HOW: Get set-up in a quadruped position on your hands and knees. Start strong in your shoulder blades by pushing your body away from the floor. From here you will lift one leg off the floor and drive your knee out to the side...
20 Aug Quad Set
HOW: Follow this foolproof guide to wake your quad back up! Laying on the ground or on a table with your knee straight and foot supported, attempt to push your knee down and lift your heel off the ground by squeezing your quadriceps muscle...
20 Aug Dead Bug
HOW: Start this exercise on your back in a 90/90 position, with your knees over your hips and your arms in front of your shoulders. Keep the small of your back pushed into the floor by activating your core. While maintaining core activation drop...
03 Aug Squat Weight Shift
HOW: Get into a squat position, as deep as you want. Slowly shift weight to one side, and then the other. The goal is to get comfortable with more weight on one leg. FEEL: You should feel the muscles in your thigh work harder...
03 Aug Lateral Lunge to Single Leg Balance
HOW: Take a quick step outwards into a lateral lunge position. Get deep into the lunge position by bending your outside hip and knee. Then explosively push yourself back to the starting position, balancing on your opposite leg. The goal of this exercise is...
03 Aug Anterior Lunge To Single Leg Balance
HOW: Take a quick step forward into a forward lunge position. Get deep into the lunge position by bending your front knee. Then explosively push yourself backwards and up, balancing on your opposite leg. The goal of this exercise is to work on explosively...
30 Jul Supine Heel Dig – 90 deg
HOW: Begin face up, while keeping your knees bent to about 90 degrees drive your heels into the floor. Nothing should be moving, hold this position as long as prescribed. FEEL: You may feel like the hips will be coming off the floor. The...
30 Jul Seated Straight Leg Raise – AAROM, Strap
HOW: In a seated position back yourself up against a wall. Place a strap around the ball of your foot while holding both ends with your hands. While keeping your core engaged raise your leg off the floor as high as you can. Use...
16 Jul Curl Up – Segmental
HOW: Start by lying on your back. You will be performing an exercise very similar to an abdominal crunch. However in this exercise, imaging you are curl up one vertebrae at a time. Starting first at the top of your head, slowly lift your...
