04 Sep Anterior Lunge With Bosu
HOW: Set-up a bosu in front of you within a comfortable distance that you can step onto without losing your balance. Perform a forward lunge onto the bosu and slowly lower yourself down into a lunge position, then return to standing position and repeat. ...
04 Sep Anterior And Lateral Lunge With Bosu
HOW: Set-up a bosu in front of you and to the side of the leg you plan to work. Start by taking a forward lunge onto the bosu and slowly control lowering yourself down, then push with your front leg to return to a...
29 Apr Balance Training Can Improve Cutting
There's been a lot of flak given to unstable surface training on objects like the TeraCore by @vicorefitness lately within the rehabilitation community that we think is quite unfair. Balance training on stable and unstable surfaces alike CAN and SHOULD be implemented into your athlete's...
29 Apr Ankle Woodpecker Variations
The woodpecker exercise is a nice way to train the calf in an eccentric fashion while also challenging ankle stability. Not demonstrated here in this video is the most basic woodpecker, where both feet are on the ground. We have jumped right into single leg...
29 Apr Soccer Specific Ankle Prehab
Ankle sprains are one of the most common sport injuries, especially in soccer. Getting soccer touches going again is one of my primary goals early in rehab. However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch these exercises or perform them until after you get injured! If you...
25 Apr RDL Hand Off With Kettlebell
This is a “bang for your buck” prehab exercise that everyone could benefit from. Whether you want to work on balance, single leg stability, trunk stability, hip hinge, hamstrings, or controlling weight shifting this covers it all. Every golfer I see gets prescribed this exercise...
12 Apr Airplane T’s And Y’s With Band
It is essential to train proximal lower extremity and trunk stability/strength. Without this, you're exposing your shoulder and elbow to some serious forces as a compensation to produce power. An article by Oliver et al. 2016 said it best, "Functionally training the body for UE...
12 Apr Forward Marching And Lateral Step With Band
A quick lesson on the importance of the glutes in human gait, walking is the most common movement performed by humans on a daily basis. Did you know the 2nd highest torque demand in the gait cycle is imposed on the hip extensors at initial...
12 Apr Forward Step Up With Single Leg Balance With The Yoak
If you want to challenge your balance, you need to add demands to the task that decrease your stability. Perturbations are an effective way to add instability to your exercise. Perturbations are awesome because they provide constant variability. Research has shown variability of practice can...
12 Apr Exercise Guidelines for Older Adults
My Grandma is 96 years old and she still GETS UP AND MOVES! No matter the age, YOU NEED TO MOVE! The ACSM fitness guidelines for the older adult population for health benefits is, for the most part, exactly the same as for adults (ie...
