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Side Planks are the bee’s knees. Why? For starters… you can do them anywhere and they’re excellent for oblique activation, hip stability, and training the frontal plane which is often overlooked in a lot of strength programs. The catch? It’s easy to complete this exercise without actually using the right muscles. I often hear people complain about how hard their...
Are you suffering from chronic stress? Having trouble coming back down after a hectic day at work? Struggling to fall asleep at night? Finding yourself in constant poor posture? Having a hard time progressing past a training or performance plateau? And/or suffering from chronic tension in your neck, shoulders or back? Well if you answered “yes” to any of those questions, prepare to...
If you’re a runner it’s important that you take some time to not only learn which exercises will benefit you, but also spend some time perfecting them. In my last post I highlighted the 6 steps to avoid running related injuries, so it should come as no surprise when I say that strength training is a...
It should come as no surprise to you when I say that many people are affected by back pain. You could very well be one of those people. According to Statistics Canada’s 2010 Canadian Community Health Survey, nearly one in five people working in BC have back problems. In fact, back strain injuries accounted for...
I get asked a lot why it’s important to engage your core while working out, so I felt it was time to write a post about it. Diving right into it, your core muscles are the foundation of all movement, so it’s important that you master intersegmental stabilization—which really just means the ability to co-contract...
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