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Single-Leg Good Morning: Build Strength in Hamstrings & Glutes
Many of life’s most strenuous activities happen on one leg. Running, jumping, lifting, and kicking are all great examples. And yet, some exercisers have very few…
Legs and Glutes Exercises
Step-by-step legs and glutes exercise guides: setup, form cues, muscles worked and variations for each movement.
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Unlock Hip Flexibility: Lying Glute Stretch for Optimal Relief
As hard as it may be to imagine your sexy toosh as anything more than an eye magnet, the muscles in your rear end are vitally…
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Unlock Flexibility: Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch for Key Muscles
After searching high and low, comparing techniques, and spending hours learning hip anatomy, it’s clear that most experts (I’ll toss my pedigree in there as well)…
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Boost Your Glutes: Effective Standing Hip Abduction Exercise
Standing hip abduction is one of the most effective but underutilized exercises for improving hip strength and posture. In fact, a meta-analysis titled “Hip abductor strengthening…
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Expert-Approved: The 7 Best Thigh Exercises for Women
I’ve been a personal trainer for over 30 years. Consequently, during that time, I’ve trained women from all walks of life and for every conceivable fitness…
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Seated Groin Stretch: Unlock Flexibility for Stronger Hips
A stretch that takes me back to memory lane and one I so dreaded from my Jiu-jitsu and grade school physical education days (But didn’t need…
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Ultimate Lunges: Strengthen Your Legs and Glutes Effectively
When to comes to building lower body strength and muscle size, squats, leg presses, and deadlifts are hard to beat. After all, these exercises are ideally…
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Boost Leg Power: Suspension Jump Squats for Total Lower Body
The suspension jump squat is an assisted athletic-based bodyweight exercise that combines resistance, speed, and power training, as well as physical conditioning. Both as a fitness…
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Dumbbell Stiff Leg Deadlift: Target Hamstrings & Glutes Effectively
Building strong posterior chain muscles is crucial for avoiding injuries and increasing overall performance. Although it is no secret that deadlifts are one of the best…
Core
Master the Suspension Pike: Target Your Core and More!
When comparing suspension crunches (Also called knee tucks) vs. suspension pikes, they’re two different ballgames on the same field. Although both are lower core-focused exercises with…
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Dumbbell Hip Thrust: Target Your Glutes and Hamstrings Effectively
Many lifters believe the only way to build a bigger and stronger posterior chain is by performing countless heavy barbell squats and deadlifts. While these two…
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Master the Squat Jerk: Target Your Legs, Core, and Shoulders
Overhead presses and squats are two of the best exercises to build strength and muscle mass; the squat jerk delivers a bang for your buck by…
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Band Straight Leg Deadlift: Target Hamstrings, Glutes & Core
Band straight leg deadlifts (BSLDL) are intended as a pull movement alternative to its free weight counterpart based on an old-school technique that emphasizes the stretch…
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Band Pull Through: Strengthen Glutes, Hamstrings & More!
The band pull through is probably one of those exercises that you never gave much thought to. Either because it didn’t appeal to your training style,…
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Seated Good Morning: Strengthen Hamstrings, Glutes & Core
Alrighty, let’s dive into the world of seated good mornings – a true gem in the treasure chest of posterior chain exercises. I’ve been around the…
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Band Stiff Legged Deadlift: Target Hamstrings, Glutes & More!
Band stiff legged deadlifts (BSLD) are a weighted lower body exercise variation using band technology to create strength and muscle gains in the glutes, hamstrings, lower…
Back
Master the Band Squat Row: Build Strength in 6 Key Muscles
Nothing says ultimate home exercise like a band squat row (Although it’s a solid gym exercise too). Two compound movements squeezed in one, and no added…
Back
Band Reverse Flys: Strengthen Rear Delts & Upper Back Muscles
When was the last time you saw the backside of your body? For some of you, it’s been months or even years. Your posterior gains are…
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Strengthen Your Lower Body: Master the Horse Stance Exercise
Do you want to develop unbreakable lower body endurance or improve your hip mobility and knee stability? Look no further than the horse stance. Interestingly, almost…