by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, Foam Rolling, Pain Relief
If you sit at a desk all day, you’ve probably struggled with neck, shoulder and/or upper back pain at some point in your life.
One great way to alleviate some of those aches and pains is by foam rolling.
Foam rolling is basically a massage you can do to yourself.
So if you’ve ever harassed your friends or loved ones for more neck and shoulder massages, here are some ways you can do it yourself!
5 Foam Rolling Moves to Alleviate Neck, Shoulder and Upper Back Pain
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by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog, Bodyweight, Exercises, Handstands
There is just something so cool and fun about handstands.
However, they are far from easy and many of us can’t even hold one against a wall let alone hold a freestanding one for a second.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t include handstand work in our exercise routines.
Handstands are a great way to build upper body and core stability and strength. Beginner variations even improve your upper body mobility so that as your strength increases, you can do more and more challenging variations.
No matter your level, there is a handstand variation right for you that can help you work toward that freestanding handstand and give you a great upper body and core workout.
Check out our How to do a Handstand Progression (and our How to do a One-Handed Handstand Progression) to help you achieve that handstand or at least get in some great upper body and core work!
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by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog, Bodyweight, Exercises, Pain Relief
Especially since most of us sit all day hunched over a computer screen we need to stretch and open up before we workout. We need to do Dynamic Stretches.
Dynamic Stretches are stretches in which you work through a range of motion. They aren’t stretches that you hold. You are moving and allowing everything to warm up as you improve your joint mobility.
These stretches help open up our posture and return our body to proper alignment after sitting all day, which helps us prevent injury when we workout.
However, all too often, people skip their warm up and go straight into their workout, especially when they are going for a run. They figure they will “warm up as they go.”
But it doesn’t work that way.
Without correcting some of the dysfunction we create from sitting all day and warming up our joints through a proper range of motion, we can’t run as fast and we risk getting injured.
Below are 10 Dynamic Stretches for Runners that will help you prevent injury and get your body ready to run so that you can run faster with better form! (more…)
by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 20, 2014 | Blog, Core, Workouts
Circuits can be done in a variety of ways. They can be done for a prescribed amount of sets or they can be done for an allotted time.
When you do circuits for time and try to get as much work done in that time as possible, you are using a training method known as Density Training.
“Density” is the amount of work you are able to do in a set amount of time.
With Density Training, you are trying to increase the amount of work you can do in a set amount of time to improve your strength and your endurance.
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by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Butt, Exercises
If you want a full body workout in one exercise that really blasts your backside, then you need to include deadlifts in your routine.
There are many variations of the deadlift, but all of them are a great posterior chain exercise to increase your back, glute and hamstring strength.
How to Deadlift Properly:
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