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REDEFINING STRENGTH BLOG
Don’t Skip This BICEP EXERCISE
We don’t cheat intentionally, but it is easy at times to let momentum help us out. I see this happening a lot on bicep curls. And while isolation exercises like bicep curls are key if you have a stubborn area and want to create better muscle hypertrophy or growth, if...
Target Your LOWER ABS – The Best Lower Ab Exercise You Aren’t Doing
Now my favorite comment I get any time I post anything to work the lower abs is… “You don’t have lower ab muscles.” And that’s true. There is no specific lower ab muscle. But you CAN target that lower portion of your rectus abdominis to a greater extent with specific...
Lose Weight And Keep It Off FOREVER! Try These 3 Tips
The faster we want to see results, often the more we set ourselves up for long term failure. Because we ultimately implement habits and routines that simply aren’t sustainable. And by trying to rush our results we also often create metabolic adaptations and hormonal...
The Right Way To Get A Strong Lower Back (4 exercises)
Many of us have thought to ourselves, “My lower back is so weak” when we’ve been suffering from lower back aches and pains. We feel it during ab movements or deadlifts and think that we feel it because we need to strengthen it. But what if the problem isn’t that your...
The Worst Diet For Fat Loss – Why Intuitive Eating Doesn’t Work For Fat Loss
I was in a discussion about weight loss with a couple of people and one of my clients was listening in. One person said that they believe the best way to lose weight is to listen to your body and eat intuitively. When my client and I walked away, she said to me… “What...
The Most Underrated BODYWEIGHT Leg Exercise
Too often we only think about progressing movements to build muscle by adding loads. However, you can build muscle by creating progression in other ways especially if you don’t have any tools at your disposal. If it challenges you, it will change you. So if you’re...
My Most Hated Video – Stop Exercise Shaming!
You know why there are so many different perspectives out there in fitness? Because there are a ton of different things that can work based on your needs and goals. Are some of them a bit far out there and only work for those rare few? Yup. But as my husband was told...
3 Cardio Mistakes For Fat Loss (And What To Do Instead)
Honestly for fat loss, cardio is overrated. If you enjoy it, do it. But… A. You can’t out exercise your diet if you want optimal body recomposition results …and… B. Cardio can make it harder to build and retain lean muscle, which can already be a slight challenge when...
4 Common Exercises You’re Doing Wrong
Just because a move is “good,” or a key movement pattern to perform, or something really frequently included as a staple in many routines, doesn’t mean you deserve to do it. Every movement variation has to be earned. And doing a harder variation we can’t truly control...