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The Most Underrated HAMSTRING Exercise

The Most Underrated HAMSTRING Exercise

If you want to strengthen and build your hamstrings, you want to include both hip extension and knee flexion movements. For hip extension, think Romanian Deadlift or Good Morning for example and for knee flexion think about those hamstring curl machines. But how can...

FHP 348 – How Do You Stay Lean Year Round?

FHP 348 – How Do You Stay Lean Year Round?

There will ALWAYS be ups and downs. That includes cycles in our leanness. I do NOT stay one weight, one exact leanness all year around. Have the ups and downs gotten smaller over the years? YUP! But that is due to constantly learning, creating that new set point and...

Target your SERRATUS ANTERIOR (Stop Ignoring this Muscle!)

Target your SERRATUS ANTERIOR (Stop Ignoring this Muscle!)

All too often when we are focused on improving our shoulder health to prevent aches and pains, we focus on strengthening our rotator cuff. We may also do some foam rolling or release for our pecs and lats as well knowing they can inhibit proper shoulder mobility. But...

6 Low Impact Exercises | Exercises For Beginners

6 Low Impact Exercises | Exercises For Beginners

When you’re first starting out, or even first starting back to training, it can be so easy to jump in and end up doing moves we aren’t yet ready for. Not only can this make us so sore we struggle to get consistent with our training, but it can also lead to injury...

The Best Core Exercise You Aren’t Doing

The Best Core Exercise You Aren’t Doing

Your core is everything from your shoulders to your knees down your frontside and your backside. And when you train your core you want to work in every plane of motion, including both anti-rotational and rotational core work. You want to consider not only how to...

FHP 348 – How Do You Stay Lean Year Round?

FHP 344- The Best Training Schedule In The History Of The WOrld

I often get asked what the best training schedule is. And I’m generally getting asked because we are worried we aren’t doing enough. We definitely have the mindset of more is better. If we aren’t spending enough time in the gym, we can’t get results. But often this...

The Most Overrated Glute Exercise

The Most Overrated Glute Exercise

The clamshell exercise is a staple of any rehab program that calls for glute activation moves. But honestly, it’s slightly overrated. And so often done INCORRECTLY. We end up rotating to get a bigger range of motion. We engage other muscles to try and rush to progress...

The Most Underrated Shoulder Press

The Most Underrated Shoulder Press

The overhead press is a tough compound shoulder, tricep and chest exercise. It is also a great move to work your core, serratus anterior and even upper traps. And while vertical pressing movements are key to include, they require more mobility and stability than we...