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IT Band Pain?! Don’t Ignore THIS Muscle

IT Band issues that just won’t fully seem to go away? Frustrated that every time you seem to build up the mileage or start lifting heavy that old pain comes back and even starts to aggravate your hips and knees….maybe even your ANKLES?! If you’ve been struggling with annoying IT Band issues, it’s...

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#1 Fat Loss Tip That Changed My Life

The simplest solution is often the right one. Now note, simple doesn’t mean easy because change requires change. And anything we haven’t currently been doing is going to feel weird and awkward and uncomfortable. It’s going to be “hard” to some extent. Often there is also a learning curve to get...

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The Piriformis Muscle – A Real Pain In The BUTT

Issues with this muscle can be a real pain in the butt…(yeaaaa....bad joke) I’m taking about the piriformis muscle. This muscle can not only literally become a pain in the butt but it can also irritate the sciatic nerve leading to pain and irritation all down your leg. And issues with this muscle...

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FHP 335 – You Don’t Get Something For Nothing

FHP 335 – You Don’t Get Something For Nothing

Results aren’t owned. They’re rented. And rent is due every freaking day. It’s due in the form of those habits. Because we can never stop doing what made us “better.” I know we want our cake and to eat it to, but you don’t get something for nothing. Results are truly earned. Earned by those...

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The Best Bodyweight Tricep Exercise (NO EQUIPMENT)

If you want to build muscle, you want to use a combination of compound and isolation movements in your workout routine, especially for any “stubborn” areas you really struggle to build. Those isolation exercises can be key to create the additional stimulus we need to build muscle, especially in...

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Are You Lunging WRONG? 3 Tips To FIX Your Lunge

The lunge, in all its many forms, is so often blamed for knee pain. But moves are only as good as their implementation. And we need to understand there is a difference between going through the motions and mimicking proper form and actually getting the correct muscles working. Too often we end up...

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Shoulder Pain With Planks? Try This!

Shoulder Pain With Planks? Try This!

Planks are a basic, but fundamental core move. They are a great way to establish that mind-body connection and really focus on what you feel working. They are a great anti-extension and ant-flexion movement so you learn how to brace.  But what if you have shoulder aches and pains that don’t allow...

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3 Moves To FIX Hip Pain – The Ankle-Butt Connection

Suffering from hip pain? Frustrated because you feel like you’re doing all the proper rehab work, foam rolling and stretching the muscles around your hips while activating your glutes, but nothing seems to be adding up? What if that’s because the original culprit of your pain, the area that lead...

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