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When And Why To Use Compound, Hybrid And Isolation Exercises

When And Why To Use Compound, Hybrid And Isolation Exercises

With the growing popularity of functional fitness and quick workouts, there is a tendency to "demonize" isolation exercises and believe that hybrid and compound moves are all you need. Isolation moves get a bad rap because they don't provide as much "bang for your buck" AND don't force muscles to...

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Stop Torturing Your Rotator Cuff!

Stop Torturing Your Rotator Cuff!

Rotator cuff injuries are all too common. And often when we have an injury, we think the muscle must have been weak and that is why they got hurt. But all too often that IS NOT the case. All too often smaller, weaker muscles end up injured because they become overstrained and overworked. So while...

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The Prevent Lower Back Pain Workout

The Prevent Lower Back Pain Workout

If you want to stay injury free, it isn't enough to just rest and then return to your normal routine. You've got to CORRECT the problem that caused the pain to occur aka address the movement distortions, compensations and imbalances that lead to the overload. And in the case of our lower backs,...

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Macro-Friendly Pizza – Curb Those Cravings

Macro-Friendly Pizza – Curb Those Cravings

I believe eating well is a balance...and sometimes that balance even means having no balance aka what I consider "cheat days." But for those days you don't fully feel like indulging but do have a hankering for some of those not so healthy treats, it can be fun to come up with macro-friendly...

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Ladies…Protein WON’T Make You Bulky!

Ladies…Protein WON’T Make You Bulky!

So one of my male clients told me a few of his female co-workers wanted to start losing some weight. He told them they should eat more protein. And they said back to him, "But we don't want to get bulky!" WHAAAAAAAT!?! I was a bit stunned when he told me this. They thought that by eating protein,...

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Do You Really Have Lower Abs?

Do You Really Have Lower Abs?

GASP! Maybe there is something to this LOWER AB thing! Fitness elitists will get really mad if you utter the term "lower abs." Because technically there is no lower ab muscle. Technically it is all the same muscle the rectus abdominis that we are usually targeting with our core work, especially if...

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The Bodyweight Core And Leg Workout

The Bodyweight Core And Leg Workout

To get in a killer core workout, you don't need weights or fancy equipment. You don't need to do a ton of crunches either. You can get killer results by working your core with BODYWEIGHT unilateral leg moves, hanging abs, planks and bridges. These moves not only work your abs but EVERYTHING...

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