Redefining Strength Blog
Learning To Use The Power Wheel – 11 Power Wheel Exercises
The Power Wheel is a great advanced core training tool. It creates instability and really forces your core to engage and work during compound movements. It can take plank, crawls and glute bridges to the next level. However, you must make sure that your core activates...
Lunge For Stronger Legs And Glutes – Functional Lunge Variations
Squats and Deadlifts are often touted as the head honchos of lower body exercises because they are compound, functional exercises. Heck, the deadlift is even held in high esteem as a back exercise. And while both moves are a great way to strengthen your lower...
The Best Of Redefining Strength 2015
Over this past year, we shared 100s of new exercises as well as workouts and fitness tips. All to help you reach your fitness goals. Here are some of our favorite articles, most popular articles and down right ESSENTIAL articles to help you set some New Years...
Thoracic Extension Exercises – The Thoracic Bridge And More!
Most of us sit in flexion all day hunched over a computer screen or slouched in our car. This causes poor posture and often poor extension, which can lead to improper movement patterns, compensations and eventually pain and injury. That is why it is important to...
Why You Should Do Crunches and Sit Ups – 20 Ab Exercises
TheCrunches and Sit Ups have gotten a bad rap in the last few years. They are said to be worthless and even put you at risk for injury. And when designing many of my workouts, I often even opt for other "core moves" over Crunches and Sit Ups because they give you...
Keep Those Shoulders Healthy – Prevent and Alleviate Shoulder Pain and Injury
Because most of us sit hunched over for a majority of the day, whether it's at a desk, in the car or even watching TV, many of us are at risk for shoulder pain and injury. That constant flexion of your spine, forward rounded shoulders and forward head position creates...
5 Quick Stretching Flows To Loosen Up
If you want to move better and feel better, you need to move more throughout the day. You also need to make sure that your workout program includes a proper warm up routine. The more you can stretch out and loosen up everything that gets tight from sitting hunched...
Glute Activation – 15 Glute Bridge Variations and 2 Activation Series
Glute Activation is a hot topic right now and with good reason - strong, active glutes not only look great, but they also help prevent pain and injury while also helping you to lift more and run faster. And the Glute Bridge is one of the best basic glute activation...
Get In A Full-Body Cardio Workout With These 21 Slide Board Exercises
All too often we do cardio in only one plane of motion. Actually, not only in one plane of motion, but also in one directions - forward. We run forward. We use the elliptical moving forward. We even ride the bike and move forward. That is why anytime there is a piece...
