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Homemade Workout Equipment – Slosh Pipes

You don't have to buy a ton of fancy exercise equipment to get in a great workout at home. Actually you can use a ton of things you already have around the house and even make a few simple, cheap pieces of equipment and have everything you need to get in a great home workout. For instance, towels...

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Unilateral Leg Exercises – The Airborne Lunge and Regressions

Unilateral exercises are a great way to prevent and correct imbalances. They force each leg, each side, to work independently so that the dominant side can't take over. They also require less, and in many cases no weight, to be challenging so that you can do them at home if you don't have much...

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10 Knee-Friendly Lower Body Exercises

Often people think they can't workout their legs when they have knee pain. And while you don't just want to jump into a lower body strength routine if you aren't sure what is going on with your knees, there are knee-friendly lower body exercises you can do once you've identified the problem and...

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A Quick Full-Body Yoga Sequence Warm Up

Warm ups don't have to involve a ton of different stretches or take a long time. Here is one Full-Body "Yoga Sequence" to warm you up from head to toe. Repeat this stretch 8-15 times per side depending on what you are doing that day and if you are including other stretches in your warm up.  ...

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Playground Workouts – Channel Your Inner Child!

You are most likely to stick with a workout routine you enjoy. If working out is a chore, then you will use any excuse you can to get out of doing it. However, if you enjoy working out, you are going to make sure to include it in your day EVEN if you are completely stressed out. And what is more...

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Stretch AND Activate – 5 All-In-One Bridge Exercises

When you sit all day at a desk, your body is constantly in flexion, which leads to injury. The 5 bridge exercises below are the opposite of what you do all day and, when paired with a proper trigger point release program, can help you prevent and alleviate injury. See the 5 Bridge Variations in...

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