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Tips & Tricks

Bench Press Tips

Bench Press Tips By Greg Hammons The bench press is one of the most used and beneficial exercises in any exercise program. Its great for building overall upper body strength, but only if its done safely. If you are noticing shoulder pain after benching or limiting your progress you are probably out of position. Here…

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Is It Your Pecs?

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Is It Your Pecs? By LeighAnn Clark You may have never paid much attention to your pectoralis major and minor muscles outside of being instructed to perform a chest press. What you may not realize is how important a role they play in other movement patterns. Some of us who experience difficulty with our shoulders,…

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Planks and Breathing?

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Planks and Breathing? By Greg Hammons Planks are awesome exercises to create core stability, which intern creates overall performance gains. But are you getting all you can from your plank? If you find it difficult to breathe and maintain a tight position, most likely you are missing out on some key elements of the exercise.…

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Shoulder Stabilization Exercises

If you think you have a winging scapula you’re probably wrong. By Greg Hammons A true wing is due to a neurologic injury. More than likely what’s going on is you have an underachieving Serratus Anterior, causing your shoulder blade to get a little funky when you press. Here we will go over a few…

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Wrist Mobility

Ever drop out of a plank or stop doing push ups, not because your core or your upper body was tired but because your wrists just weren’t having it? By Greg Hammons Sometimes to make sure we can keep getting stronger we have to make sure our joints have the ROM to keep up with…

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Hamstring Stretch

Our warmups sometimes include a hamstring stretch, one that is very much needed by the majority of us. By LeighAnn Clark It’s a fantastic stretch, but are we doing it right? When we use this stretch, we need to use something called Reciprocal Inhibition. This essentially means that if one muscle is active, the opposite…

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Jungle Gym Squats

If you are new to working out or it’s been awhile since you have used a squat pattern, the Jungle Gym system can be a great way to understand the way a squat works. By LeighAnn Clark The JG’s will allow you to perform these patterns with a lot more ease and will also allow…

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Squat Hack

The squat has so many bits and pieces to it; lock the abs, tuck the hips, eyes up, chest up, shoulders back, knees in line with the toes, etc. By LeighAnn Clark It can be a lot to try to remember all of these cues. One important detail of our squat that we tend to…

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Glute Activation for Knee Pain

We focus a lot of our energy on mobility when we are preparing ourselves to train.   By LeighAnn Clark Mobility is incredibly important because we need to make sure that the muscles are ready to move through a full range of motion, but activation is a huge component as well. Typically in our class…

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Iliopsoas: The Hidden Culprit

Do you have chronic back or hip pain, that won’t go away, no matter how much you stretch and foam roll? By Greg Hammons The hidden culprit may be a deep muscle called the iliopsoas. The iliopsoas muscle is one of our major hip flexors. When we sit for long periods of time or do…

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