Flexibility, Stretching + Active Recovery Workouts
Reduce the risk of injury, release tight shoulders and hips, and improve your posture with these stretching and mobility workouts! These are also perfect for active recovery days. Each workout is designed to assist in healthy muscle recovery function and keep you feeling your best!
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20-Minute Standing Abs Workout
1. Front Rack March, Hold and Press 2. Uneven Farmer’s Carry, Banded Side Leg Lift and Oblique Crunch 3. Squat and Chop to Shoulder Mobility: Standing Airplanes CIRCUIT TWO: 1. Good Morning and Drop Step Crossbody Crunch 2. Chair Sit and One-Sided Pendulum Swing 3. Windmill Lateral Lunge
7-Day Deload Week PDF (And Why You Need One!)
Overcome fitness plateaus, increase workout motivation and reduce risk of overtraining and injury by adding a deload week to your training routine. Deload weeks are intentional periods of reducing workout intensity and focusing on rest and recovery. These temporary breaks allow your body time to recovery and adapt, leading to improved athletic performance and muscle growth.
30-Minute Cardio and Mobility Workout (Shred)
Build strong, defined abs with this effective core training with dumbbells routine. Dynamic dumbbell core exercises will strengthen and stabilize your core from all angles. These core training exercises with dumbbells build strength for the movements you do in daily life, such as pivots, twists, bends, rotations and presses.
Stop Lower Back Pain From Lifting!
While you might notice back pain from sitting at a desk all day, it’s also very common to notice lower back pain while weightlifting. Some exercises like squats, back rows and kettlebell swings naturally put extra pressure on your spine. Issues like poor form, muscle imbalances, and limited mobility can also contribute to discomfort in your lower back.
7 Exercises for SI Joint Pain (Video)
Reduce pain around the lower back and pelvis with this SI joint pain relief routine. These simple exercises are designed to strengthen and stabilize all the muscles surrounding the hips - reducing the amount of shifting and inflammation within the SI (sacroiliac) joint. Get relief at home with this guided stretch and strengthening routine.
Wrist Pain During Planks and Push Ups? Try This!
If you’re dealing with wrist pain, you don’t have to give up on upper body strength training. As a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, wrist pain from exercise is one of the most common complaints I hear from women. These five wrist pain exercises and modifications decrease stress on your wrist joints, allowing you to exercise pain-free.
7 Lower Back Pain Relief Exercises
I personally started including these stretches for lower back pain in my routine 1-2 times a week to help reduce stiffness and pain. Once you have reduced your active pain, you can work on preventing future flare-ups by incorporating both stretching exercises, like those found in this post, and strengthening exercises (like these back exercises for women) to your weekly routine.