By Topic: Training Tips

Can everyone learn to do the splits? Coming from a background in sports medicine, dance medicine, strength & conditioning, yoga and Pilates, this is a question people often ask me... View More

Training the core to remain stable in transition is helpful for facilitating optimal movement and stability to aid performance and reduce injuries... View More

Cueing is an essential skill that all fitness professionals should develop to assist a client in achieving a movement successfully... View More

This exercise is an effective tool for improving hip and core strength/stability in all clients... View More

This exercise offers many benefits including increased posterior chain strength, improved proximal hip/core stability, and better hip dissociation... View More

This exercise is a challenging and effective way to improve pillar (shoulder, torso and hip) strength and stability... View More

Improving lower extremity balance is important as it begins to decline in the third decade of life... View More

This exercise will strengthen the quadriceps and help eliminate any asymmetry or imbalances between limbs... View More

The primary aim of this exercise is increasing ankle dorsiflexion... View More

This exercise will help restore ankle mobility using body weight loading, as well as training single limb stability... View More

This exercise offers a challenging and unstable training environment for PNF patterns... View More

Factors to consider include not wanting to spread the virus, but from a medical perspective, when is the body ready to safely return to exercising?... View More

This exercise offers a nontraditional way to train shoulder, torso and lower body stability using a stability ball... View More

This exercise will effectively recruit the gluteal musculature more favorably over the TFL thereby promoting closed chain hip stability... View More

The kettlebell swing is effective for strengthening the posterior chain, increasing power and improving cardiovascular conditioning... View More

This exercise is designed to promote anti-rotation core strengthening... View More

Whether recovering from an injury or simply looking to eliminate asymmetries and enhance function, I often utilize single leg reaching progressions... View More

This exercise will challenge single leg balance and stability, while promoting posterior chain (upper and lower body) strengthening... View More

This exercise is a challenging one that forces the client to resist excessive trunk rotation while executing a single arm row... View More

Improving lateral pillar strength can reduce injury risk and optimize movement and stability... View More