Band External Rotation w/Trunk Twist
This exercise will help to reduce the risk of a rotator cuff injury in overhead athletes and will help build mobility and strength through a full range of motion in the shoulder. The rotation of the trunk helps to add in more lower trap activation while still training the muscles of the rotator cuff and working through full external rotation. Try this as part of a shoulder injury prevention program for throwers or anyone else who needs to have a strong, stabile, and mobile shoulder!
Single Leg Squat to Knee
The single leg squat is one of the most effective ways to increase leg strength, without adding load to the spine. This makes it a very safe and effective way to build up strength and power in the quads and glutes while keeping injury risks at a minimum. Try this variation, which allows for natural assistance, to ensure that you're getting proper depth on your single leg squats.
The State of Fitness in America and How it’s Affecting our Youth
This weekend I had the privilege of giving a presentation for the Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters on the necessity of fitness for Fire Fighters. We've trained first responders at our facility for years and I've always felt strongly about the necessity of fitness for dangerous jobs, like Fire Fighting. Once I started doing the research though, I realized that it's not just first responders who need to be doing something about their physical fitness for health and safety reasons, it's everyone. I know from my own work
Golf Specific Warmup
This golf specific warmup will help you to get ready for a round on the course or a range session. We work on specific movements to warm up the shoulders and hips, as well as improving balance and stretching to improve trunk rotation.
Protect Your Back Through Golf Season With These Two Moves
Exercise 1: Lateral Band Walks for Hip StabilityWith the recent emphasis on the importance of fitness in golf, we often hear people talk about “core strength”. Many people think of this as meaning that you have strong abs, but the core is much more than that. The core is where all movement begins and is responsible for transferring power from the lower body to the upper body in most athletic movements. One often over looked part of the core is our hips.Many people think of the hips as being
Stability Ball Deadbugs
Stability ball deadbugs focus on anti-extension of the core. This may be the best exercise out there for personal training clients who are looking to improve their abdominal strength but suffer from back problems. This is a great exercise for our golf fitness clients who want to build their core strength for the golf season.
Slideboard Abs
Rotational power and disassociation of the hips and shoulders are required in almost all sports, especially golf, hockey, and throwing sports like baseball. Slideboard abs build rotational core strength and help work on disassociation of the hips and shoulders in a controlled manner. While many trainers will have clients that can't do this exercise, if they can it's well worth putting them through it!
Lateral Band Walks
Lateral band walks are one of the most common exercises used with our personal training clients to work on hip stability. Check out this video on the different variations that our trainers use and how to perform the exercise properly.
Knee Hug Elevated Hip Extensions
A favorite exercise of our personal trainers, this version of the hip extension provides us with the ability to train each glute individually and simultaneously provides a hip flexor stretch.
Inverted Rows
Can't do pull-ups? Try inverted rows! Our training staff uses different variations of this exercise to work on strength in the postural muscles of the back. We also use it as a lighter intensity option for those personal training clients who can't do full pull-ups, yet.