Most strength coaches and especially golf instructors will correctly tell you to bend over forwardfrom the hips. This movement is needed in many exercises especially in the deadlift and good morning and in golf, when assuming your stance. It is usually taken for granted that you know how to do this. However, in my work […]
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Every year you can read or hear about injury prevention guidelines. Most often they are basically the same recommendations as presented in previous years. This includes wearing the right running shoes, increasing the intensity and/or mileage gradually, paying more attention to early warning signs, varying your workouts, increasing your flexibility and strength and fueling your
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Coaches and instructors, especially those in the private sector, have gotten to be very competitive. They need athletes to make money — and the more winning athletes they have, the more money they make and the more they are considered to be successful. However, I often wonder if having more athletes isn’t the main reason
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Plyometrics are widely used by athletes to improve jump height. To further enhance jump height many coaches are now recommending a butt kick plyo jump. In this exercise, as you leap up off the ground you bring the heels to the buttocks. Upon landing, you immediately go into another jump and repeat the butt kick.
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Since launching the latest version of the Glute Ham Back Machine I have had many individuals asking about the auxiliary exercises possible on this machine. This includes separate development of the upper and lower abdominal muscles, the obliques and lower back erector spinae muscles for spinal extension and rotation to the rear. All of these
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