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5 Ways to Train With a Sled
Read More: 5 Ways to Train With a SledIf you train at a gym that’s embraced functional training, you (hopefully) have a dedicated space for sleds — that is, the apparatus with the skis on the bottom, a place to stack weights on the top, and poles to grab a hold of. If so, you’ve surely seen the most common use of the…
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5 Tried-and-True Ways to Relieve Tight Muscles
Read More: 5 Tried-and-True Ways to Relieve Tight MusclesTight muscles are no fun, but happen to the best of us every now and then — especially after long days sitting stationary in a chair, hard-earned workouts or strenuous activity that’s caused our muscles to be overworked. There are plenty of reasons why our muscles become tight and, most of the time, it’s an…
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The Advanced Lifter’s Total-Body Landmine Workout
Read More: The Advanced Lifter’s Total-Body Landmine WorkoutIt’s easy to get stuck in a rut, especially if you’re working out in a nontraditional space like a boutique training studio or your garage. If you don’t have the space or resources to add more equipment, then it’s time to get creative with what you do have. The landmine setup — a barbell anchored…
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8 Exercises to Get You Moving in the 3 Planes of Motion
Read More: 8 Exercises to Get You Moving in the 3 Planes of MotionThere seems to be a disconnect between real life and exercise. “We do not live in a one-dimensional world,” says Samantha Parker, MS, CPT, 500-hour RYT, author of Yoga for Chronic Pain … WTF? (Neoteric Movement Systems, June 2018). “We’re constantly twisting and turning, whether it’s to pick up children, put luggage in an overhead…
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Should You Exercise While Sick?
Read More: Should You Exercise While Sick?If you are consistently active, you probably feel strong, healthy and at times utterly invincible. This can make it doubly painful when your body does succumb to illness (which, let’s face it, happens to the best of us!). Not only do you feel icky when you’re sick, but you’re also discouraged from doing the one…
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Fitness Quest: Learn to Love Burpees in 30 Days
Read More: Fitness Quest: Learn to Love Burpees in 30 DaysBurpees are easily one of the most hated exercises among fitness aficionados because they truly put your body through a mental and physical test. But what if we told you that you could learn to love them? That’s right — not just tolerate, but love them! When it comes down to it, we tend to…
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Fitness Techniques, Functional, Functional Workout, Training Techniques for Women, Weight-Training, Weighted Workouts, Workout Techniques
7 Steps to a Perfect Power Clean
Read More: 7 Steps to a Perfect Power CleanOlympic lifts are a valuable tool for improving strength and athletic performance — and as a side bonus, they also help develop crazy-good muscle shape, size and definition. In fact, one could argue that the power-clean portion of the clean-and-jerk is the best exercise ever devised. “The clean is a functional movement used [routinely] in…
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Functional, Functional Workout, Glutes Exercises, Leg Workouts for Women, Legs Exercises, Lower body workout
Pulse Your Way to Better Legs With This Lower-Body Band Workout
Read More: Pulse Your Way to Better Legs With This Lower-Body Band WorkoutIn the gym, it doesn’t always take big moves to get big results. In fact, sometimes just a small “pulse” rep — that is, a range of motion of just a few inches at most in a controlled but relatively quick fashion — can challenge your muscles in a whole new and invigorating way. Houston-based…
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The Dumbbell Core Workout for Tight, Toned Abs
Read More: The Dumbbell Core Workout for Tight, Toned Abs“Many people believe that their core is simply their abdominal ‘six-pack’ muscles, and to strengthen them, all they need are crunches,” says Teri Jory, Los Angeles–based personal trainer, professional ice skater, fourth-degree black belt and creator of the POISE method and the creator of the following dumbbell core workout. The reality of good core work…
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Ab Workouts for Women, Abs Exercises, Core Exercises, Core Training, Core Workout, Functional, Functional Workout
The Functional Kettlebell Core Workout
Read More: The Functional Kettlebell Core WorkoutYou could argue that no part of your body is more important to your body’s overall fitness and athletic performance than your core — and you’d be right. Your abs and lower back contribute to any exercise or physical activity you undertake, serving as a “power center” for every twist, turn, lift or leap you…
