Training legs with lower back pain is one of the most frustrating things to deal with. You try to remove all the “painful” exercises to help reduce the irritation but you can’t seem to really get ahold of what is causing so much pain. In this video, I give you my top single-leg exercises for […]
What does the perfect lower back pain workout plan look like? I’ll tell you what it doesn’t look like. 1) Pushing through pain 2) Doing the exercise that you see other people in the gym doing 3) Sticking only to the exercises your provider gave you 2 years ago. There is a very specific formula […]
It’s super frustrating when something as simple as a push-up hurts your low back. Most people will just throw them out and just count it as a loss. Not us! Push-ups should be a staple in your program even if you’re dealing with chronic low back pain. Too often people constantly battle lower back pain […]
Have you ever had to stop working out before you even really got started due to low back pain or stiffness? Do your warm-ups seem to irritate your low back, often times causing a full blown flair-up? In this video I am going to share with you my top pre-exercise warm-up strategies that I use […]
When it comes to exercising the back and core you often see people who have been struggling with chronic low back pain forgo any direct work in these areas. Crunches and sit ups hurt, back extensions and dead lifts hurt so they just throw them out altogether. The problem with this is that the less […]
What would happen if you didn’t do anything for your nagging lower back pain? No stretching, no mobility, nothing. Thats the exact question that came in the other day from a reader and I am pumped to cover this unconventional question here today. When it comes to navigating exercise around back pain I live and […]
When it comes to managing chronic pain and getting started in the gym there are a few things you have to expect. One of these things is muscle soreness. If you’ve never been in the gym before, this muscle soreness could get pretty bad during your first month or so of training. If not addressed […]
Welcome to another Friday of Coffee and Coaching 🙂 Super pumped for this week and honestly the weeks to come! Today I have two things to share. The first is this weeks video topic over on YouTube.com. We are talking about the worst training styles a lot of back pain suffers start with to “get […]
If you’re walking around with your stomach clenched thinking that is the solution to “protecting the spine” I am so glad you found this article. This is a mistake I made a lot and I totally understand why you’re making it too. Some big name gurus across the internet will suggest that you keep your […]
When it comes to a sensitive back, post surgery or any level of back pain what you do before you start exercising for the day is critical. Before you may have gotten away with walking into the gym and just jumping on a treadmill for a few minutes and getting right after it soon after. […]