Should I Exercise With Low Back Pain? Have you ever sat in your car in the parking lot of your gym debating whether you should go in and work out despite your consistent low back pain? Have your doctors been telling you more exercise will help with your pain yet exercise seems to be one […]
Some of the simplest exercises can trigger low back pain. Take bicep curls and shoulder presses for example. These are not necessarily considered “risky” exercises for someone who has a sensitive low back but depending on how they do them it could really mess them up. Today, I want to give you a quick fix […]
Have you ever wondered whether the number of reps you’re currently doing in your program is actually going to get you results? What if I told you that the number of reps you do doesn’t really matter? What if I told you that you could do any rep scheme you wanted to on any given […]
Do you find yourself babying your shoulders every time you’re in the gym? No matter how many “warm-up” sets you do you still feel like your shoulders need more time before you start lifting? If this is you then you might want to start doing more of this exercise. There aren’t a lot of exercises […]
Do you have a hard time “feeling” your butt when you’re targeting them in the gym? Do you struggle with low back pain and weakness in the lower body? Is your butt just not growing despite all the squats and lunges you are doing? Having a strong butt does matter. Not only that but knowing […]
Are traditional barbell bent-over rows causing back pain for you? Do you still try to push through the pain because you know how important it is to have a strong back? You’re not the only one who will often trade pain for strength gains but it doesn’t have to be like that. Traditional barbell bent-over […]
Looking for a low back-friendly arm workout? Are traditional dumbbell or barbell curls getting boring? Do those traditional arm exercises cause random low back irritation? If so, I have a pretty cool arm workout for you that I did with resistance bands you can do just about anywhere. You can see the exact bands I […]
Lateral Lunges For Stronger Legs (safe for bad backs) Do regular squats hurt your back? Do you hate loaded bar squatting? If so, let me give you an alternative exercise you can start doing even with a sensitive lower back. Too much emphasis is placed on the barbell squat. Yes, it is a great exercise […]
A good ab workout is priceless especially if it doesn’t hurt your low back or make any of your symptoms worse. You see so many people doing variations of crunches and sit-ups in the gym and to be honest, half of the time they are working their hip flexors and quads more than anything else. […]
What is a good exercise to build strength in the upper back? When it comes to correcting things like poor posture, rounded shoulders or an achy mid-back, we can’t always resort to smashing it with a foam roller or stretching. To be honest these things bring more of a mental relief than an actual structural […]
