The Banded Pull-Downs are a super-effective back and lat strength-building exercise. If you have a hard time doing pull-ups and you don’t have access to a cable machine grab a set of bands and rig this up where ever you workout. I do these two ways one with my feet up and the other with […]
Do bench step-ups cause any kind of weird lower back pain for you? Can you do them fine without any kind of discomfort DURING the workout but pay for it days later? In this video, I am going to show you how to master the Bench Step-Up and also show you my little secret to […]
Does the Side Plank cause lower back pain for you? Did your Physical Therapist or Doctor tell you to start doing Side Planks or other plank variations to help or prevent lower back pain? The Side Plank is one of my go-to exercises for any level of fitness enthusiast especially those with lower back pain. […]
Shoulder pressing (or any type of pressing) should be a staple in your exercise program. Unfortunately, when dealing with lower back pain this exercise becomes one that we throw out due to irritation. There are a lot of different ways to hit the shoulders but one of my go-to exercises is the staggered stance dumbbell […]
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, oftentimes causing a full-blown flair-up? In this video, I am going to share with you the top pre-exercise warm-up strategies that I use when working […]
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 […]
