Tips & Tricks

If you’re finding that your low back tends to arch when you follow certain movement patterns, one muscle that we need to pay attention to is the erector spinae.   By LeighAnn Clark This muscle runs the length of your back, from the top of the neck, down to the pelvis and runs just along…

The sedentary workstyle that many of us have had to adopt, especially in the workplace, has led to a lot of back pain, hip pain, and generally poor posture.   By: Coach LeighAnn Clark Of course stretching and foam rolling will help to alleviate some of this pain and help us to sit with better…

There are a lot of pieces to our squat and a ton of ways to improve our squat form, as well as depth and strength.   One common mistake we tend to make is allowing the chest to fall too far forward. We need the chest to come forward a little to be in a…

We’re always working toward building up our mobility, whether in our ankles, hips, etc.   These are all important to focus on, but sometimes we find we have some tightness in muscles that we haven’t talked about as much, and you may not know the best way to get after those muscles. One muscle group…

Squatting, it’s one of the most used and beneficial movements of any program. It is however a movement that can go wrong in many different places due to the number of moving parts. To create the perfect squat we have to first discover our own weaknesses and build from the floor up. Starting with the…

Do you sit all day? Maybe your back hurts? Just know you need to open up that part of your body?   Here are 3 things that can help:   The Bretzel The Bretzel is a great exercise for opening up the entire anterior chain. It’s also very easy to complete. The video will show you how…

By Coach LeighAnn The “Hip Tuck.” A crucial form cue in almost every movement we do, including day-to-day life. The ability to align our hips correctly will help us to use correct muscles and to eliminate back pain. We use the tuck in a plank, a squat, a deadlift, a hinge, and all of the…

By Coach Greg. If you have ever had trouble getting into a deep squat, you are not alone. Many have trouble getting their hips low enough to maintain an upright chest position at the bottom of their squat. So to make it feel like they are getting deep they flex forward at the hip so…