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Anterior Step Down - Wedge, Kettlebell
HOW: Place a wedge underneath your heel while holding onto a load up against your chest. Reach forward with the elevated leg as far as you can, tap the floor and return back to starting position. FEEL: You will feel the muscles in your legs...
Single Leg Wall Spanish Squat
HOW: Place your back against a wall then slide down into a wall squat. Shift your weight onto one side and lift the opposite leg off the floor. Have a partner pull a band wrapped around your knee. The stronger the band and the more...
Single Leg Hip Hinge - Dowel
HOW: Begin in a standing position with your feet about hip-width apart. Place a dowel behind your back with one end making contact with your head and on your tailbone with the other end, the middle of the dowel should also be in contact with...
Quadruped Fire Hydrant
HOW: Get set-up in a quadruped position on your hands and knees. Start strong in your shoulder blades by pushing your body away from the floor. From here you will lift one leg off the floor and drive your knee out to the side and...
Quad Set
HOW: Follow this foolproof guide to wake your quad back up! Laying on the ground or on a table with your knee straight and foot supported, attempt to push your knee down and lift your heel off the ground by squeezing your quadriceps muscle until...
Dead Bug
HOW: Start this exercise on your back in a 90/90 position, with your knees over your hips and your arms in front of your shoulders. Keep the small of your back pushed into the floor by activating your core. While maintaining core activation drop one...
Squat Weight Shift
HOW: Get into a squat position, as deep as you want. Slowly shift weight to one side, and then the other. The goal is to get comfortable with more weight on one leg. FEEL: You should feel the muscles in your thigh work harder as...
Anterior Lunge To Single Leg Balance
HOW: Take a quick step forward into a forward lunge position. Get deep into the lunge position by bending your front knee. Then explosively push yourself backwards and up, balancing on your opposite leg. The goal of this exercise is to work on explosively pushing...
Lateral Lunge to Single Leg Balance
HOW: Take a quick step outwards into a lateral lunge position. Get deep into the lunge position by bending your outside hip and knee. Then explosively push yourself back to the starting position, balancing on your opposite leg. The goal of this exercise is to...
Supine Heel Dig - 90 deg
HOW: Begin face up, while keeping your knees bent to about 90 degrees drive your heels into the floor. Nothing should be moving, hold this position as long as prescribed. FEEL: You may feel like the hips will be coming off the floor. The exercise...