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Soccer Specific Strengthening
In this video I demonstrate strengthening exercises that can be implemented as part of a comprehensive program to help reduce risk of injury. The first exercise is the Nordic Hamstring Curl, which is an eccentric hamstring exercise that has been shown to help reduce the...
Soccer Single Leg Stability
In this video, I demonstrate a few single leg (SL) stability exercises utilizing a soccer ball and employing some common soccer techniques. The first exercise is a simple volleying drill. We challenge the SL stability more by not allowing the player to place his or...
DNS 90/90 Roll
Here's a FANTASTIC exercise to work on the INTEGRATED CORE STABILIZATION SYSTEM . This exercise gets it’s origins from Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization . How to Perform: - Quality over Quantity. Go slow. Do it right - Try to roll as a COMPLETE UNIT. Your arms,...
Nordic Hamstring Curl Regression Using The Lat Pull Down Machine
Don't have a gym partner to hold your ankles down? We'll you're in luck. Head on over the lat pull down machine and give yourself a couple pounds of assistance! . Why do this exercise? #Hamstring #PREHAB! . The best evidence supporting decreased hamstring re-injury...
Side Plank Disassociation
We are HUGE ADVOCATES of the side plank and have highlighted this exercise as well as many variations of it prior. Briefly, the side plank has THE HIGHEST GLUTE MED EMG ACTIVITY OF ANY BODY WEIGHT EXERCISE. The glutes are so important to low back...
Advanced Bird Dog Variations
Are bird dogs so easy for you that you now find them pointless? Try out these 3 microprogressions for the starting quadruped position to really give your core and glutes a stability challenge. . 1) Put your hands closer together. This narrows your base of...
Clean Form - All Things First Pull
When considering the concept of stability before mobility during movement, the squat clean is no exception. If a movement begins in a stable manner, more often than not the rest of the sequence will fall into place. In the setup of the squat clean: the...
Push Up Plus Vs The Wall Slide
The push up plus has been demonstrated to have one of the HIGHEST EMG LEVELS of ANY SERRATUS ANTERIOR EXERCISE and should be a stable of your (P)REHAB routines. In addition to having high serratus anterior (SA) activation, it also has EXTREMELY LOW UPPER TRAPEZIUS...
Contract-Relax Stretch For The Lats With Swissball
Here is another prehab hack to address those forward shoulders. The latissimus dorsi and the teres major (Lat's little helper) can contribute to forward shoulder alignment. This is a contract-relax stretch targeting these muscles, along with other shoulder extensors + internal rotators + scapulae depressors....
Posterior Tibialis Strengthening For Flat Feet
it's time to take a look at the mid foot and subtalar joint (STJ). During movement the foot can be an active shock absorber via muscle activation to decrease impact with the ground, this happens when the foot 'unlocks' by pronating. During a squat, the...