Exercise of the Week #44 Partner Hamstring Stretch
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #44
PARTNER HAMSTRING STRETCH
This is the first in a series of exercises we will show you to increase the flexibility of various muscles of the upper and lower body. This is the Partner Hamstring Stretch that is designed to elongate the muscles that comprise the hamstrings. Done correctly this can also be an excellent stretch of the lower back and with proper positioning of the leg on the ground you can even get some elongation of the hip flexors.
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Weight Loss and a Recaptured Love of Cycling
Here is the second guest post from Paul at Pacificpedaling.com. In this one he details how he was able to take a former love of his (cycling) and use it again to help him lose over 50 pounds! If you have not had a chance to do so, check out his blog. It is loaded with great cycling info and there are some cool pictures from local races his team has been competing in.
If you are at all Interested in Cycling, Check this Out!
We have asked Paul, the Author of pacificpedaling.com to do a few guest posts for us. You will instantly see why. Paul is as passionate about his cycling as we are about our training. His blog is excellent and if you are at all interested in cycling, you need to take some time to go check it out. Here is the first of a few posts he will be doing for us. Please when you are done reading it, go check out what else he has done on his site. The pictures alone are worth a look.
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Fitness Tip of the Week #19; Stretch Before You Sleep
Here are 5 great moves you can do before going to bed.
We have already covered some good stretches you should do right after you wake up in the morning to help activate your muscular system. What about before going to bed? Throughout the day we all develop tightness and stress in different areas of our body. These areas often include our neck, upper and lower backs, hip flexors and hamstrings. Most of these can be attributed to the lack of stimulus to our muscular system throughout the day to take our joints through their full range of motion, as well as the seated position our bodies cast to over a period of time.
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"I Need Better Flexibility in My Hamstrings, Where do I Start?"
Another great example that we get asked all the time. How do I increase flexibility in my hamstrings? It comes from many different sources when people ask us. "My Doctor tells me I need better flexibility in my hamstrings to help with my low back pain." "My Golf Instructor tells me that increasingly my hamstring flexibility will improve my swing plane." There are thousands of reasons you want to maintain flexibility in your hamstrings but rather than list what you already know, let us take a few minutes and show you some simple steps to get started.
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Does Wearing a Weight Vest While Doing Cardio Help?
Recently I purchased a few weight vests
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Happy Thanksgiving. Could you use a Warm-up Before You Eat?
The annual eating frenzy is about to begin. Here are a few tips we want to share with you to perhaps lessen the negative side effects of the family feast this year.
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Exercise of the Week Workout #4 Running Warmup
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK WORKOUT #4
RUNNING WARMUP
Here is the complete Running Warmup for you to follow. Give it a shot the next time you are headed out for a run. We have taken the time to put together an intelligent warmup that incorporates the various components necessary to promote an efficient stride. Here is the extra descriptions for each move along with the number of repetitions of each.
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Fitness Tip of the Week #16 Stretching for True Range of Motion
A few weeks back in a tip on stretching we wanted to make sure you hold your stretches for at least 30 seconds or more. We talked a bit about the physiology behind muscles and the nervous system and how they play a role in flexibility. To go along with this last post, I would like to give you another tip for your stretches that is essential to getting the most out of your flexibility routines.
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Exercise of the Week #38 Full Squats
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #38
FULL SQUATS
Full Squats or Free Squats are one of the more common exercises we use at the end of warm-ups and cool-downs to introduce proper loading into the hips, knees, and ankles. With the progression of the warm-up exercises leading into this one all designed to properly align the skeletal system, this moves help to reinforce this anatomically correct position.