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Top 30 Battle Rope Exercises For Power, Strength & Endurance
Battle Ropes: MORE Than Just A Brutal Conditioning Tool Most people and coaches think, “It is just a battle rope. All you do is use it for upper body cardio finishers. Alternating waves until you’re dead, and that is that!” While it is true that you can use it for [...]
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PAIN-FREE PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION
JULY 11-12, 2020
MADISON, WISCONSIN
Presented by Dr. John Rusin & Clifton Harski
When the goal is building pain-free health and performance, you should be hinging 2-3x as much as you’re squatting. Here are some of my favorite unconventional RDL variations for bigger stronger hips and a healthier lower back 🔗LINK IN BIO
Never miss another workout due to lower back pain again. Instead, train smarter (and stay healthier) with these 10 proactive steps to intelligently training through lower back pain to rebuild your movement and rehab your aches and pains 🔗LINK IN BIO
Never miss another workout due to an achy or injured lower back. Instead, train smarter to stay pain-free and progressing. Here’s how with the ultimate guide to intelligently training through lower back pain 🔗LINK IN BIO
Getting strong and building muscle should NOT leave you tight, immobile and in pain. Maximize functional mobility while building muscle and strength simultaneously with the loaded stretching technique for the shoulders, hip flexors, hamstrings and more 🔗LINK IN BIO
Unless you’re a competitive Olympic lifter, there’s no reason to force feed traditional front squats. As this position is notoriously tough on the elbows, wrists, shoulders and low back. Instead, here’s the pain-free setup I prefer for a majority of my clients, and how to set it up correctly for smarter safer (and stronger) front squats 🔗LINK IN BIO
Training the foot for strength, performance and injury prevention isn’t complicated, but just extremely misunderstood and undervalued. Here are the top 10 foot strengthening drills you should be doing for stronger, healthier feet 🔗LINK IN BIO
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