✅Decline Sit-ups

Great way to progress core strength 

This is a more advanced core movement, should already have a strong core before trying.

Body weight first and once you are ready you can start adding in weight.

Hope this helps.

Jess

✅RDL aka Romanian Deadlift

This is a hinging movement not a squatting movement.

Great for training the glutes and hamstrings 

Let the bar almost slide down your legs as you hinge and push your hips back.

Once your hamstrings get tight or loaded come back up. 

Very slow on the way down really try to load the hamstrings.

Hope this helps.

Jess

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✅Sumo Deadlift 

Another great variation of the deadlift 

Great for focusing on the glutes and quads

Nice wide stance

Point your toes out.

Back is straight and push your hips out on the way down.

Thinking of pushing the floor away on the way up.

Hope this helps.

Jess

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✅Heal elevated squats

Great movement for targeting the quads!

Rip your knees out on the way down, try to get your hamstrings to touch your calves at the bottom if you have the mobility.

Squeeze your core on the way up.

Hope this helps 

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✅Band Pull aparts are one of my favorite warmup exercises and movements.

Make sure to keep arms straight while performing the movement.

Think of squeezing your shoulders together once you have pulled the band apart.

Hope this helps 

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🤷‍♂️How to pick a protein bar…

No shortage of protein bars out there. 

Some are great, and some are terrible on the macros but they fly the word Protein so most do not bother to read the label and assume they are making a healthy choice.

Hope this helps 

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✅Here’s a 3 quick Tips for the battle ropes.

Keep your back straight 

Don’t let your shoulders get rolled forward too much.

It’s not a pulling movement 

Here’s a short video on how to get the most out of it.

As you fatigue, make sure that you pay attention to your form :)

Hope this helps 

✅How to use the skierg

The skierg is a great way to burn calories and get your heart rate up.

Here’s a short video on how to get the most out of it.

As you fatigue, make sure that you pay attention to your form :)

Hope this helps 

✅Getting the most out of the bicycle crunch

Slow Down!!! Don’t go as fast as possible just to get through the movement. 

Pause and squeeze on each rep. Think of quality of reps over quantity.

Work on extending the opposite leg straight and getting your elbow to your knee.

As you fatigue, make sure that you pay attention to your form :)

Hope this helps 

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💪Slam Ball

Accelerate on the way down.

Make sure you keep your back straight when squatting down to catch the ball.

As you progress work on catching the ball on the first bounce.

As you fatigue, make sure that you pay attention to your form :)

Hope this helps 

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