Build Muscle & Lose Fat through Strength Training
Power comes from the hips: your posterior chain. It consists of your lower back, hamstrings, calves & glutes. A strong posterior chain is important for Deadlifts, Squats, Power Cleans, jumps, sprints, …
Excessive sitting shortens your hip flexors. This stretches the opposite muscles: your glutes. They become dormant. You can’t fire your glutes properly anymore. The solution is glute activation exercises. Here’s how.
Why your lower back hurts on Barbell Rows. Ways to avoid lower back pain on Barbell Rows. How to do Barbell Rows correctly so you avoid lower back pain. Example of bad Barbell Row technique.
Deadlifts strengthen your lower back by teaching you to keep it rigid against a load. Unfortunately many don’t strengthen but hurt their lower back doing Deadlifts. Here 5 ways to avoid lower back pain from Deadlifts.
People from all ages, occupations, and sport disciplines complain of lower back pain. A tight Psoas often contributes to your back pain. Good News? You can avoid it… you can even fix it.
Reader Kabir hurt his lower back doing Deadlifts last year. He also reported lower back pain on Squats. Here are videos of Kabir’s Squat technique before & after I gave him tips.
Your lower back has a natural inward curve. An excessive inward curve is called lordosis. Lordosis is a common cause of lower back pain in strength training & daily activities. This article will help you understand lordosis & how to treat it.
By stretching your lower back you try to increase its natural range of motion. Stretching doesn’t alleviate your lower back pain. Stretching makes a back that is already unstable more unstable.
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