The Dead Bug: Core Stability for Injury Prevention Dead bug exercise progressions are excellent for core stability and are used in physical therapy and rehab but often overlooked in fitness and athletics. We use them to develop core strength and pelvic positioning in...
Building Accessory Programs – Part 6 Building an accessory program is a great idea if your training isn’t well balanced or if you have specific goals that aren’t being met. This article is the final part of a series all about how to build and...
Unilateral exercises: accessory programming part 5 Functional training programs are intended to make your body move well as a whole, not just as individual parts. Unfortunately many programs still lack movements that are helpful in sport and in life. Adding...
Lateral movements: accessory programming part 4 Functional training programs are intended to make your body move well as a whole, not just as individual parts. Unfortunately many programs still lack movements that are helpful in sport and in life. Adding lateral...
Horizontal Pulling Movements – accessory programming part 3 Functional fitness programming often has a great deal of pulling movements. Unfortunately programs like Crossfit neglect horizontal pulling in favor of vertical pulling. For this reason, we recommend...
Rotation exercises – crossfit accessory programming part 2 Rotation exercises are key to generating power in movements like throwing or swinging and they also play an important role in muscle balance and healthy joint mechanics. Unfortunately, they are often...