Todays 10 second tip- Doing heavy single leg RDLs... will improve your balance more than most “balance” drills. Strength = stability.show more

What’s the single most underrated exercise? I’ll start: Heavy... walking lunges. Full body strength, balance and stability, plus cardio at higher rep ranges.show more

Bulgarian split squats will expose your weaknesses real quick.... Balance, stability, mobility and strength all have to work together.show more

Awesome Benefits of Doing Push-Ups Every Day... 1. Work... Multiple Muscles Simultaneously 2. Improve Upper Body Strength 3. They are Easy to Adapt 4. Work Your Legs 5. Contribute to Core Stability 6. Enhance Posture and Balance 7. Measure Upper Body Strength and Endurance.show more

Physio Ball Dynamic Stork: This will light your glutes... on fire! The outside leg will be torched as long as you push hard into the ball. Great for building single leg stability, balance, and endurance. Also helpful if you have cranky knees. Shoot for 2-4 sets of 25-45sshow more

⚡ Want to help your athlete get faster? Single-Leg... Pogo Hops improve: ✅ Speed ✅ Balance ✅ Explosiveness ✅ Coordination The goal: spend less time on the ground and more time moving. 3 sets of 15-20 hops per leg before training. Train smart. Get faster. ⚡ #SpeedTrainingshow more

One of the fastest ways to rebuild athleticism after... 40? Start balancing on one leg. This simple A-walk drill improves: • Balance • Hip mobility • Coordination • Single-leg stability 1-2 sets of 15 reps before your workout. Train muscles. But move like an athlete.show more

As a masters sprinter, the reverse lunge is a... pillar movement for strength/power/speed It should be for all athletes that move bipedally/unilaterally (runners, tennis, footy etc) And it should be as we age: balance, stability, and minimising fall risk begins with single leg powershow more

The secret to better leg shape? Start from the... ground up. Strong foot arches can help: • Straighten legs • Reduce knee caving • Improve X-shaped or O-shaped legs • Make legs look longer & more toned Most people skip this completely. Save this. Your legs will thank you later. 🦶show more

Most runners under-load their calves. Heavy calf raises fix... that. Runners usually do bodyweight single-leg raises and call it done. But your Achilles tendon takes massive load every stride. Bodyweight isn't enough stimulus to make it stronger. Heavy load is what drives the adaptation. I do these on leg day. 50kg in the hands, standing on a plate so my heels can drop below the toes. Focus points: → Full range of motion. Heels drop below the plate at the bottom, full extension at the top → Slow on the way down. (~2 seconds.) → Go bilateral when loading heavy. Single-leg has its place, but two legs lets you put real weight through the tendon → Don't rush the rep. This isn't a calf burner, it's a strength lift 3 x 8-10 reps. Train your calves in the gym so they can handle what running demands.show more

My thoughts on the New Balance Rebel V5 (from... someone who’s strictly worn minimalist shoes for the last 10 years) I love em I’m faster, more comfortable at distance, & a better runner because of them My only “complaint” is the toe box width Big toes are taking a beating with increased volume Other than that, they’ve been a great running shoe & I will be purchasing another pairshow more

Be careful what you wish for. Tens of thousands... of young Chinese people are becoming homeless, Because of property negative equity. In China, if you owe more on your mortgage than the home is currently worth. If you sell the property for unable to pay mortgage on time, you generally must pay the shortfall (the difference between your sale price and your outstanding mortgage balance) out of pocket to the bank.. Or you will get Blacklisted by Social Credit System, and become homeless.show more

My philosophy when working with HS kids who are... very strong. 445x3. Our dude Blaze Waters (HS sophomore) will get stronger over the next 2+ years just by getting older and training more. It’s my/our job to make sure he’s also producing force at a high rate and to not just go for maxes. Health drives performance. Once we get in the 500 range, we really won’t focus on more weight. Yes he will definitely be able to lift more than 500 but instead we will focus on pulling a % at FAST SPEEDS. In addition we are working on single leg strength and other low hanging fruit that big dudes might not prioritize.show more

"Lift lighter as you get older. Protect your joints."... The standard advice. The wrong advice. What heavy lifting actually does for an ageing body: - Builds tendon stiffness, which protects joints rather than wearing them - Maintains the high threshold motor units that are first to disappear with age - Stimulates bone density, the thing osteoporosis attacks - Develops the strength reserve that keeps you independent at 80 What high reps do for an ageing body: - Generate more total fatigue per session - Take longer to recover from (a problem that compounds with age) - Do nothing for tendon stiffness - Do nothing for fast twitch preservation - Make you tired without making you strong Recovery capacity declines with age. The worst thing you can do is pick the more fatiguing option and call it gentle. The actual protocol: - Heavy enough to challenge the muscle (4-6 reps, near failure) - Machines for most of the work (less spinal load, less balance demand, more stimulus to the muscle, less risk) - Skip the 1RM testing, skip the maxing out on barbell squats and deadlifts - That isn't where the magic was anyway You don't need to max out a barbell to lift heavy. You need to challenge the muscle with a load it respects. The leg press at 200kg does this. The hack squat does this. The chest-supported row does this. None of them are ego lifts. All of them are heavy. Lifting lighter to "protect" your joints is how you arrive at 75 unable to stand up from a chair. Lifting heavy on machines is how you arrive at 75 carrying your own shopping.show more

As a man who has touched big money in... the past, when i faced financial issues, I told myself it's not a big deal that I will eventually bounce back. Afterall, I have a positive mindset. It's been two years now, i never still bounce back 😂 At the end of the day, every man with his strength. Not every man who was once doing well for themselves and later encountered financial difficulties will have that strength, patience and endurance to bounce back after going through that phase for years. I don't wish a man to fail because most men will never bounce back and nothing hurts more than "i get am before"show more

Every man lives two lives.⠀ ⠀ The second begins... when he realises that 2 sets of 6 reps builds more muscle than 4 sets of 12, while taking half the time and causing a quarter of the fatigue.⠀ ⠀ Because the only thing that causes growth is getting quality reps in close proximity to failure.⠀ ⠀ Heavy loads are the easier vehicle for achieving that.⠀ ⠀ There's less afferent feedback like lactic acid that could stop you before reaching true failure.⠀ ⠀ There's more focus and quality control because your sets are taking 20 seconds rather than 40-60.⠀ ⠀ There's more strength gains, because the loads are heavy enough to test your ability to move a weight explosively.⠀ ⠀ And there's less fatigue, so you're maintaining the growth stimulus across the exercise and session.⠀ ⠀ It's an easy choice to make, as long as you:⠀ ⠀ - Know that there is only one driver of hypertrophy⠀ - Understand that more isn't better⠀ - Accept that better is bettershow more

👀Connecting your coaching eye to your clinical reasoning! Observe... the leg cycle of the leg closest to the camera on each drill. Can you see small medium then big elliptical on the right limb and very limited ones on the left? What does limb movement and synergies say about muscle properties and pelvic structure ? Does “technique” matter? Well only if you want to load specific tissues and create protective system tension. We had a really interesting 10.6 sprinter with repeated right side hamstring strains over the past year join our hamstring workshop. UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic 💪🏾Isokinetic tests have him really really strong on both limbs. 🔋Emg told a story of right side dominance and good lateral to medial hamstring balance whilst the left side was far more imbalanced with medial hamstrings dominating action that we assumed the lateral would. 🧐When we went on to the track, we saw similar things. 🚩Notably a reluctance to open up into late swing phase, avoiding long lever eccentric stress on the distal hamstrings…. ON THE LEFT LEG! Well this was noticed across a range of exercises velocities and complexities. 🏃🏾‍♀️ Drills with speed and locomotion, static fast drills as well as static slow drills. 🧐Movement illuminates structural qualities. 🧐Can you spot the difference in these two leg cycles? Could it be that the right side is repeatedly hurt due to the deficit in the left side. After all, if you can’t integrate late swing phase, then you will have poor negative foot speed. You will be able to accelerate…. But all the work will be on the right side the deeper you get into a sprint. Ed Mias Sportsmithshow more