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Locked and Loaded Dumbbell Workout
The Locked and Loaded Dumbbell Workout – Strength and Conditioning Program. Torch the entire body using only one piece of equipment: The Dumbbell
Lookout Below Workout
A strength and conditioning workout that focuses on thorasic spine mobility. Lookout below workout uses the barbell jerk, dumbbell press, and the bosu in a challenging sequence.
Functional Power Workout
Functional Power Workout. Features a challenging sequence of kettlebell and medicine ball exercises. This Online Workout is an intermediate level conditioning workout.
Get Rowed Workout
Get Rowed Workout: Featuring a classic Back and Biceps style with a cardio spin. Features a tutorial on the Renegade Row plus the dumbbell push press. An intermediate workout that is excellent for most people.
Cruising Through Orlando Workout
Cruising Through Orlando: Online Beginner Workout focused on Strength and Conditioning. Featuring 4 metabolic strength training exercises, Cruising Through Orlando is easy enough for beginners and challenging enough for advanced athletes.
Beginner Warm-up and Workout Program
Summary of Beginner Workout & Warm-up
Building beginner level programming can be challenging. Here’s a sample exercise workout that we’ve used with great success with hundreds of clients.
Finding the Best Personal Trainer
Looking to Hire the Best Trainer in your area? Download Sand & Steel’s free eBook on what questions to ask your next personal trainer.
BodyBuilding Anatomy Book Review
Looking for a basic guide on body building? There are lots of books to choose from. Here’s Paul’s review on Nick Evan’s Bodybuilding Anatomy 2nd Edition.
Muscle Energy Techniques Review and Video
Muscle Energy Techniques provides techniques for testing joint range and then increasing the range of motion through contract and release stretching with a therapist. In this short book, MET demonstrates how to test, strengthen, and lengthen some of the most important muscles in the human body. This review discusses some of the techniques provided, and provides additional detail on alternatives.
Squat Warm-up Routine
Squat Warm-up Routine:
Warming up is essential to have a productive workout, and to limit injury risk. Their are many different styles of warm-ups, but today we are going to focus on a squat warm-up routine for mobility and flexibility. Before you get to the barbell or kettlebell it is important to get the body ready for action. You may not feel that you have any tight adductors or groin muscles, but they still could be holding back you squats. If you have the classic Butt Wink or limited squat depth then something is tight or not firing. Take the time to warm up and get your body set for squats. Squats a a great strength move and proper execution is key.
Transitioning From Exercising to Training
Is your workout routine really working for you? Are you conflating getting sweaty with getting results (e.g. an exercise routine vs training program)? Here are some tips to help you transition from simply working out, to building yourself a real workout program.
Strength Training Foundation Movements
There are 8 basic strength movements: the Squat, Lunge, Hinge, Push, Pull, Arc/Hollow, Twist/Resist Twist, and Gait. We’ll cover these techniques and discuss the proper form to do them safely. We’ll also discuss various techniques to test muscle function by selecting members from the audience, and demonstrating how to test for proper neural control of muscles, and how to utilize strength training to restore and improve muscle function.
Black Friday 2017
Black Friday Deal: Partners Train Free through December 15th! New Clients save 75% off your first purchase.
Omega 3 Breakfast Boost
Omega 3 Breakfast Recipes: get a jump start on your Omega 3’s with two of Sand & Steel’s amazing two Amazing Recipes.
Functional Movement Systems Book Review
The Functional Movement Book Review
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This book provides an overview of the research and history that Gray Cook and Brett Jones sells at FunctionalMovement.com. While dated, the techniques explained for the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and Selective Functional Movement Assessment SFMA are really the same today as they were then.
In this review, I am not going to cover the FMS or SFMA components that are discussed in the book. The reason being is that there is ample discussion of these two services from the hundreds of people who have taken the certifications. The book does cover more than just the FMS and SFMA, and that’s the parts I am going to discuss. In addition, if you don’t have the cash to pay for the FMS or SFMA certifications, this book does provide a very detailed explanation of how to perform these techniques.
Functional Movement Systems: map dysfunctional movement patterns, note asymmetry, limitations, and inabilities.