Hip opening is one of those love + hate relationships. As you are holding pigeon you will be anticipating the moment it is going to be over, and when it is you will be amazed at how you feel. So why is that? The hips are said to be where we store emotion – like……
Who doesn’t want a firm looking booty? However other than just looks – there are many great benefits to having a tight behind! Your backside consists of three major muscles: the glute maximum, glute medius, and glute minimus. These muscles help extend the hip (by contracting and drawing the thigh behind you – think of……
Tabata training is one of the most popular forms of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). It consists of eight rounds of ultra-high-intensity exercises in a specific 20-seconds-on, 10-seconds-off interval. It may only take four minutes to complete a Tabata circuit, but those four minutes may well push your body to its absolute limit. Tabata, although very……
We are living in a world that conditions us to believe that outer attainments can give us what we want. Yet again and again our experiences show us that nothing external can completely fulfill the deep longing within for “something more”. Most of the time, however, we find ourselves striving toward that which always seems……
Welcome back , In today’s workout we will focus on strengthening your core muscles. Core strengthening goes way beyond just achieving six-pack abs. Building strong abdominal muscles has actually many other significant benefits. If you think about it, your core is in the center of your body. It needs to be strong to support the weight……
Welcome to our first strength training workout together! How exciting 😉 This is a bodyweight workout that will target all the major muscles in your body. Whether you are new to strength exercises or you’re returning after a long period of inactivity, developing a strong foundation of movement quality and technique is crucial. And for that,……
Listen up, If you’ve tried yoga and stretching exercises but didn’t see any results, don’t give up! There’s a very good chance that we can help. Today we have for you a full body flexibility routine that can be performed anywhere, anytime and with no special equipment. Anyone can greatly benefit from the following 7……
Imagine you are a car and you never change the oil, you let the brakes get rusty and never rotate your tires. Your performance would be poor and you would deteriorate quickly. When we require the body to perform physical demands without good mobility the same thing happens with lack of maintenance. Being mobile is a……
If your work involves being stuck sitting at a desk all day, then chances are you have poor shoulder mobility and possibly even a pain in the neck (and we are not talking about your kids). One example is typing, something we all do. Well, unfortunately, it is known to contribute to internal rotation of the……
“Now just bend down and touch your toes,” is something we’ve all heard before. And for anyone suffering from chronically tight hamstrings, that’s task, not all that easy to perform. The real deal is, that tightness in the back of the legs can have a very serious impact on the rest of your body and……
Sadly, most people lead a more sedentary lifestyle and sitting is the new smoking! Aside from posture, sitting has a major impact on our hip mobility. It impacts it in two major ways: it weakens the glutes and it shortens the hip flexors. Both your glutes and your hip flexors are needed in the activation……
We are going to start our Mobility Matters series with a gentle session that will help relieve tight muscles in and around your spine. Back pain is the most commonly reported pain, leading cause of disability, most common cause for missed work and second leading cause for doctor’s visits in North America. But it doesn’t have……
Perhaps you have noticed that our strength and conditioning workouts call for a prior warm up. I know it might be tempting to skip this part and just jump straight into your workout. But wait! Take a moment and allow me to explain the reasons behind this short pre-workout routine… The truth is that if……
You hear it all the time from us – warm up! Zuzana and I stress this because it is extremely important and not only to avoid or prevent any possible injury – there are many other reasons. Warming up gradually increases your heart rate, increases circulation to your muscles, tendons, and ligaments, and mentally prepares……