Archives: Exercises
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Wall Angels
How to do Wall Angels 1. Stand with your glutes, back, and head flat against a wall 2. Place your feet out 1 or 2 steps in front of you allowing your body to slide slightly down the wall 3. Bring your arms up and place the backs of your hands against the wall on…
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Lying Knee to Chest
How to Do the Lying Knee to Chest Stretch 1. Lay flat on your back on a soft surface 2. Bring your right knee up towards your chest, and hold the position when your thigh rests, or comes close to resting, on your chest 3. Reach both hands around the front of your knee and…
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Groiners
How to Do Groiners 1. Start by getting yourself into a full push-up position on your exercise mat or soft surface. Make sure your hands are placed, palm down, directly beneath your shoulders. 2. Bring your right leg off the ground and slowly bring it along the right side of your body where you should…
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Figure 4 Glute Stretch
How to Do the Figure 4 Glute Stretch 1. Lay flat on your back on a soft surface 2. Bring your right knee up towards your chest, and hold the position when your right thigh runs perpendicular to your body 3. Bring your left foot off the ground across and your body and place the…
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Cobra
How to Do the Cobra Stretch 1. Lay flat on your stomach with your hands placed palm down next to your shoulders 2. Push your palms into the floor as you raise your chest upwards 3. Fully flex your spine and aim to keep your gaze facing forward feeling the stretch in your abdominal muscles
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Cat Back/Camel
How to Do the Cat Back/Camel Stretch 1. Kneel on all fours on your mat with your palms flat directly under your shoulders and your knees directly under your hips 2. Draw your abdomen inward as you arch your back raising your spine towards the ceiling 3. Briefly hold this before lowering your abdomen down…
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Butterfly
How to Do the Butterfly Stretch 1. Sit on the floor, with your back upright, and the bases of your feet in contact with each other 2. Your knees should be pointing outwards and your core should be nice and tight 3. Take hold of your feet with your thumbs on the top side of…
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Elevated Hip DB Press
How to Do Elevated Hip Dumbbell Presses 1. Lay on your back on a soft workout surface with your feet planted on the floor allowing your knees to point upwards. Have one arm extended out to your side, and the other firmly gripping a dumbbell with your arm extended above your chest 2. Drive through…
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Kneeling DB Overhead Press
How to Do Kneeling Dumbbell Overhead Presses 1. Take a firm grip of the dumbbells and bring them up to rest at shoulder height with one either side of your head, your palms facing forwards, and your elbows bent at a 90-degree angle 2. Slowly lower your body down to the floor so that your…
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Single Clean to Hammer Press
How to do Single Clean to Hammer Press 1. Place a dumbbell on the floor just in front of you and stand tall and strong with your feet placed about shoulder-width apart and a very slight bend at the knee 2. Keeping your back straight and neck in line with your spine, squat down to…