Tip #3 – Use Unilateral Exercises to Develop the Lower Extremities If you are limited by access to equipment or adequate time to develop athlete proficiency at the primary barbell lifts, unilateral exercises are a very strategic selection. While bilateral exercises such as the traditional barbell back squat or deadlift may be rate-limited in their …
Two of the biggest complaints long-time hunters have about their physical abilities in the field are nagging, continuous knee pain and chronic low-back pain. There’s a multitude of causes for these including: poor glute activation–which tends to cause an overreliance on the lower back as a means of stabilizing the trunk, packs that are too …
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Tip #2: Train Lower Leg Flexion for More Resilient Breaststrokers Lower leg flexion, notably leg curls like the machine hamstring curl, swiss ball hamstring curl, valslide hamstring curl, and a handful of other variants regularly take the backseat in targeted hamstring training to hip hinging variations like the Romanian Deadlift (RDL), Trap Bar Deadlift, …
