This gentle Yoga routine will lower your stress, activate underperforming muscles, and help rejuvenate your body. You will need a chair for the entire practice. This routine is a slower-paced Yoga practice for all fitness levels, since the chair makes it easier to transition from one move to th...

Anti-rotation is given to exercises that requires us to resist motion. When the resistance from an exercise is trying to cause trunk rotation, it’s the core’s job to prevent that from happening. The core has two tasks. 1) Prevent movement and 2) Transfer forces from the upper and lower body.

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In this balanced strength training workout, we will practice variations on the squat, lunge, and deadlift to give hamstrings and glutes get as much attention as the quadriceps and hip flexors.

This workout begins with a brief warm-up, followed by multi-joint compound movements with dumbbells, t...

This workout starts with several intrinsic foot exercises to strengthen the bottom of the feet. Next, transition into some of the major muscles of the lower leg, working on plantar flexors and dorsiflexors using a chair.

As we take an integrated approach to strengthening the feet, we will be ...

Dealing with Back pain on a daily basis can be a huge challenge. Conventional methods include stretching, trying to strengthen the abdominal muscles, and various medical interventions.

In this video, practice several exercises that target muscles around the lower back for a full body approach...

Experience a total body challenge using a support, bodyweight, and dumbbells. The workout includes a rhythmic warm- up, standing thigh and glute strengthening exercises, and several back exercises using dumbbells. The are lots of modifications and alternatives to ensure joint safety while being ...

In this tutorial, learn how to pay attention to your joint range of motion from one side of the body to the other. As you move through the motions of the trunk and spine, hips, knees, shoulders, elbows, ankle, and wrists, learn how your individual joint structure differs from one side on the bod...

Stiffness in the lower back is often caused by weakness of the surrounding muscles. Bending backwards is not a motion that many of us train during the day, and the stability ball is the best tool to use for training this region.

The ball will get you off the floor in many traditional trunk ex...

The Pilates Mat sequence is the focus for this workout as we incorporate many of the most effective pelvic floor exercises while practicing diaphragmatic breathing exercises.
This workout slowly begins from a supine position as we practice pelvic tilts and pelvic floor engagement. Learn to contr...

The focus of this workout is to strengthen pelvic floor muscles and hips in order to support all stages of pregnancy. You will need Yoga blocks and a blanket to sit on for support. Cues are given throughout to modify the workout based on the trimester and specific needs.
Warm Up (seated)
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Standing and floor exercises to improve the strength of the hamstrings, calves, and inner thighs (adductors). These muscles help to concentrically flex the knee, squeeze the legs together, and stabilize the hips. The also eccentrically control hip flexion and knee extension, as well as moving t...

This full body resistance training workout features a faster-paced intensity intervals asking you to go all-out for three to four minutes, followed by a short rest to help you recover.

Experience several repeating on-off sequences is shown to improve your VO2 max. This is our maximal aerobic ...

In this video, we are targeting bone density using a variety of weight bearing exercises using dumbbells and a chair for support. The hip joint, lower back, shoulders, foot, and ankle commonly suffer with repetitive activity and muscle loss. Experience muscle contractions and longer hold times ...

Excessive sitting is a major health concern. When we sit or lie down for too long increases our risk of chronic health problems. Too much sitting overall and prolonged periods of sitting also seem to increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer.

In this workout, practice a ...

The lower back is a common area of tension with a lot of people due to joint wear and repetitive activities. In this workout, we begin with some mobility evaluation techniques followed by some core isometrics. Next we will be moving in and out of positions to create some great muscle contractio...

We stand on one leg in normal walking every day. Improve your standing balance in this Yoga-Pilates Fusion class by training a variety of Pilates inspired hip sequences followed by a complementary Yoga balancing posture. This full-body approach to balance training will help improve your hip, kn...

This flowing Yoga practice is designed to gently wake up the muscular system after a long period of rest or non-movement. This soothing practice begins with a breath-centered intention meditation followed by a warm up on the floor. As we progress to standing, experience a heat-building vinyasa ...

It is a fact that most people will lose approximately thirty percent of their total mass between the ages of 40-80. Preserving our muscles is paramount.

In this video, we will perform ten multi-joint compound exercises chosen for their effectiveness in stimulating muscle growth. Using both a...

On the final day of our 5 day Glute Challenge, get ready to focus on endurance. Endurance training tends to be associated with cardiovascular training, but it is all about muscles contracting for longer periods of time without fatiguing. Today we are using the thigh band, sponge ball, and a su...

On day four of our 5 day Glute Challenge, you should notice that your range of motion at the hip is already improving with the strengthening focus of days one-three. Today we moving back into bodyweight training with strong Yoga practice designed to improve joint range of motion.

Many times, Yo...

On day three of our 5 day Glute Challenge, we now have a better idea about where our weaknesses are and how to better contract the glutes during exercise. Today we are adding load to our muscles using weighted dumbbells.

This video begins with a brief bodyweight warm-up so that you can observ...

This resistance training workout is designed to help you understand how to better contract the gluteal region. Using the forces of gravity plus an elastic thigh band, experience a variety of resistance challenges to stimulate more of the overall glute region. Glutes are not active in standing a...

To combat sedentary lifestyles and repetitive activities, this bodyweight workout is designed to help you uncover muscle weakness and limitation in the gluteal region. Experience bodyweight isometrics to jumpstart weak muscles and learn how to move through your available joint range to strengthe...

Experience an alignment-based, methodical Yoga practice designed to target muscles that cross the knee joint. Using a Yoga block and strap, we begin with several classic Yoga asanas to practice knee, hip, ankle, and foot alignment.

Progressing to poses on the floor, learn how to protect the k...