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Follow Along: Breathing Exercise
Relax! Just breathe! Follow along for this relaxing set of breathing exercises that will help you learn to control your breath and relax tight back muscles! These exercises are used by Pilates instructors to help clients understand how they breathe and how to control their breath. In addition, our Pilates instructor uses them to help […]
Read MoreFlexibility v. Mobility
Mobility and Flexibility: Equally important. Not the same thing. While in some ways, these two things are compatible, they are not exactly the same thing. An individual can be flexible but immobile or can be very mobile but not very flexible. What are they? Flexibility refers to the elasticity of your muscles. Mobility, however, refers […]
Read MoreShoulder Rotator Exercise – Internal Rotation using Theraband
Help prevent torn rotator cuffs with this easy exercise! Torn rotator cuffs are an extremely common injury and can lead to even worse injuries. So help protect your shoulder health with this great exercise! Remember these things when doing this exercise: Brain over matter. It may seem strange but how you think about the exercise […]
Read MoreShoulder Rotator Exercise – External Rotation with a Theraband
Help protect your shoulders from potential injury and surgery with this easy exercise you can do anywhere! Rotator cuff injuries are extremely common. Ask your friends and parents and you will undoubtedly find more than one who has suffered from a rotator cuff injury, and probably more than one who has had to have surgery […]
Read MoreShoulder Rotator Exercise – Low to High External Shoulder Rotation
Protect your shoulders with this easy exercise at home or at the gym! A wonderful rehab type of exercise to focus on the rotator muscles within the shoulder joint, this exercise can be done with a theraband or a cable machine with very light weight. For more information on using the cable machine specifically, make […]
Read MoreAb Pulses with little ball (THE FOUNDATION TO LOW ABS)
Really learn how to engage those low abs! This exercise is one of our favorites for finding your low, low abs and feeling your abs engage in and open (instead of out, see our vlog on how to engage your abs to learn more about this). While these are our reasons for it being a […]
Read MoreHow to properly engage your abs
Get the most out of your ab work! We all know how important core work is but do you know that how you engage your abs is equally important? You can build your ab muscles in two different ways. The way we usually engage our abs builds the center, outer abs more than the underneath abs […]
Read MoreA Twist on Tacos – Mexican Pizza
Love your weekly taco night but looking for a way to mix it up? When I visit my family in Idaho there are a few restaurants we MUST stop at to eat. One of those stops is Taco Bandido in Burley. While EVERYTHING on the menu is great, they turned me on to what the […]
Read MoreCold Zoodle Salad with Peanut Sauce
A client of ours who is pescatarian (i.e. doesn’t eat meat but eats fish) mentioned she’s thinking about maybe starting to meal prep for the week! Be still my heart! 😉 I tried to refrain from overloading her with information and ideas about meal prep since she really was just tossing the idea out there. […]
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