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08Jul

Building Strength in Your Driving Leg for Fastpitch

Tess is demonstrating a toe-loading drill in lateral stance.  Implementing the 2nd phase of a pitch, right before take-off and release.  I stole this idea from @Fosterfastpitch on IG. And we have started adding it into your workout routines with various loading patterns.  The concept is learning to load the toe and use the driving legs to force the weight shift through the feet and up the chain, through the glutes/hips.  Toe-loading activates glutes, glutes are POWER.  So learning...

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05Jul

Upper Body Strength for Runner’s

I've been working with several women who LOVE running, but want to add strength training to their weekly routine to maintain upper body strength. We have discussed how running has specific movement patterns and we should coordinate strength movements to better build those patterns. For example, bench press with single arm in running position on one's back, BETTER mimics running, as opposed to your typical barbell bench press with 2 arms and legs on the floor with the back arched....

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01Jul

Join the sheSTRENGTH App

    Workouts at home. On your own time. For women wanting to learn how to lift weights, with 0 hours in a day left to work on themselves. Are you feeling stuck? Stuck at home? Stuck in the same day-to-day patterns? Stuck in a rut with your fitness? Eating all the carbs and sweets? Yes? You’re not alone. This is the exact reason I created my sheSTRENGTH App. For women. By a woman. The sheSTRENGTH mission is to help women gain their strength,...

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01Jul

Power for Fastpitch

Being a fast pitch softball pitcher involves many elements of athleticism.  One of the biggest pieces of addressing athleticism, and therefore increasing speed of the pitch, relates to power.  Building power in an athlete starts from the ground up.  One of the most overlooked pieces of creating power is foot-load.  The athlete has to be able to create and generate force through proper foot-loading before it can translate and travel up the chain as power and speed.  Any slight...

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26Jun

sheSTRENGTH Bootcamp

https://youtu.be/EwMC0AZn0vQ   July's home workout series via the sheSTRENGTH App and for those who come out to workout with me for classes will be working through a Strong Woman series of movements, cardio, and skills. ALL using equipment or things around the house you have to carry, push, pull, and lift. Learn how to climb a rope. How to properly lift odd objects up off the floor. Learn how to load heavy bags on your shoulder and carry them. Learn how to drag large items...

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26Jun

Questions about Training Your Core

Questions we get asked a lot about training your abs/back/core... Q1) Why do low back exercises always hurt my back? A1) Most people load their spine and not their actual core. Getting into proper position is key to do this.   Q2) Why after all these years of doing crunches, do I not have a strong-looking core? A2) Nutrition plays a big part of this. So does hormones. But also learning to train the core in various positions, planes, and ways is key! Crunches...

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14Jun

The Top 5 Answers to YOUR Questions about Fat Loss

I am answering your top 5 questions about weight loss, right here.  Question 1: Got asked this week if cleaning house or doing yard work counted as cardio, when weight loss is a goal.  Answer 1:  In terms of weight loss and daily activities like cleaning or yard work, it does not. Most often our body is prepared and allows for daily living activities we do a lot. It isn’t anything we have to adapt too. WHILE IT IS...

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11Jun

How to Do a Pull Up Seminar: Core Strength Needed!

https://youtu.be/j3VY88-0km0 This past winter, we held a Barn Gym Series event at the sheSTRENGTH Barn for men and women in the area to learn about the core strength, shoulder positions, and mobility needed to do a pull up safely, effectively, and AT ALL.  Pull up's are a beast many aspire to complete, but few actually do. What most people don't realize is core strength enables proper shoulder position, which are the main factors in the safety of doing a pull...

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05Jun

Easy Abs at Home

https://youtu.be/VcNMtj9WP-g Easy abs at home. All you need is 1 dumbbell and a small space for a mat. This workout series will be focused on working the oblique slings of muscle and tissue/fascia running from shoulder to hips.  These are movements we most associate with baseball and softball players, throwers in any sports, runner's, as as well as with everyday movements like walking or reaching. The 2 movements are: Deadbug with 1-weight Side Bridge Up's Deadbug with 1-weight main goals are to...

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05Jun

A Bi’s and Tri’s Workout You HAVEN’T Done Yet

https://youtu.be/XQizywateb0 I am almost positive you haven't tried this workout yet!! If you have a TRX system or 2 straps you can hang over a post or a playground monkey bar set, then you can do this workout. The goal is to complete 3 supersets of 10 curls, 10 tricep extensions. Rest 1 minute and repeat. The key to targeting these 2 muscle groups is keeping neck/traps relaxed and finding the right angle of the torso and feet.  Arms should be...

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