Exercise of the Week - The Swiss Ball Rollout

Well, I haven’t been blogging too much, but I decided to show you a great exercise today.
The Swiss Ball Rollout is a safe and very effective exercise that trains core stability. The object is to try and sustain a stable plank position on a swiss ball or an ab [...]

Exercise of the Week - Plank Leg Raise with Dr. Mark Frisk

The Plank exercise by itself is one of my favorites. It is very safe, and it works so many important muscles.
Mark does a great job of keeping his hips up as he raises and lowers his legs. His glutes are firing as he lifts the leg and his abdominal cavity is bracing [...]

Partner Abdominal Med Ball Crunch

Here are a couple juniors that I worked with over the summer, Spencer Simon and Campbell Johnson.
It took them a couple times to get this exercise down, but once they did, you will see they were able to work their core together and motivate each other to keep going.
The exercise is [...]

Post Thanksgiving Day Workout

With many of us taking in thousands of calories yesterday, I thought it would be cool to offer a fun workout that will boost your metabolism , burn off some of those calories, and get you ready for rounds two , three, and four over the weekend.
To access your workout, simply go to [...]

Rotational Shoulder Press with Neps

Here is a small clip from one of my workouts. I like this variation of the shoulder press. I was introduced to this exercise many years ago from one of my clients in Los Angeles, Rick Selby.
Rick would call these shoulder presses, “Arnolds”, coined after Arnold Schwenegger…apparently Ahhhnold liked these [...]

TRX Suspension Pushup with Weight Vest/Perfect Pushup

As you can see from my latest blogs, I’ve been using my TRX Suspension Trainer quite a bit. Bob Dykes, my client from last night, called me, “Q”, from the James Bond movie. “Q” was the person in charge of giving 007 all of his latest and greatest gadgets. I [...]

Swissball Crunch with Dumbell

The core includes the following muscles: Transverse Abdominis, Rectus Abdominis, Multifidus, External Obliques, Internal Obliques, Quadratus Lumborum and Erector Spinae. It provides a stable platform which launches all of our movement by stabilizing the spine.
The core generates the rotational forces needed for many athletic movements including throwing, swinging, striking and [...]

Hamstring Curl with the Big Bozz

Here is a short but sweet clip of Amer Delic performing a hamstring exercise on the swiss ball. This exercise not only strengthens the hamstrings, but gets the glutes and core firing as well.
This is a safe exercise that you can do with a swiss ball just about anywhere. [...]

Field Workout - 20 yard Sprints - with Resistance

I have never been a fan of squats. Whenever I did them I felt that there was significant risk of injury to the lower back and that the muscles being used were primarily the mid to lower back muscles. Athletes need to run, not jump from spot to spot. This [...]

One Legged Bridge - Hamstrings and Glutes

Macy Van Alstyne from Fernandina Beach, Fl shows PT.COM one his favorite core and leg exercises.
Macy utilizes a mat and a bosu ball to do this exercise. You do not need a bosu, but it does add some resistance by making the surface your foot lies on, unstable. A stability disc, [...]