When glute kickbacks work your back and not your glutes The cable glute kickbacks are an exercise commonly used to develop or strengthen the glutes, the problem is usually people perform the exercise wrong are actually overworking their lower back. Your glute max muscle is the main muscle that performs hip...
Spine Sparing Exercises for Core Development
Core development is essential to any sport. It takes a strong core to provide a solid support system for explosive, powerful movements. When the deep core muscles that support the spine are weak, your nervous system puts the brakes on your explosive potential as a protective mechanism. Not only that, but...
Hip Hinge and Its Relationship to Back Pain
The hip hinge is a method of forward bending where the “bend” is coming from the hip joint instead of the spine. It requires us to load our hips. By loading our hips we use the big muscles of the glutes and hamstrings reducing compression on our intervertebral discs. Study after...
