13 of the best functional exercises of all time. We’re covering one group of exercises that work every part of your body, covering each category from Pull, Push, Lift to Press exercises, and includes attributes for cardio, strength, flexibility plus explosiveness.
Kettlebells are great to add resistance to your training and keep things interesting, as there’s so much you can do with the kettlebell and also to learn. Calisthenics is also great and super effective. Just like with kettlebells, there are different levels of calisthenics. The difference between kettlebells and calisthenics is that with kettlebells the …
Learn how to use nothing but your body to lose weight and get strong at home. To help people out that are stuck inside during the strangest time of our life, I have put together a bodyweight workout course where you need nothing other than your own body and the will to train. Learn how …
What first comes to your mind when you see or hear ‘Cavemen’? The pre-civilization period when people literally lived in caves and did their various daily activities there? From what you must have read or heard, their lifestyle was tedious because they had to do everything manually. They lit a fire by crushing one stone …
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Getting down and up from the floor without using your hands is not only a good demonstration of athleticism but also super cool and functional. Getting up without hands is an ability everyone should obtain and retain, especially as they get older. The video above demonstrates 7 get down and get up variations and according …
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It’s been said that 95% of the world can’t do 10 full strict pull-ups! Let’s look at the numbers. 35% of the US is overweight and therefore we will assume that they can’t do a pull-up. That leaves 65%. More than 80% of adults do not meet the guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, …
The answer to whether burpees are bad for your back or knees depends entirely on the subject and whom you ask. If you ask someone that has no idea how to perform the movement safely then the answer will be “Yes, they’re bad!”, and if you ask someone who has had a bad experience with …
If you asked me “What is the best push-up to do for the most bang for your buck?” I’d tell you the bottoms-up tricep push-up is it. It’s great for strength as the instability requires you to do this slow. The video is not in slow-mo by the way. The video shows the tricep push-up …
Don’t Do Another Burpee EVER AGAIN … until you know how to execute them correctly! In this article, I’ll cover: How to assess yourself or your clients for burpees Burpee instructions How to progress Burpee variations Common burpee mistakes And most importantly—how to correctly perform a burpee and avoid injury Without further ado… …
Want better results with your tricep push-ups? Read this article and put it to the test, see if those three heads (that we all like to see bulging big) grow.
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Lunging is considered something so simple, there is no book to be written or read about it, keep your knees above your ankles and that’s it! Wrong, this is exactly why so many people are experiencing knee pain because they or their trainers are not educated in the lunge. “Ask ‘Do you know how to …
Apart from a sexy toosh or rock hard buns, here’s the real reason you want to squeeze those buttocks. This article will be interesting for trainers and people that squat, especially if you experience lower-back pain or want to lift more weight with your weighted squat.
When Gerard Butler showed up with washboard abs for the 2006 movie 300, the media went crazy. What was his secret? How did he get into great shape with abs as hard as igneous rocks? Director Zack Snyder would later admit that every actor on set was tasked with the challenge of working up a …
When you talk about basic exercise movements, most people will think squat, deadlift, push-up, press, and pulling usually takes the back seat. Pulling is the one movement that is least performed when it comes to exercising, even though it’s one of the best ways to work the back. It’s such an important movement to perform, whether …
There is a common deficiency I see with some of my athletes during the chin-up. Even though I know they’re strong, I know that they have the upper arm strength, but some seem to have this problem of getting all the way to the top and chin above bar. A great way to spot this particular problem and being …
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A lovely bodyweight leg complex being demonstrated by Jenni, Cossack, seated internal rotation, pistol A lovely bodyweight leg complex being demonstrated by Jenni, Cossack, seated internal rotation, pistol Posted by Tom Morrison on Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Fun fact: the Brachialis (not biceps) is the prime mover for elbow flexion. You could say that the bicep curl should actually be named Brachialis Curl, but that doesn’t sound impressive or cool at all. As you might know by now, one of my favourite subjects is writing about correct exercise naming and exercise variations, …
There are so many aspects and modalities of training movement that it’s an ongoing of games, play and exploration of freedom in that concept. A lot of the rules that we have become accustomed to in training have been somewhat cast aside when it comes to training movement patterns. Thats not to say other areas …
The Hip Hinge together with the Squat are two of the most fundamental and primal exercises in existence. There is quite a bit of material on the Squat, but the Hip Hinge is mostly overlooked other than in books covering Deadlifts. Here at Cavemantraining we changed that, behold, the precursor to Deadlifting, Bent-Over Rows, CrossFit Barbell …
