Glute imbalances are very common, especially if you → sit a lot → don’t activate and strengthen your glutes (so they stopped working properly) → adopted compensation patterns (due to pain), further ex ...[Read More]
2 Unilateral Exercises to Build Your Glutes & Destroy Weakness
How To Learn Pistol Squats
Pistols are no joke! it's a single leg squat with all your freaking body weight! You don’t learn pistol squats by slamming yourself into a pistol squat… unless you want to hurt your knees, throw your ...[Read More]
The Butt-Finder Exercise!
FIND YOUR GLUTES! This is the best exercise I have tried for getting the glutes to fire. I incorporate it into to my warm-up to ensure my glutes are firing for my training sessions. If you sit all the ...[Read More]
L-Sit Prep
L-sit Prep Tutorial! I love this exercise because pulling the hips back helps you find & strengthen the TVA. This exercise helped me overcome years of low back pain! When first starting out, use 4 ...[Read More]
Child’s Pose Leg Lifts
TUTORIAL: Child's Pose Leg Lifts. This exercise helped me improve my end-range hip extension and overcome back pain! Do it if you want to: · Improve the back leg in your front splits, standing splits, ...[Read More]
10 Minute Pilates Workout
Hi! I'm Dr. Sara Solomon and I'm a Pilates Instructor, StrongFit Coach and Physiotherapist. I've put together a 10-minute Pilates routine that targets the main arch (core). Why? Because all StrongFitt ...[Read More]
Sandbag Deadlifts and Dimmels Deadlifts
How to do the Sandbag Deadlifts and Dimmel Deadlifts, using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez The deadlift is internal torque both concentrically and eccentrically. ...[Read More]
Sandbag Carries
How to do the Sandbag Carry using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez To lap the sandbag, deadlift it to your lap (engage your core to do this: not sure how? COUGH!). ...[Read More]
Sandbag Press
How to do the Sandbag Overhead Press, using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez Use a sandbag, or something that can be held between your hands (i.e. med ball). You wi ...[Read More]
Sandbag Squats
Sandbags Squats Deadlift the sandbag (keep your butt up in the air and your arms straight), and then lap it. This is internal torque. As you lap it, clasp one had around the other wrist. Bear hug the ...[Read More]
Sandbag Floor Press
How to do the Sandbag Floor Press, using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez Use a sandbag, or something that can be held between your hands (i.e. med ball). Pressing ...[Read More]
Aging Backwards???
Today is January 25, 2018. It's my birthday! I'm foh-tay. You know ...18 with 22 years experience... 14,600 days old ... two 20 year olds combined. Here are some of my reflections on turning 40 ... I ...[Read More]