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Man Flow Yoga Squat Challenge

Announcing… The Man Flow Yoga Squat Challenge! Every day from Monday, January 8 through Friday, February 2, join me for a new squat variation so you can: Improve your hip strength and mobility Build core strength and strengthen your back Improve ankle mobility Learn squat variations for more diverse routines. Increase functional fitness for daily activity ... Read More

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Morning Pick Me Up

Stiff and sore from a workout the day before? Ease into movement to work out the kinks and sores from the day before with this awesome morning pick-me-up. A slow-moving morning stretch routine to prepare your body for the day. This workout focuses on many of the movements that you will not be able to do if you find yourself at a desk, and work on opening your hips, chest, and stretching your back to help reduce pain or discomfort from sitting during the day. It is also ideal for helping to improve flexibility.

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Week 1: Finding your motivation; uncovering your WHY.

Here is lesson 1 of the Be The Better You Program: Finding your motivation; uncovering your why. It's time Figure out your real reason for wanting to be healthier. This motivation is a source of energy that helps you overcome fatigue, lack of willpower, or a bad day. It’s the personal trainer standing next to you telling you to do one more rep. It’s your own version of a pre-workout or caffeine. But in order for it to work, you’re going to have to be honest with yourself, and you’ll need to dig deep to get the real answer.

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Maximize Your Lower Body Strength Potential

Check out this new workout from the Man Flow Yoga Workout Library! Want stronger legs, hips, and glutes? Just doing the same exercises over and over again is one way, but there’s a better way. Use this workout to improve your muscle activation and increase your mobility, and you’ll increase your overall strength potential. Get stronger more quickly and see more significant results! Try this out.

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Spinal Movement for Beginners

What are you doing to take care of your spine? If you're not doing work specifically for your spine, then you're missing out! Here's an easy routine to get you started. Spinal mobility is the most essential aspect of your fitness. If you do not have a strong, supple spine, everything will be much more difficult that it needs to be. You’ll also be able to exercise longer and stay active! Use this to strengthen and lengthen your spine – safely and effectively.

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Forearm Stands

Want to be able to do forearm stands? It’s a full body exercise that requires strength and mobility everywhere - not just in your shoulders, but your hips, too! This workout focuses on building hip mobility and shoulder mobility for forearm stands. It’s pretty intense, but you’re going to get a ton out of it. Challenge your hamstrings and adductors, strengthen your core, improve shoulder mobility, and even practice your forearm stands at the end of all of it. You’ll need a block and a strap for this one. Enjoy!!!

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Full Body Essentials

Looking for all of the benefits of yoga in a 30-minute or less workout? This is one of my favorite workouts. A beginner-friendly workout that hits core, spine, and hips to boost strength, mobility, and endurance. This workout utilizes full-body movements to build strength and mobility in your entire body. Great for beginners and intermediate users, particularly focused on spinal health.

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The #1 thing I’ve learned from a broken rib?

In case you're wondering, I did break my rib recently and I have been learning much about myself as a result. Fortunately, I have read and talked about turning setbacks into opportunities enough by now that it only took me a few days for me to look at this injury as an opportunity - which I think is pretty awesome. But I want to make it valuable for you, too - so here's the most important thing I learned, and how I think this knowledge can benefit you.

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Are you doing squats correctly?

The squat is not just a great assessment of your fitness. It’s also a great exercise to IMPROVE your fitness. Practice is on a daily basis and you’ll be shocked at what it can do for your body - not just your performance or for muscle-building, but also for the way your back, knees, ankles, and hips feel throughout the day, your day-to-day movements, and even improved posture. On the flip side, weakness or not paying enough attention to the above aspects of your fitness can result in aches and pains, injuries, or even surgery.

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How to use yoga to warm-up for deadlifts

Use yoga to improve your deadlift - more power in your hips and core, less strain on your lower-back, and the necessary mobility to keep your spine neutral and avoid rounding. This yoga routine focuses on improving muscle activation in your glutes, core, hips, inner thighs, and erector spinae; lengthening your hamstrings to help flatten your back; and warming up your body to make sure all the right muscles are firing and you have the proper form before starting. Enjoy!

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