Strengthen Your Lower Back - Episode 22

Lower Back. Even the name sounds like it’s not a priority so why the heck would you consider it? Well, you should! If you’re a living being right now, your lower back is being engaged constantly — and most-likely being mistreated. I know you don’t mean to disregard your back when your slouching in your work chair, helping your buddy move, or racking too much weight at the gym… but you are.

Now is the time to start incorporating lower back exercises into your routine. If you’re one of the lucky ones who has 6 months of snow-shoveling to look forward to like me, then you’re especially in need of a good exercise to get you going so you don’t injure yourself. Deadlifts are the answer.

A deadlift can include a barbell or dumbbells being lifted from your shins to standing position, using primarily your lower back, along with the hips, butt, and legs. You may typically see men doing this movement at the gym, but ladies need to do them too!! Because deadlifts require sufficient form and strength of the lower back, injury is very common if you get lazy. But, I don’t want you to avoid this movement all together either. So, click on this week’s video, watch, and learn the correct way to perform a deadlift for a strong, sturdy, sexy lower back!

And finally, I give a big shout out to Jon over in the UK who just finished the New York City Marathon! He raised over £2,500 for the Orchid Male Cancer Charity. He said that he used some of my workouts to help with some of his resistance training and he actually shed five minutes off of his time! That is awesome! So, congrats to Jon!

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