Today was an exciting day! I had the opportunity to work with a couple of incredible athletes at the Princeton stadium. We worked on kicking and punting skills, while I analyzed their movements and offered suggestions on helpful positioning and postural cuing. By contracting certain postural muscles before each kick/punt, it would pre-set their muscles and joints for the strongest possible outcome.
This stuff works! This stuff really works! ...And it's good enough for the NFL. One of the players I mentioned is currently an NFL player and the other a free agent for the NFL. Now if these guys have something to learn about proper positioning and strengthening exercises, I believe everyone can benefit from professional fitness services.
The truth is, we can all benefit from postural strengthening. We sit at desks all day, folded over our computers, occasionally reminding ourselves to straighten our backs and put our shoulders back. But, what's really happening? We're slowly, but surely adjusting our permanent postures. Seriously, take a look in the mirror. When you look from the side, does your head or shoudlers stick forward? Now look at the next pro athlete you see on TV. Is his/her posture better than yours? ...and just think, they can benefit from strengthening and fixing of their postures. It really does take working out the right muscles, intentionally; you have to perform the correct exercises to counter act the slouching that you do all day at work.
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Because today was jam-packed networking, recruiting, and managing the build out for our new space, I did a very short workout...and I did it at home. Here it is:
Dynamic warm-up (5 minutes) - butt kicks, high knees, sidestep-swing, over-unders, repeat
Circuit (2x):
3 toe position squats with ball against the wall
Super slow bodyweight squats with glute squeeze
Bosu dynamic lunges (lunge at Bosu)
Bosu static lunges (foot on Bosu to start)
upside down bosu push ups (hands on bosu, feet on bosu, triangles)
Lunge progression on Bosu
Dyna Disc push ups (2 discs): hands on discs, feet on discs, spider-mans, T-bones
There it is...hope you enjoy!
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Dr. Kareem
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