strength training Archives

Strengthen Your Glutes!

by MyoThrive | Apr 28, 2020 | exercise, foam roller, Glute Strengthen, gym, joint health, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, squat

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey”― Kenji Miyazawa Where are your glutes? You glute muscles make up your bottom. There is the biggest and one closest to the surface called the gluteus maximus, the next deepest one called the gluteus medius and...

Soleus stretches to improve your squat!

by MyoThrive | Jul 28, 2016 | foam roller, gym, joint health, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, self treatment tools, sport, squat

Short calf muscles, mainly the deeper soleus muscle can easily hold back your squatting ability. When this muscle is short you will have trouble letting the knee travel past your toes. In a normal squat (and particularly once you add load) in order to bio-mechanically...

3 better reasons to exercise!

by MyoThrive | Feb 4, 2016 | diet, gym, muscle health, myotherapy, pain relief, running, sport, squat

We all know that exercise is good for us but for some the idea of slimming down or gaining muscle isn’t enough to motivate us to actually do it. I am one of these people, honestly I can loose weight through my food, and my job is physical so I have adequate...

Undulated Periodised Programs explained

by MyoThrive | Jan 21, 2016 | gym, muscle health, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, running, sport, squat

I have mentioned Undulated Periodised Programs (UPPs) for increasing strength and endurance several times in my blogs and it’s lengthy to explain properly so here we’re going to talk all things UPPs, getting you up to date with everything you need to know...

Rounded shoulders? You might have weak lower trap muscles

by MyoThrive | Jan 14, 2016 | gym, muscle health, myotherapy, pain relief, posture

Last week we talked about tight Pectoralis Minor muscles and how when they are tight and/or short they can tip the shoulder blade forward causing rounded shoulders and winging of the lower tip of the shoulder blade. Today we are going to discuss the Lower Trapezius...