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The scapular traction or standing row exercise is a popular way to strengthen and work out the back, biceps, abs and shoulders. However, as Point Performance’s Adam Gershowitz points out, if done incorrectly, as he’s often seen, the exercise doesn’t provide the full benefit. Here, he demonstrates the proper way to do a scapular traction.Read more

Whether you’re an occasional runner and cyclist or a major athlete, it’s important to strengthen the muscles that support your stride. Here, Dr. Allison Haynes demonstrates a side-step exercise using a loop-band around the ankles to help strengthen the hips and glutes. In this video, she notes to take care of your form and postureRead more

If your legs feel tight, the hip flexor stretch is a good stretch for people with back pain or who sit a lot. As Point Performance’s Chris Ricardo demonstrates, the stretch helps stretch the front of the thigh. It’s a common stretch, although can be done incorrectly. Arching your back is one way that canRead more

Running and cycling is more than just keeping up a long-distance sport but to maintain strength in the legs. You want to ensure the glutes and hips have a powerful stride. One way to strengthen those areas, as Dr. Allison Haynes, DPT, demonstrates, is with a loop band. Lie on your back and place theRead more

Swimming is a fantastic way to exercise because of its low-impact and all-body workout. And even though the pool’s open, do you feel like you can only swim four laps before you’re huffing and puffing? Here are some tips to ease yourself back in the water. Warm up outside the pool. Take a five-minute brisk walkRead more

Exercise is critical for kids, as we all know. However, according to The New York Times, many kids’ active lives drops off at age seven. More than 2/3 of American children hardly get any exercise, and obesity and Type 2 diabetes are prevalent among children as early as six years of age. According to a newRead more

by Point Performance staff Sometimes, cross-training is just as simple as mixing up what you’re already doing: working out in different directions and styles. These days, it seems that working out backwards is a trend: running backwards, cycling backwards, and even swimming backwards are great ways to alternate your regular workout. Moving backwards works different muscles,Read more

We at Point Performance know – it’s hard to motivate to exercise in winter. It’s cold, it’s cloudy, it’s pitch-dark out in the mornings and evenings after work. We tend to get sick in winter. We’d rather huddle under a warm quilt by the television and wait until the groundhog finds its shadow. However, ‘tisRead more

  by Daniel Kurt Rodriguez, CSCS As a strength and movement coach, I look at everything through a biomechanical lens. It’s essential to understand a client’s postural biases, and how they affect their body and how the body moves through space. A training program should reflect these natural asymmetries of the human body. Often times I’mRead more

September is a great time to start working out – there’s no more excuse about hot weather or vacation plans. It’s still plenty warm out, but nothing like the humidity that plagued the region for most of July and August. It’s a great time to enjoy a walk in the cool morning with the dogRead more