Drills for Eka Pada Bakasana (EPB)! eka = one, pada = foot, baka = crane, asana = pose This is a challenging arm balance, but a great one to learn on BOTH SIDES if you are interesting in ironing out ...[Read More]
Drills for Eka Pada Bakasana
Pressing Drills with Stall Bars
Press Handstands! The other day my colleague asked me how I’m supposed to get my hips over my hands & shoulders so that my feet can lift off the ground. I’ve been playing on my stall bars and came ...[Read More]
“Clean Up” Imbalances
Most of us have some mobility restrictions or pain. I sure had a LOT of problems! You can see my 2016 before photos in the video. I’ve been working hard since 2017 to improve my “shituation”, and I’m ...[Read More]
2 Unilateral Exercises to Build Your Glutes & Destroy Weakness
Glute imbalances are very common, especially if you → sit a lot → don’t activate and strengthen your glutes (so they stopped working properly) → adopted compensation patterns (due to pain), further ex ...[Read More]
How To Learn Pistol Squats
Pistols are no joke! it's a single leg squat with all your freaking body weight! You don’t learn pistol squats by slamming yourself into a pistol squat… unless you want to hurt your knees, throw your ...[Read More]
The Butt-Finder Exercise!
FIND YOUR GLUTES! This is the best exercise I have tried for getting the glutes to fire. I incorporate it into to my warm-up to ensure my glutes are firing for my training sessions. If you sit all the ...[Read More]
L-Sit Prep
L-sit Prep Tutorial! I love this exercise because pulling the hips back helps you find & strengthen the TVA. This exercise helped me overcome years of low back pain! When first starting out, use 4 ...[Read More]
Child’s Pose Leg Lifts
TUTORIAL: Child's Pose Leg Lifts. This exercise helped me improve my end-range hip extension and overcome back pain! Do it if you want to: · Improve the back leg in your front splits, standing splits, ...[Read More]
10 Minute Pilates Workout
Hi! I'm Dr. Sara Solomon and I'm a Pilates Instructor, StrongFit Coach and Physiotherapist. I've put together a 10-minute Pilates routine that targets the main arch (core). Why? Because all StrongFitt ...[Read More]
Sandbag Deadlifts and Dimmels Deadlifts
How to do the Sandbag Deadlifts and Dimmel Deadlifts, using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez The deadlift is internal torque both concentrically and eccentrically. ...[Read More]
Sandbag Carries
How to do the Sandbag Carry using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez To lap the sandbag, deadlift it to your lap (engage your core to do this: not sure how? COUGH!). ...[Read More]
Sandbag Press
How to do the Sandbag Overhead Press, using the principles of StrongFit with Dr. Sara Solomon & Jackie Perez Use a sandbag, or something that can be held between your hands (i.e. med ball). You wi ...[Read More]