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The Big Back Lie: Your Bulging Disc is Not Causing Your Back Pain

The Big Back Lie: Your Bulging Disc is Not Causing Your Back PainBy: WOD Father Published on: 24/11/2024

Yes, you have a bulging disc but that is not why you have back pain. Known triggers for back pain include prolonged sitting, stress and inflammation associated with poor diet, stress, sedentarism and lack of sleep. Where will you feel this inflammation first? Wherever a bulging disc protrudes from the spine and presses on a nerve. But, as the studies show, a disc bulge is not required to experience back pain.

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The Big Back Lie: Your Bulging Disc is Not Causing Your Back Pain

Booty Call: Prevent Back Pain and Correct Posture by Connecting Brain to Bottom

Booty Call: Prevent Back Pain and Correct Posture by Connecting Brain to BottomBy: WOD Father Published on: 22/11/2024

Why should you care? Your glutes are your primary and most powerful hip extensors. Your hips are involved in all functional movements including walking, running, jumping, etc. If your glutes are not firing effectively, your body must recruit other assistance muscles to compensate. These smaller weaker muscles then become overworked or strained.

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Booty Call: Prevent Back Pain and Correct Posture by Connecting Brain to Bottom

Slow Down and Learn to Love the Snatch

Slow Down and Learn to Love the SnatchBy: WOD Father Published on: 17/11/2024

Today we will take time developing your kettlebell snatch technique until you can call yourself a snatch master. Proof of mastery will be demonstrated by unbruised forearms after completion of this workout.

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Slow Down and Learn to Love the Snatch

Body Mastery: You Don’t Know Squat

Body Mastery: You Don’t Know SquatBy: WOD Father Published on: 08/11/2024

Today’s reset will give you an opportunity to work on developing your squat mastery or reclaiming it if you’ve lost it. Don’t worry if round one is difficult, as you move through rounds two and three your body will begin to warm up to the challenge.

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Body Mastery: You Don’t Know Squat

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