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2026-06-4
Why Glute Training for Low Back Pain Is About More Than Strength
When people hear that glute training can help low back pain, the assumption is often simple: “Your glutes are weak. Make them stronger.” While strength can certainly be part of the solution, emerging research suggests the real story is much […]
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Top 5 Go-To Exercises for Low Back Pain
One of the biggest misconceptions about low back pain is that you need a collection of highly specialized “back exercises” to feel better. While specific low back exercises certainly have their place, the research increasingly points us in a different […]
read more2026-06-1
Why Stretching Your Hamstrings and Hip Flexors Can Help Chronic Low Back Pain, But Usually Isn’t Enough
I remember both when I FIRST hurt my low back when I was 14 and when I aggravated it again in college during basketball practice, I received the same advice. You have to stretch more your hamstrings and hip flexors. […]
read more2026-05-29
Better For Back Pain? Low Back Exercises Or Functional Training
On the surface, it seems to make sense. If your low back hurts, then you have to strengthen your low back. Case closed right? If weakness contributes to pain, then stronger lumbar muscles should solve the problem. However, modern research […]
read more2026-05-27
When a Doctor Says “Don’t Lift Weights”: A Smarter Approach to Low Back Pain
One of the most common questions we received during our recent Low Back Pain webinar was, “What do you do when a client says their doctor told them not to lift weights?” It’s an important question because many fitness professionals […]
read more2026-05-26
Is the New Science Of Pain Bogus?!
Recently, social media has started pushing back against brain reprocessing techniques for chronic pain. Some posts argue there’s “little evidence,” while others claim these approaches are basically telling people that “pain is all in your head.” Like most social media […]
read more2026-05-24
3 Awesome Memorial Day Workouts
This holiday we wanted to not just give a sale, but to give you great ways to train smarter and get better results. That is REALLY what we want, people to become stronger, move better, and become healthier. It is […]
read more2026-05-20
Low Back Webinar Replay
The response to our recent Perform Better webinar, “Why Strength & Mobility Aren’t Fixing Low Back Pain,” was awesome and we are VERY grateful! However, one thing also became clear as we engaged with some great Q & A…people are […]
read more2026-05-19
Does Glute Training REALLY Help Low Back Pain
For years, one of the most common messages in fitness and rehabilitation has been: “Your glutes are weak, and that’s why your back hurts.” As a result, countless people with low back pain have been prescribed: clamshells glute bridges monster […]
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