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Mountain Bikers: 3 Stability Ball Exercises You're Probably Not Doing
Stability balls are one of the best ways to get in a great bout of total body exercise at home. They are the perfect combination of...
Al Painter Jr
Aug 30, 20234 min read
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No Motivation To Workout? Start Here.
Yesterday, I ZERO desire to workout. I'm talking fatigue + No Focus = "Al! Pity party for one, your table is ready!" Yep, I have those...
Al Painter Jr
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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Seriously, Your Big Toe Can Shut Down Your Glutes Part II
Like I mentioned in the first part (click here if you haven't read it yet), my right big toe having mobility issues contributed to a...
Al Painter Jr
Jun 14, 20234 min read
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Can Your Big Toe Knock Your Glutes Offline?
If you read my blog (AND YOU DO WEEKLY, RIGHT? Big hint there btw...) regularly, you know that I think strong glutes are the cure for...
Al Painter Jr
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Coming Back After Time Off
We've all been there. You hit a really good streak with your workouts, and then, BAM! THWACK! ZAP! No mas ejercicio para usted! Loosely...
Al Painter Jr
Mar 27, 20235 min read
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The Importance of Recovery
We've all been there. You hit a really good streak with your workouts, and then, BAM! THWACK! ZAP! No mas ejercicio para usted! Loosely...
Al Painter Jr
Mar 15, 20236 min read
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The Keys To Time Crunched Fitness
One of the biggest reasons I here from people as to why they don't exercise more, or at all, is because their schedule is fried on a...
Al Painter Jr
Feb 14, 20236 min read
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Creating Simple Home Workouts To Make Your Friends Jealous Of Your Fitness Levels: Part II
In part one, we talked about some really effective ways to put together your workouts. This time around, you'll get the templates to...
Al Painter Jr
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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3 Ways To Stay Consistent With Your Workouts Over The Holidays
Holy fast forward Batman! Where did the year go and how did we get to the holidays so fast? Maybe I started seeing Christmas decorations...
Al Painter Jr
Dec 9, 20223 min read
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Stretching Before Working Out: Do We Really Need To Go Over This?
Sighhhh, no matter how far we as a species have evolved, and advanced as we are as a society (although, when you factor in social media,...
Al Painter Jr
Nov 9, 20227 min read
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Creating Simple Home Workouts To Make Your Friends Jealous Of Your Fitness Levels: Part I
How's that for a title? I mean who doesn't want to be able to do more pushups than their friends? Go faster uphill than they do on a hike...
Al Painter Jr
Nov 3, 20225 min read
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Terrified To Turn? 5 Strength Exercises To Help Mountain Bikers Core-ner With More Control
There are very few things that can instill shear terror in a mountain biker than a stretch of trail that curves to the left or right....
Al Painter Jr
Oct 11, 20227 min read
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Cyclists: 9 Ways To Workout Without Cooking Your Legs For Your Next Ride
Image made with Canva.com One of the biggest concerns I hear from bike riders is that if they strength train during the week it will cook...
Al Painter Jr
Oct 4, 20228 min read
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The 3-Exercise "Clear The Clutter" Workout For Mountain Bikers
I've been working with the two-wheeled pedaling humans since 2006, and there are two things (among 100's of others) I've learned since...
Al Painter Jr
Sep 30, 20225 min read
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Chocolate Milk Makes a Great Recovery Drink! Fact or Fiction?
One my favorite drinks as a kid was chocolate milk. One of my favorite drinks in high school was chocolate milk. One of my favorite...
Al Painter Jr
Jul 19, 20222 min read
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Gymservations of a Fitness Snobb: Are You Committing These 5 Fitness Fouls at The Gym?
There are two things I am a HUGE snob about. I'm talking Godzilla standing on King Kong's shoulders whilst they ride an AT-AT huge. The...
Al Painter Jr
Jul 6, 20225 min read
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5 Back Squat Alternatives For Cyclists
Depending on how you view it, the back squat is either the gold standard way to build bilateral lower body strength or it is the fast...
Al Painter Jr
Jun 23, 20224 min read
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Coach's Corner: What (And When) Should You Eat Around Your Workouts?
One of the things I get frequently asked is "what should I eat before I do the thing?" Well, my answer is "I don't know. The thing that...
Al Painter Jr
Apr 20, 20226 min read
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Parents: Fuel Faster for Time Crunched Workouts
If you follow me on social media, and if you don't "I find your lack of faith disturbing," you know that life with kids is somewhere...
Al Painter Jr
Mar 29, 20227 min read
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My 3 Favorite Lower Body Exercises For Cyclists
through to get a workout started at home, you won't do it. If you don't have programming to follow, 21 years of training people has...
Al Painter Jr
Feb 21, 20224 min read
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