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Simple Way To Strengthen Core Muscles

The core muscles are the muscles in your torso, front and back and sides.  They are the muscles that hold you in an upright position when they are strong.  🙂  When they are weak, you collapse forward.  🙁 Forward-collapsed posture causes pain and dysfunction.  That’s why you want to have a strong core. But what […]

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Easy Way To Get Strong Abs

Strong abdominal muscles help you stay tall and have good posture.  That’s a really good thing because poor, collapsed posture causes heaps and heaps of problems and pain. When your back muscles and abdominal muscles (your ‘core’) are not strong enough to hold you up, you end up with forward head posture also called collapsed […]

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How To Strengthen Your Upper Back and Get Rid Of Muscle Strain

Want to get rid of upper back muscle strain?  Want to strengthen your upper back muscles quickly and easily? Just squeeze your shoulder blades together.  S Q U E E Z E  them to your spine and hold them there for a few seconds.  Try to move your shoulder blades down toward your waist while […]

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Do Rocker Shoes Make Your Legs Strong

People have asked me about shoes with rocker bottoms.  They are supposed to make your leg muscles stronger and more shapely but wait–how can that be? By letting the shoe do the motion rather than the joints in your feet, you are not using your foot and leg muscles fully. You DO want strong legs.  […]

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Easy Way To Strengthen Your Stomach Muscles

Here’s an easy way to strengthen your abdominal muscles. I learned this from a physical therapist.  The easiest way to strengthen your abdominals is not to do crunches or sit ups. I don’t like crunches or sit ups for a few different reasons and sometimes they can actually cause back and neck pain. The easiest […]

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Movements to Relieve Shoulder Pain and Arm Pain

You can get pain in your shoulders, arms and hands when the muscles around your shoulders are “out of balance.”  That means some areas of muscle are “tighter” than they should be and some areas are weaker. That is what causes pain. This video will show you two simple movements that you can do to […]

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You Can Get Muscle Pain Relief With Simple Strengthening!

Pain relief from strengthening your muscles?  You bet! A body that is strong and balanced has much less pain and functions better. I get letters and emails from people all over the world who took action when they started to understand how their bodies work.  They started to understand that maybe they could become pain-free […]

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Are You As Strong As A Small Child?

You were strong all over when you were an active little child. You used all of your muscles. But, now? You can become strong again at SimpleStrengthening.com.

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Mini-Trampolines Can Help You Rebound and Get Strong

Bouncing on a mini-trampoline can help you get stronger legs and better balance. And, you don’t have to bounce high to benefit. Your feet never have to leave the safety of the trampoline.

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Tai Chi Improves Balance & Strength

Tai Chi can help you get stronger and have better balance. There are differences between yoga and Tai Chi, but both are beneficial.

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Yoga Can Help You Get Strong, Long, Flexible & Pain-Free

Yoga is an excellent way to become pain-free. Yoga helps you become long, strong and flexible. It’s a very good way to get simple strengthening.

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How Can You Use Your Bed To Get Stronger & Straighter?

Did you know you bed makes a great exercise tool? When we press against an immovable object, like a wall, we build strength.  That is called resistance training. Your bed offers some softness but it also allows you to move and press into it while it presses back at you.  Here are a few things […]

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9 Advantages To Strengthening Your Back In Bed

There are lots of types of exercise and movement strengthening programs, and most of them are done in upright positions.  Here are some of the reasons I prefer a program that can be done while you lie on your back in bed. 1.  Almost everyone can lie on their back in relative comfort. 2.  Gravity […]

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You Can Use Your Bed To Get Stronger & Straighter

Have you ever thought about using your bed as a resistance tool? When we press against an immovable object, like a wall, we build strength.  That is called resistance training.  Your bed offers some softness and it also allows you to move and press into it while it presses back at you. Here are a […]

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Get Strong Legs on Your Stairs – How to Use Your Legs Walking on Stairs

Maybe you have knee pain, and maybe you don’t.  Maybe your legs feel weak or maybe they feel “out of balance” or “too tight” or even wobbly. Your legs were designed to be used in certain ways.  But, lots of times, for all kinds of reasons, we “forget” how we used to climb stairs.  Sometimes, […]

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