Crazy Slider Board Stuff

Quite often I was asked the same sort of "Athletic" question. "I'm a university football player.  How do I increase my squat and deadlift for testing"? "I'm a hockey player.  How do I become more stable on the ice, and avoid injury"?
When my members would ask me these questions, I would quite often turn and point to the slider boards.  Funny thing is, myself and a small group of female members (my wife included) represented about 90% of the slider board usage.  That's OK.  A few of my talented, open-minded athletes, along with my 408 lb. bench press guy represented the other 10%.  Good enough for me.

These exercises are very different, and there will be a huge learning curve.  Watch the video, and try to at least start some of these movements.  As I said many times throughout the video, you don't need to spend $1,000 on a slider board like I did. 

As you start to get stronger, your line will get better, giving you a better all-round feel.  The slider leg curl is just that.  A leg curl.  I'm just showing you a different apparatus.  The adductor/abductor work I would group into my unstable movements, and do them at the start of your workout.  The shuffle can be an aerobic workout, or anaerobic, depending on your intensity level.  Oh yes, I never once said that you can't put dumbells in your hands to add resistance, did I?

But when you watch the video, remember that I have put years into the boards, and this type of training.  There will be a huge learning curve.  Do the movements correctly, and get used to the angles, and all other characteristics of these movements.  When doing your leg curls, letting your butt drop 2 inches will ruin the set.  If you don't drop those 2 inches, you will wake up the next morning, feeling sore from calf to glute.  Same as the abductors.  Keep that moving leg straight wnen you drop it in behind you.  That will be the difference. 

Don't give up right away if you are not getting a great feel.  Unfortunately, it is YOU.  I have seen many a person, myself included, completely gassed in my gym from a few sets of offset slider lunges, one foot slider leg curls, and finishing with offset abductor work. 

What do I mean by the "offset" and the "one foot" terms?  If I get a few people asking, I will gladly do another video.

Watch this video, open up your mind, and try some new moves.  These are great ways to supplement your brutally taxing weighted movements like your squat and deadlift. (Did you think that I had forgotten about them?  You were just probably hoping that I wouldn't keep mentioning them.)  Watch your strength and stability increase dramatically.

Until next time.