Garage Blog

Picture this- you…. walking around with mini-VW Beetles popping on the back of your legs. You know, that spot right where your hamstring is. Instead of a smooth piece of flesh, you have what can be compared to a punch buggy bulging. Even better, that bulging flesh doesn't only look good, but it contributes and oftentimes can be responsible for your impressive performance in the gym, it is contributing to your leg shape and helps you be a functional human in a world where strong is a superpower.

The posterior chain is a helluva muscle group and is given a lot of training precedent in our strength training app, Peak Strength. Including the upper body, the entirety of the musculature plays a pivotal role in all things pulling, from the traps to the lats, through the spinal erectors into the glutes, cascading down through the hamstrings into the calves. The posterior chain is quite the collection of muscles needed to coordinate as a highly functional team to drive athletic performance.

In the realm of strength training, the nordic hamstring curl is an exceptional exercise, targeting the hamstring muscles, specifically the biceps femoris, with......

There are a lot of simple movements that can be utilized to train our glutes. On top of that, we need to think about why we are training our glu...