How to Make At Home Workouts Harder without Flaring up an Injury

Podcast
Written By Ali Marty

Season 1 Episode 22 of Running to the Castle Podcast w/ Dr. Ali Marty

Hey!

How’s it goin?

In today’s episode I’m talking about Ways to make your at home workout harder without flaring up injuries

Equipment needed:

  • Elastic resistance bands

  • Dumbbells 10+ pounds

Ways to make at home workouts harder

  • Add weight or resistance bands

  • Go from double leg to single leg

  • Add an isometric hold in the middle of a movement (hold for a count of 5+ seconds)

  • Add an eccentric controlled movement (go slower on return to start)

  • Stand on an unstable surface (pillow, foam, BOSU, etc)

  • Move the “easier” exercises to the end of the workout

Ali Marty

Hi! I’m Ali. I’ve been in the health and wellness space since graduating with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2012. I worked in the typical outpatient clinic with active men and women with orthopedic injuries (shin splints, Achilles tendonitis, muscle and ligament tears, knee pain, IT Band pain, plantar fasciitis, and hip and knee arthritis until 2018 at which point I started Mobile Physical Therapy in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the past few years I’ve transitioned to helping women running runDisney races after they’ve had an injury and they want to finish strong and enjoy the rest of their runcation.

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