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Dumbbell and Barbell Upright Rows

Free weight exercises are a great way to help strengthen the upper body. The stabilizing muscles in your shoulders should be engaged while activating your core throughout this exercise to get the biggest impact. Barbell upright rows will help you increase strength in your upper body, helping you maintain a free and straight bowling arm…

Core Strengthening: Hands Together with a Slider

Core exercises help better your posture, improve balance, and increase stability. Overall, they help make everyday life easier while reducing pain and preventing injury. In this premium video, Leah Zahner, Certified Personal Trainer (NASM), ups the degree of difficulty by adding a slider into your core exercise routine. You can find sliders for less than…

Strengthen Your Core with the Bicycle Exercise

Having a strong core helps with balance, posture and strength. There are 35 different muscle groups that make up the body’s core and they can be broken up into four different areas: – Back extensors – Abdominals – Lateral trunk muscles – Hip muscles So it’s safe to say you’re going to have to do…

How to Do a Rotating Lunge

Bowling’s finish position requires a lot of strength and coordination to post the shot properly. Posting the shot happens when the slide is complete at the foul line and you remain in a balanced finish position until the ball rolls through the pins and drops off the pin deck. The rotating lunge requires no equipment…

Leg Lifts with a Physioball

Are you looking to increase hip mobility and strengthen your core? Leg lifts with a physioball knock both out in one exercise. Strong core muscles make it easier to do any physical activity including bowling. By strengthening the core you will see results in balance and stability. With all of this newfound balance and stability…

Wrist Pronation and Supination Exercises

Wrist tendons are very strong. Wrist tendons join the muscles and bones of the hand. This connection transfers the energy of the muscles to moving the bones of the hand. Flexor and extensor tendons are the two groups of tendons found in the wrist. Flexor tendons are located on the palm side of the hand.…

Upper Body Rolling Exercise

The sport of bowling requires your upper body to work independently (go in different directions from one another at the same time) from your lower body. For example, when you are playing an inside line, the top of your backswing and your hips are pointed in different directions. In this video lesson, Certified Personal Trainer…

Dumbbell Tricep Extension

The tricep is located on the back of the arm and is made up of three heads: long, lateral, and medial, which explains the “tri” in tricep. The Dumbbell Tricep Extension is unique to other tricep exercises because it activates all three heads throughout the exercise, making your triceps stronger. In this premium video, Leah…

Upper Back Stretch with a Physioball

Do you feel tightness in your upper back and shoulders during or after bowling? Upper back stretches with a physioball is a simple exercise that yields big results for bowlers experiencing problems in their upper back and shoulders. The body responds to the instability of the physioball helping it to remain balanced. This upper back…

Rotating Lunge With A Medicine Ball

Lunges are a great lower body exercise. Adding rotation with a medicine ball increases resistance. This is necessary to take your lower body exercise to the next level. Step 1 Medicine balls come in a variety of weights. When adding this exercise into your routine, start with a medicine ball weight you are comfortable with.…