Al Painter Jr
Mountain Bikers: 3 Stability Ball Exercises You're Probably Not Doing
Stability balls are one of the best ways to get in a great bout of total body exercise at home. They are the perfect combination of...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 20
- 3 min
No Motivation To Workout? Start Here.
Yesterday, I ZERO desire to workout. I'm talking fatigue + No Focus = "Al! Pity party for one, your table is ready!" Yep, I have those...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 14
- 4 min
Seriously, Your Big Toe Can Shut Down Your Glutes Part II
Like I mentioned in the first part (click here if you haven't read it yet), my right big toe having mobility issues contributed to a...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Can Your Big Toe Knock Your Glutes Offline?
If you read my blog (AND YOU DO WEEKLY, RIGHT? Big hint there btw...) regularly, you know that I think strong glutes are the cure for...
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Al Painter Jr
- Mar 27
- 5 min
Coming Back After Time Off
We've all been there. You hit a really good streak with your workouts, and then, BAM! THWACK! ZAP! No mas ejercicio para usted! Loosely...
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Al Painter Jr
- Mar 15
- 6 min
The Importance of Recovery
We've all been there. You hit a really good streak with your workouts, and then, BAM! THWACK! ZAP! No mas ejercicio para usted! Loosely...
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Al Painter Jr
- Feb 14
- 6 min
The Keys To Time Crunched Fitness
One of the biggest reasons I here from people as to why they don't exercise more, or at all, is because their schedule is fried on a...
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Al Painter Jr
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Creating Simple Home Workouts To Make Your Friends Jealous Of Your Fitness Levels: Part II
In part one, we talked about some really effective ways to put together your workouts. This time around, you'll get the templates to...
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Al Painter Jr
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
3 Ways To Stay Consistent With Your Workouts Over The Holidays
Holy fast forward Batman! Where did the year go and how did we get to the holidays so fast? Maybe I started seeing Christmas decorations...
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Al Painter Jr
- Nov 9, 2022
- 7 min
Stretching Before Working Out: Do We Really Need To Go Over This?
Sighhhh, no matter how far we as a species have evolved, and advanced as we are as a society (although, when you factor in social media,...
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Al Painter Jr
- Nov 3, 2022
- 5 min
Creating Simple Home Workouts To Make Your Friends Jealous Of Your Fitness Levels: Part I
How's that for a title? I mean who doesn't want to be able to do more pushups than their friends? Go faster uphill than they do on a hike...
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Al Painter Jr
- Oct 11, 2022
- 7 min
Terrified To Turn? 5 Strength Exercises To Help Mountain Bikers Core-ner With More Control
There are very few things that can instill shear terror in a mountain biker than a stretch of trail that curves to the left or right....
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Al Painter Jr
- Oct 4, 2022
- 8 min
Cyclists: 9 Ways To Workout Without Cooking Your Legs For Your Next Ride
Image made with Canva.com One of the biggest concerns I hear from bike riders is that if they strength train during the week it will cook...
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Al Painter Jr
- Sep 30, 2022
- 5 min
The 3-Exercise "Clear The Clutter" Workout For Mountain Bikers
I've been working with the two-wheeled pedaling humans since 2006, and there are two things (among 100's of others) I've learned since...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Chocolate Milk Makes a Great Recovery Drink! Fact or Fiction?
One my favorite drinks as a kid was chocolate milk. One of my favorite drinks in high school was chocolate milk. One of my favorite...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5 min
Gymservations of a Fitness Snobb: Are You Committing These 5 Fitness Fouls at The Gym?
There are two things I am a HUGE snob about. I'm talking Godzilla standing on King Kong's shoulders whilst they ride an AT-AT huge. The...
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Al Painter Jr
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
5 Back Squat Alternatives For Cyclists
Depending on how you view it, the back squat is either the gold standard way to build bilateral lower body strength or it is the fast...
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Al Painter Jr
- Apr 20, 2022
- 6 min
Coach's Corner: What (And When) Should You Eat Around Your Workouts?
One of the things I get frequently asked is "what should I eat before I do the thing?" Well, my answer is "I don't know. The thing that...
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Al Painter Jr
- Mar 29, 2022
- 7 min
Parents: Fuel Faster for Time Crunched Workouts
If you follow me on social media, and if you don't "I find your lack of faith disturbing," you know that life with kids is somewhere...
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Al Painter Jr
- Feb 21, 2022
- 4 min
My 3 Favorite Lower Body Exercises For Cyclists
through to get a workout started at home, you won't do it. If you don't have programming to follow, 21 years of training people has...
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