(Video) Strap Assisted Air Squats: Standing to Sitting
In this video I guide you through strengthening the backs of your legs and glutes, while doing a chair squat. You will use a door anchor and strap with hand holds to assist you in this exercise.

Do you struggle to stand up, or have consistent low back pain? One of the main muscles of the core tends to be tight (shortened in length) due to too much time spent sitting with the legs bent while sitting in a chair. In the video below I walk you through a relaxing psoas release…
Sometimes your jaw just hurts or is regularly tight and sore… Is this you or someone you know? Then follow along with this self massage video, as I guide you to relax the jaw. In this video I talk about the muscles of the jaw and show you how to gently self massage them. I’ve…
Hi, I’m Emily Boudwin, a neuromuscular massage therapist and restorative exercise specialist. In this practical tutorial I walk you through Intercostal breathing using a simple strap so you can feel, retrain, and free the muscles between your ribs. If you’ve ever felt tightness, pain, or exhaustion in your rib cage while breathing, these steps will…
Our routines are on autopilot… We just automatically breathe, walk, sleep, sit. That is until something is off, isn’t working quite right, is causing pain, etc. How much do you think about breathing? I know that I didn’t consider my breathing at all until I was regularly struggling to breathe, due to my respiratory disease….
Do you ever have pain inside your knee? The IT Band, Iliotibial band, might be the culprit! This band of connective tissue stabilizes the knee. It can start to stick to the muscle fibers underneath. This is where massaging this area can be helpful. In the video I walk you through massaging this area using…
Do you have a stiff upper back? Then this spine relaxing exercise is for you! It’s the rhomboid pushup. The rhomboid muscle, shown below, moves the vertical side of the shoulder blade towards the area of the spine that it is attached to. In the video I’ll show you what position you want to be…