Get to Know Lauren Strong, CPT

Certification

  • NSCA-CPT (Nation Strength and Conditioning Association)

Specialties

  • Beginners and novice lifters
  • Squat technique
  • Movement fundamentals
  • Mobility and recovery

Favorite Equipment

  • Olympic barbell
  • Lacrosse ball
  • Anything that makes the hip thrust easier to perform (or more comfortable!)

Most Recently Reviewed Articles

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Give Your Backside Some Attention With the 7 Best Glute Stretches 

A certified personal trainer covers the best glute stretches you can do after a hard leg day.

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How To Do Pigeon Pose: Tips From a CPT

The pigeon pose is a classic hip opener that may offer relief to tight hips, lower back pain, and achy piriformis and psoas muscles. It’s not only a hip flexor exercise used by lifters before squats and deadlifts, it’s an active yoga pose that can be modified for all skill levels. In this guide on how to do pigeon pose, I, a certified personal trainer, will walk you through a step-by-step guide and offer a few alternatives to the pigeon pose.   » Read more about: How To Do Pigeon Pose: Tips From a CPT  »

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A Brief Look at the History of Saunas 

Thermotherapy and cryotherapy techniques may seem like new-age ways to push the best biohacking products to consumers, but both methods have a storied history. They’ve been used for general wellness and social gatherings for centuries. In this guide to the history of saunas, we’ll take a look at how sauna culture came to be and other bathhouse practices from around the world. What Is a Sauna?Traditional saunas are typically stand-alone wooden structures with either a wood-fired heat source or an electric sauna heater.  » Read more about: A Brief Look at the History of Saunas   »

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Bowflex BXT8J Treadmill Review (2024): A Basic Treadmill With Room to Run

Read our Bowflex BXT8J treadmill review to find out what our experts thought about this budget-friendly running machine.

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