Strength Workouts help us to grow muscle, gain strength and maintain bone density among many other benefits! When planning strength workouts, it's important to think about movements that work our bodies unilaterally, or one side/limb at a time in a addition to bilateral as often seen with barbell deadlifts, squats, and benchpresses.

In this episode, Michelle discusses:

• What is a unilateral exercise?


• Why is it important to incorporate unilateral work into our strength programming?


• Who should consider upper and lower body unilateral exercises in their workouts?


• Examples of upper body and lower body unilateral exercises


• How unilateral work helps us to prevent injuries


• The impact unilateral work has on our core


• Tips to make unilateral exercises more impactful!

Have examples of you favorite unilateral exercises? Share with us on social media @strongandsimplepodcast or email us at strongandsimplepodcast@gmail.com!