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Hey there Kristen! Here’s your CUSTOM TRAINING PROGRAM. All you have to do is give commitment and a wee bit ‘o courage. Talk with your coach and the community to keep moving forward and making tremendous progress. Just give us 45-60 MINUTES 3-5 days a week to skyrocket your results! Thanks for being part of the community and we’re looking forward to everything you’re going to achieve!
Extra Notes: You might not hit every rep or round, that’s ok! FORM over REPS. It may start small but will build each week to continue to maximize your gains. You got this!
Description: Follow along with this video for a full-body flexibility training. Use this as extra resource. You can do it on an off day, 1 round at start of workout for warm-up, or 1 round at end of workout for cooldown. 10 second holds per move for warm-up, 30 second holds per move for cool-down if holds.
Description: Support your forearm on any surface. With your palm facing UP, hold a dumbbell (or heavy book) in your hand. Lower your wrist all the down then curl your wrist all the way up as far you can go.
Goal: 10-20 reps
Description: Support your forearm on any surface. With your palm facing DOWN, hold a dumbbell (or heavy book) in your hand. Lower your wrist all the down then curl your wrist all the way up as far you can go.
Goal: 10-20 reps
Description: Support your elbow on any surface. Begin with your forearm in neutral (thumb side up) while holding a dumbbell (or heavy book) in your hand. Without using your shoulder, turn your hand over as far as you can go then back the other direction.
Goal: 10-20 reps each direction
Description: Start by tucking your chin to your chest, then rounding your shoulders and continue rolling down to end with your body bent in half and your hands as low to the ground as possible.
Goal: 5 rolls slow and controlled
Description: Hanging on a pull-up bar or equivalent surface, tuck your knees to your chest then return to fully straight position.
Goal: 3 rounds of 5 crunches.
*Extra notes: focus on the lowering of your legs down. It should take 2-3 times as long to lower them as it does it bring them up.*
Description: Start standing with feet wider than your shoulders. Then squat as deep as you can. You will then shift towards one side then the other fully extending your leg out without lifting your hips between sides.
Goal: 3 rounds of 7 reps each direction
Description: Begin sitting with one leg back before you as the video shows. Use your hip and core muscles to bring your leg around the front and produce a high kick. Try not to let your trunk sway to the side to compensate.
Goal: 3 rounds of 8 reps each leg.
Description: Holding the rings lean backwards with feet flat on the ground, knees bent and hips level with knees. Keep hips elevated throughout by contracting glutes strongly. Then you will complete rows.
Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps.
Description: Put your foot on a round foam roller with your other leg straight in the air. Perform hip bridges using your glutes for power.
Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps each leg.
Descrption: Begin in sitting with your legs out straight. Contract your core and raise your legs 6″ off the floor. Maintain a hollow back as you tuck your knees to chest then extend legs up to V compression (feet over head). Return knees to chest then back to 6 inches.
Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps.
Description: Do a handstand wall walk up as far as you can. Engaged your core maximally while you stack your hips over your shoulders. Then bring one leg off the wall. Then switch legs.
Goal: 3 rounds of 3 attempts
Description: Start standing with hands on a surface waist height or higher. Then walk feet backwards and bend at hips to allow the shoulders to open.
*Focus to ensure that your back doesn’t arch and the movement comes from your shoulders.*
Goal: 10 second holds x 5 reps.
Description: This stretch starts by sitting with good posture. Place the bottoms of your feet together and pull them in close to your pelvis. Use your elbows/hands to push your knees down towards the floor.
Goals: 15 second holds x 5 reps.
Description: This move starts by leaning forward and allowing your hands to reach the ground with knees bent. Then slide your legs out to the side, straightening your knees as you slide them outwards. Once you reach a comfortable split position with minimal stretching, you will gently pulse your hips up and down to give an additional stretch at the bottom of the pulse and back to resting position at the top of the pulse allowing your body weight to be partially supported by your arms.
Goal: 5 reps with 15 seconds of pulsing
Description: Use your core to hold your knees up to your chest. Push through your arms to lift your hips up off the floor.
Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps with 5 second holds
Description: Begin in a plank with hollow back. Pull your legs through your arms and out to a reverse plank.
Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps.
Description: This move begins in a frog stand. Then perform a “push-up” type movement with your arms as you kick your legs backwards into a tall plank. Assure your core is intact to keep your lower back from arching.
Goal: 3 rounds of 5 kickbacks
Description: This move starts by standing two feet away from the wall. Perform a wall bridge then walk your hands down the wall as far as you can. Eventually the goal is to get your hands all the way to the floor and back up into standing.
Goal: 3 rounds of 3 attempts
Description: Follow the video to do a stalder squat. The goal is to be able to hold the position while lifting one leg at a time (then eventually both feet), but to begin you may need to focus on squatting and weight bearing through your arms.
Goal: 3 rounds of 6 reps.
Description: Hold a hanging hollowbody with your core tight and lower back rounded/tucked x 5 seconds. Then control the transition to hanging superman x 5 seconds.
Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps.
Description: This move starts in standing. You will hold the towel with 1 arm that will lift above your head causing the towel to be placed behind your back. Then with the other arm you will reach behind your back for the towel. Work your hands towards each other using the towel as a guide to bring them closer together. When you have reached as closely together as you can, use the upper hand to pull the towel slightly up to give an extra stretch to the lower hand behind your back.
Goal: 4 reps each arm with 15 sec holds
Description: This move starts by placing the stretching leg onto a raised surface at chest height or higher. The surface needs to be on the outside of the leg so that as you lean forward you are stretching away from the midline of the body.
Goal: 30 second holds x 2 reps each leg
Description: Hold onto something sturdy with your hands. Use your core to bring your legs up to your hands. Continue to contract your core to keep your hips up off the ground as you slowly lower one leg at a time. Make sure you keep your knees as straight as possible for a good posterior chain stretch.
Goal: 4 reps each leg with 10-15 sec holds
Description: This move starts in a lunge with the back leg bent with knee directly against a wall. From there you will push your lower back towards wall causing a stretch to your hip flexor and quad.
Goal: 15 second holds x 2-4 reps per side