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MICHAEL COSTELLO CUSTOM WORKOUT

Hey there Michael!  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 4-5 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!

Form is more important than reps! You might not hit all reps or even do all rounds, that’s ok!  It may start small but will build each week to continue to maximize your gains. You got this!

FLEXIBILITY ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

WRIST WARM UP

Description: Follow the video to get your wrists ready for weight bearing.

NINJA STRENGTH

INVERTED PIKE UP

Description: Face your stall bars and forward fold until your shoulder blades touch a bar. Reach back and up with your hands to grab the bar that comfortably fits your arm length. Gently lower your body weight into your hands until you’re hanging then pike your legs up vertically. 

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps

NINJA STRENGTH LEVEL 2 KATA

Goal: 3 rounds of 1-2 reps 

FRONT CRUNCH TO STRADDLE LEVER

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps 

FRONT LEVER NEGATIVES

Goal: 3 rounds of 2 reps

BACK LEVER CRUNCHES

Description: Begin this move with your legs tucked up to your chest. Then attempt to flex your shoulders and bring your body up so it is parallel to the floor in back lever position. Bring knees away from body and then crunch them back in.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps

SKIN THE CAT

Description: Pull your knees to your chest as you lift your hips to bring the hips between your arms. You will lower your hips as far as you can, but only to a level that you can return from to come back to the starting position.

Goal: 3 rounds of 3 reps

MUSCLE UP ON RINGS

Goal: 3 rounds of 2 reps 

MEATHOOK ON BAR

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps each side

PULL UPS TO NIPPLE LINE

Description: Pull yourself up to your nipple line without using momentum. If you cannot make it to nipple line then work negatives by stepping up on a bench or step and controlling the lowering.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps. 

CRUNCH DIPS

Description: Perform a full range tricep dip on rings while maintaining a lower body “crunch.” Lower yourself as far down as you can go. The range here matters more than rep number to progress towards muscle ups.

Goal: 3 rounds of 8 reps

FLOOR SKILLS

STALDER SQUAT

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.

ROCK TO STALDER

Description: Start this move in a straddle with your arms between your legs. Rock backwards with legs wide and toes pointed. Then rock forwards pushing through your arms and lifting hips.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps

BENT KNEE COMPRESSION + LEG LIFTS

Description: Balance in a bent knee v-stand with your arms behind your legs. Use your core to not lose the compression as you straighten out one leg at a time.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 leg kicks each

BENT KNEE V-STAND + 2 LEG LIFTS

Description: Begin in a bent knee V-stand with your pelvis off the floor. You will then straighten BOTH legs towards the ceiling

Goal: 3 rounds of 8 reps each leg.

CRUNCH PLANCHE - 1 FOOT TAP

Description: This move begins with sitting on your legs with your toes pointed. You will contract your core and your shoulders to raise your hips up as far as you can. Maintaining that compression, tap 1 foot off the ground.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps each side

V-STAND LEVEL 0.99

Description: Begin in your L-stand. *Do not lose your turtle shell or compression! Squeeze your shoulder blades down and back while you begin contracting your core maximally to rock your feet up.

Goal: 3 rounds of 1 V-stand holding and rocking for as long as you can.

FLOOR MOVEMENTS

KONG WALKS

Description: Follow the video to perform a kong walk.

Goal: 3 rounds of 2 minutes

TABLE WALKS

Description: Use your core to stay flat, not rotated during your walk, engage your glutes to keep your hips up without dipping. Walk forwards moving your opposite hand and foot at the same time.

Goal: 3 rounds of 1 minute practice

L STAND CIRCLE

Goal: 3 rounds of 1 minute practice

FRONT ROLL

Goal: 3 rounds of 1 minute practice

CAT WALKS

Goal: 3 rounds of 1 minute practice

HANDSTAND FOR SHOULDERS

REVERSE PRESS TO FROG AND UP

Description: Perform a handstand wall walk up with your belly towards the wall. Stack hips over your shoulders and slowly let legs slide down the wall. As legs come down, bend your elbows and allow knees to land on triceps. Push back up into the starting position.

Goal: 3 rounds of 3 reps

FROG STAND - HANDSTAND PROGRESSION

Description: Start with hands flat on the floor. Walk feet near hands and lean knees against bent elbows. Lean forward to increase weight on hands then lift the legs to balance. Maintain that forward lean with hips stacked over your hands and shoulders and then lift 1 leg up off the elbows and return with control.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps per leg. 

HANDSTAND PUSH UPS - BELLY TO WALL

Description: Get into a handstand with your belly towards the wall, core tight and back not arched. Carefully bend and straighten your elbows to perform a handstand push-up. With time and strength, bend your elbows deeper to perform a full push-up.

GOAL: 3 rounds of 1 handstand with 5-10 push-ups

KICKING UP TO HANDSTAND

Description: Begin in a lunge with your arms up to your ears. Kick up to a handstand using your back leg and land with your lead leg.

 Goal: 3 rounds of 3 reps each leg.

Do this with use of a wall until you're ready

CORE AND LEGS

GARGOYLE SQUAT

Description: Follow the video for a deep stretch and hip opening squat.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps.

SPIDER LEG SQUAT

Description: Go into a deep squat with your knees apart. Bring one leg out and use your arm to drop your shoulder inward while you push your knee out. Hold for 5 seconds then come back into standing. Switch and do the other leg.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps each leg.

W SIT LUNGE

Description: Rest a leg on a surface between knee and hip height (higher is harder). Make sure your entire ankle-knee is supported. Perform a lunge with your stance leg to open up your raised hip.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps each leg

PIRIFORMIS LUNGE

Description: Find a surface about hip height. Put a leg onto the surface in a figure 4 position. You will then lunge as the video shows as deep as you can.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps each leg.

SWEEP SQUAT

Description: Start standing with feet wider than your shoulders. Then squat as deep as you can. You will then shift towards one side and sweep the opposite leg in front and then back to the side. Shift to the other side and repeat.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps each direction 

DRAGON PISTOL SQUAT

Description: Stand with arm support in front of you. Twist one leg behind the stance leg then perform a pistol squat. Try to keep your straight leg off the floor the entire time.

Goal: 3 rounds of 8 reps each leg.

FIGURE 4 PISTOL SQUAT

Description: Stand with the pole on one of your sides. Hold the leg further away from the pole out in front of you. Cross one leg over the other, and perform a pistol squat as far down as you can control with help form the pole for balance.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps each leg

DRAGON TAILS

Description: Start by inverting your body holding onto a bar or the underside of a couch/bed. Then lower your body keeping your core active to lessen any hip bending. You then will lift your body back up to an inverted position.

**You can allow your knees to bend and touch the floor if you cannot lower and return to inverted position without.

Goal: 3 Rounds, 8 reps per round.  

FLEXIBILITY

WALL BRIDGE WALK DOWN ON STALL BARS

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

FRONT SPLIT WITH ER

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 4 reps each leg

BODY ROLLS

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

PIGEON STRETCH

Description: This move starts in lunged position. Place one leg in front of you like in the video. You will then lean forward causing an increase in stretch to the hip/buttock area. *Be sure to keep your chest up and hips pointed forward.*

Goal: 30 second holds x 2 reps each leg

SUPINE HAMSTRING STRETCH WITH STRAP

Description: This stretch begins while laying on the floor. Bring one knee to your chest, and then straighten that leg. Keep your back flat against the ground. You should feel a strong stretch in the back of your thigh.

Goal: 2 reps each leg x 30 second holds 

PULSE SPLITS

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 groin 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: 4 reps with 15 seconds of pulsing

SHOULDER STRETCH WITH TOWEL

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: 3 reps each arm with 15 sec holds