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MIKE SKIBA NEW CUSTOM WORKOUT

Hey there Mike!  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 30-60 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!

Form over number of reps always!

SPINE FLEXIBILITY WARM UP

“Hey guys! I wanted to do go through some mobility work for your spine and how it will transfer into your strength moves and training. Then after you will know how to work on the mobility and keep your joints healthy. Then you want to use this on a daily basis and here and there as you get into your higher level skills. And we are going to go from head to toe. You’re going to find that you might need to start breaking it up throughout the day, and as I always mention, it’s going to become a lifestyle. So it’s not really “going to the gym” but it’s more body knowledge. So we will start with the head and some things for the cervical vertebrae. Keep everything in neutral. Do all of these slow and controlled and you really want to think about what your spine is doing and you’re working through that.”

At the end of video:

“So, like I said, that’s a great daily-based mobility training that you can incorporate whenever you wake up in the morning or before you start your training it’s a different style of warm-up. It will help you increase your blood flow to your joints to help repair tissue after a really serious workout or training, which will increase your range of motion so you can actually get more out of the strengths and skills training. So I hope that helps you guys. Please let me know if you have any questions. Don’t forget to implement this in your training if you want to see extra growth.”

WRIST WARM UP

FOUNDATION KATA

Description: 1-2 attempts

WORKOUT 1

PULL UP HOLD

Description: Pull as high as you can on your bar and hold it for the prescribed time

Goal: 3 rounds of 2 holds for 30 sec

L EXTENSIONS ON P BARS

Description: DO THIS ON YOUR DIPS BARS. Start in a tucked up position. Straighten your knees into an L extension then return to a tucked up position.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps

PISTOL SINGLE LEG SQUAT MODIFICATION

Description: Start standing with feet wider than your shoulders. Then squat with 90 degrees of bending at hips and knees. You will then shift towards one side then the other without lifting your hips between sides.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps each direction.

FRONT LEVER CRUNCH HOLD

Description: Begin this move by pulling hips up with body horizontal to the floor. Hold your knees tightly to your chest.

Goal: 3 rounds of 3 levers with 10 second holds

HANDSTAND WALL WALK UP

Description: This move starts in a tall plank position with your feet close to the wall. As you walk your hands backwards towards the wall, walk your feet up the wall. Use your core to keep your lower back from arching.

Goal: 3 rounds of 2 reps. 

HANGING CRUNCH ROTATIONS

Description: Hanging on a pull-up bar or equivalent surface, use your core to lift your legs into a crunch, knees to chest. You will then use your core and shoulders to rotate your knees from one side to another.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps each direction

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 4 reps each leg

CALF STRETCH

Description: This move starts by placing the front of your foot against the wall with your heel on the ground. Keeping your knee straight, lean forward causing a stretch of the calf. Focus on shifting your hips forward with your knee straight.

Goal: 30 sec holds x 4 reps each leg

BENT KNEE BABY STRETCH

Description: Begin by laying on your back. Grab the inside of both your feet as the video shows then pull your knees toward your armpits. Attempt to straighten your knees as much as you can.

Goal: 15 sec holds x 3 reps

WORKOUT 2

LEANING MUSCLE UP

Description: Follow this video to perform a muscle up on your rings. Begin in a reverse plank position hold on to the rings. Lean back then perform your muscle up with feet assisting as needed.

Goal: 3 rounds of 5 reps.

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, 10 reps per round.

SUPERMAN HOLD

Description: This move starts laying on the ground on your stomach. Then, with your arms over head, squeeze your shoulder blades down and slightly together to lift your chest up and squeeze your glutes to lift your thighs off the ground.

Goal: 3 rounds of 2 reps with 30 second holds

PLANCHE PUSH UP

Description: Begin in a tall hollowbody plank. Weight shift over your hands into a planched plank. Hold this shape as you perform a push up. Make sure you push all the way up through the push up into scapular protraction.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 push ups.

WALL BRIDGE WALK DOWN

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 2 attempts

STALDER PULSES

Description: Start sitting with legs spread wide into a split position. Rotate your body towards one leg. Place your hands on either side of your leg with your palms flat onto the ground. Focus on lifting one leg at a time. *You will need to be sure to hold a strong quad contraction and to point your toes to help the quads maximally engage.*

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 pulses each leg

BUTTERFLY STRETCH

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.

POSTERIOR CHAIN STRETCH

Description: Stand with your back to your stall bars or similar surface. Relax your arms down by your side and hold on to the stall bar. Then perform a forward fold while keeping your knees straight.

REMEMBER HEELS BACK, LEAN FORWARD

Goal: 30 second holds x 4 reps.

WORKOUT 3

CHIN UP WITH L SIT HOLD ON RINGS

Description: Hold your lower body in an “L” and you row your body up towards your rings/pull up bar.

Goal: 3 rounds of 8 reps

STRADDLED HOLLOW BODY ROCKS

Description: This move starts by laying on your back. You will then contract your core while lifting your legs in a straddle position. Lift your shoulder blades up off the floor with your arms straight by your ears causing your body to become like the bottom of a rocking horse. Then produce a rock while maintaining the correct shape.

Goal: 3 Rounds of 20 rocks

TWIST SQUATS

Description: Start in the horse stance squat (hips and knees at 90 degrees.) Twist 90 degrees to one side, then complete bending the knee to the floor. Goal is to keep the stance narrow to allow the back knee to land at the front heel.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps per leg.

V STAND AT STALL BARS

Description: Begin close to a sturdy object or wall. Place feet up while keeping knees straight. Use your core and arms to lift and hold your hips off the floor. Adjust feet as necessary. Then squeeze your quad (front of thigh) to lift one leg off the wall.

GOAL: 3 rounds of 5 lifts each leg.

SEATED TRICEP DIP

Description: Begin with your hands on rings or an appropriately high surface to do chair dips off of. Use your legs as much as you need to perform this comfortably. Perform a tricep dip maintaining your elbows as close to your body as you can.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps.

OBLIQUE SLIDES

Description: Begin in an elbow plank holding your hollowbody. Slides your feet towards one elbow to get an oblique crunch.

Goal: 3 rounds of 10 reps each side

KNEELING HIP FLEXOR STRETCH

Description: This move starts in a lunge position. Then you contract your abs to lessen the arch of the lower back and lean forward allowing your hips to open. Focus on not allowing your back to arch as you lean forward.

Goal: 15 second hold x 5 reps each leg

SPLIT PULSES

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