Featured Workout

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Movement Prep

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Bodyweight Split Squat


  • Keep your chest up throughout the whole movement; if you begin to lean forward, lengthen your stride
  • Focus your weight and balance on your front foot
  • Throughout the entire motion your front foot should stay flat on the ground, and your back foot should be up on your toe.
  • Keep your eyes focused forward, not down on the ground.

Begin with one foot in front of your body and one behind

Place your hands behind your head and keep your feet in line with your hips

Lower your hips directly downward until your knee lightly brushes the ground

Upon reaching the bottom position, your front and back knees should both have 90 degree angles

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Stabilityball Rollout


  • Keep your stomach tight throughout the movement
  • Only lower yourself to a point where you can complete one repetition without collapsing from instability
  • Keep your spine and hips straight throughout the movement

Begin in a kneeling position, upright body position and your hands together on top of a stability ball

Slowly roll your hands out as you lower your chest toward the ball

• When your elbows come in contact with the ball pull your arms back toward you and roll back to an upright body position

• Perform the specified number of repetitions in a controlled manner

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Superdog


  • Do not let your low back arch during the movement
  • Concentrate on activating your glutes when raising your foot in the air
  • Concentrate on activating your upper back when raising your hand overhead

Begin in a pushup position

Begin on your hands and knees

Hold your core in place and raise one arm extended over your head

Simultaneously, extend your opposite leg straight out behind you until you form a straight line from your heel to your opposite hand

Hold for 2 seconds, return your hand and knee to the ground

Repeat on the opposite side to complete one repetition

 

Power Training

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

DB 1 Arm Hang Snatch


  • Lock your arm out and stabilize the dumbbell overhead before bringing it back down for the next rep
  • Keep your stomach tight and shoulder blades pulled down and back toward your glutes throughout the whole movement
  • Do not let your back round or your upper body rotate

Begin by standing with a dumbbell in one hand in between your legs

Sit your hips back over your heels and bow forward until your shoulders are over your toes

Drive through your feet and fully extend your ankles, knees and hips as if you are jumping into the air

Simultaneously pull the dumbbell directly up the front of your body

Drop underneath the dumbbell when it is up over your head and catch it with your arm fully extended

 

Strength Training

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Bar Deadlift


  • Keep your stomach tight and shoulder blades pulled down and back toward your glutes throughout the whole movement
  • Do not let your hips rise first
  • Do not let your back round
  • Do not thrust your hips forward at the top

Begin by standing in a hip width stance with an Olympic bar on the floor directly in front of you touching your shins

Squat down with a flat spine by lowering your hips as if you are performing a body weight squat

When you reach the bottom position get a grip on the bar just outside of your legs

Push through your heels and lead all movement with your shoulders

Continue to unfold your body until you reach a full standing position

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

DB Incline Bench Press


  • It is important to have a spotter during this exercise, preferable a certified personal trainer
  • Move the dumbbells in a controlled manner and do not let them drift out of the line of motion
  • Keep your shoulder blades pulled down and back toward your glutes throughout the whole movement
  • Keep your eyes focused on a point on the ceiling where you wish to push the bar to

Begin by lying on an incline bench face up with a dumbbell in each hand at your shoulders

Hold the dumbbells in a neutral grip so that your palms are facing each other

Your feet should be about the same width as your shoulders and flat on the ground under your knees

Keep your elbows underneath your hands and press the dumbbells up directly above your shoulders

Lower the dumbbells back down to the point you pressed them from and repeat the movement with out pausing

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Medicine Ball Squat to Chop


  • When changing direction at the bottom of the motion, use the med ball for balance and momentum while driving your chest up
  • Limit the rotation of your upper torso, keep your core muscles in position while moving only your arms

Begin with a shoulder width stance, toes pointed at 30 degree angles, and holding a medicine ball at your chest.

Reposition the med ball over one shoulder as if you were throwing it behind you

Sit your hips back over your heels and lean forward slightly as you pull the ball diagonally to the opposite side hip in a chopping motion

As the ball is in motion, lower your hips into the deepest position possible while maintaining balance and control

Drive your hips out of the bottom position by trying to push your heels through the ground and pull the med ball back up over the shoulder that it started at

 

Recovery

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Foam Roll Back


  • Spend more time on the tender areas
  • When concentrating on your lower back, grab the backs of your legs to prevent yourself from falling backwards

Begin by lying your upper back on your foam roller

Cross your arms across your chest with your hands on your shoulders

This should separate your shoulder blades and expose more muscle along your back

Now lift your hips up in the air so that your weight is supported by your feet and your upper back

Use your heels to roll from your upper back down to your lower back

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Lat Stretch


  • Keep crawling forward with your fingers to create maximum stretch in your lats
  • You can reach your arms to the left and right for several seconds to get an added stretch in the muscle

Begin in a kneeling position and sit back on your heels

Keeping your back flat, reach forward and place your hands on the ground in front of you

Without lifting your butt off your heels extend your arms as much as possible and lower your head toward the ground between your arms

 


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