- Stand tall and bring your right arm across your upper body, holding it with your left arm just below or above the elbow.
- Hold the stretch and then release.
- Repeat the stretch with the left arm.
Stretch, Core, Meditate
34 min
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18 exercises
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Shoulder Stretch
Neck Stretch
Foam Roller Chest Opener Stretch
Foam Roller Hamstring Stretch
Knee-to-Chest Lower Back Stretch
Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
Toe Touches
Jackknife Sit-up
Flutter Kicks
Crunches
Lying Leg Raises
1:30 rest
Modified Side Planks
Knee Plank
Modified Side Planks
1:15 rest
Weighted Russian Twists
Dead Bug
Windshield Wipers
1:30 rest
Meditation
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Stretch, Core, Meditate
34 min
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18 exercises
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Shoulder Stretch
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Neck & Upper Traps
Neck Stretch
Primary muscle group(s):
Neck & Upper Traps
- Stand tall with your head facing forward.
- Lower your left ear to your left shoulder as far as is comfortable.
- Place your left hand on your head, just above the right ear and gently pull the head a little further to the left side to feel the stretch on the right side of your neck.
- Release the stretch and repeat on the other side.
Foam Roller Chest Opener Stretch
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest
- Place a foam roller on a padded surface. Sit in front of the roller with your back to it. Carefully position yourself at the bottom of the foam roller and slowly lie back.
- Once your spine has been laid out the length of the roller, bring your feet in towards the bottom.
- Extend your arms to the sides. You will feel your chest open and stretch. If you feel comfortable enough, move the foam roller under you slowly from side to side.
Foam Roller Hamstring Stretch
Primary muscle group(s):
Hamstrings
- Sit on the ground and position a foam roller underneath your hamstrings (back part of the thigh). Make sure that you begin towards the bottom of the muscle, near the knee.
- Place your hands behind you and lift yourself off the ground.
- Slowly move yourself forward allowing your hamstrings to roll 2 to 3 inches on the foam roller. Pause then roll the other way. Continue the back and forth motion. For a deeper stretch, try stacking one leg over the other.
Knee-to-Chest Lower Back Stretch
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back
- Lie on your back on a mat with your legs extended in front of you and backs of heels on the floor.
- Grab hold of your right knee and gently pull it up to your chest until you can feel a slight stretch in your lower back.
- Try to bring the knee as close to your chest as is comfortable while keeping the left leg relaxed.
- Hold the stretch and then release the leg to starting position.
- Repeat with the left leg.
Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
Primary muscle group(s):
Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Step forward with the left leg as your right knee comes all the way to the ground.
- Flatten your right foot out so the toes are pointing behind you.
- Placing your hands on your sides, gently push your hips slightly forward.
- You will feel the stretch in your right hip flexor.
- Switch sides and repeat.
Toe Touches
Primary muscle group(s):
Calves, Hamstrings
Secondary:
Shoulders
- Stand tall with your feet together and arms at your sides.
- Slowly, bend at the hips while keeping your knees engaged. Allow your upper body to hang over. Let your arms drop as well, dangling in front of you.
- Once you’re fully bent over and your hands are at your toes, pause and feel the stretch in your hamstrings. (Optional: Flatten your back for 5 seconds then return to this position) Once you hold the stretch for up to 30 seconds, return to the starting position.
Jackknife Sit-up
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Lie flat on an exercise mat, extending your arms straight back behind your head.
- Fully extend your legs also. This is the start position.
- Bend at your waist and at the same time, raise your legs and arms to meet in a closed jackknife position. Exhale as you do this.
- At this point, your legs should remain fully extended at between 35-45 degrees from the floor.
- Your arms should be fully extended, parallel to your legs.
- Your upper body should be raised off the floor.
- Return to the start position by lowering your arms and legs back to the floor, exhaling as you do so.
- Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Lie flat on your back with your feet flat on the ground, with your knees bent at 90 degrees. Alternatively, you can place your feet up on a bench a few inches apart with your toes turned inwards and touching.
- Place your hands lightly on either side of your head.
- Keep your elbows in so that they are parallel to your body.
- Push your back down flat into the floor to isolate your abdominal muscles.
- Gently curl your shoulders forward and up off the floor.
- Continue to push down into the floor with your lower back.
- Raise your shoulders about four to six inches only.
- Hold and squeeze your abdominal muscles for a count of one.
- Return to the start position in a smooth movement.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Position yourself on a decline bench so that your feet are secured by the pads. Lay back and place your arms across your chest or behind your head.
- Begin the movement by pulling yourself up by your abdominals. Do not force yourself up by pulling on your neck. Let your abs do all the work.
- Once at the top, slowly lower yourself back down. Again, focus on the abs doing all of the work. Repeat by bringing yourself back up.
Flutter Kicks
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Lie on a mat with your hands under your buttocks and raise your legs slightly, keeping knees straight and ankles together.
- Keep abs engaged and perform short kicks in an alternating fashion.
- Repeat as needed and then lower legs to the ground.
Crunches
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Lie flat on your back with your feet flat on the ground, with your knees bent at 90 degrees. Alternatively, you can place your feet up on a bench a few inches apart with your toes turned inwards and touching.
- Place your hands lightly on either side of your head.
- Keep your elbows in so that they are parallel to your body.
- Push your back down flat into the floor to isolate your abdominal muscles.
- Gently curl your shoulders forward and up off the floor.
- Continue to push down into the floor with your lower back.
- Raise your shoulders about four to six inches only.
- Hold and squeeze your abdominal muscles for a count of one.
- Return to the start position in a smooth movement.
Primary muscle group(s):
Obliques
Secondary:
Abs
- Lie on an exercise mat, with your back flat, knees bent and your feet flat on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Fully extend your arms down the side of your body, palms facing in. This is the start position.
- Exhaling, crunch your torso forward and to the right until you can touch your right heel with your right hand. Hold for a count of one.
- Return to the starting position smooth motion, inhaling as you do so.
- Repeat the movement, this time to your left side.
- When you have completed the movement on both sides, you have done one repetition.
- Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Lay on a yoga/exercise mat or towel with your back flat on the floor and your legs straight and in the air with the soles of your feet facing up.
- Outstretch your arms above your chest so that they run parallel to your legs.
- Lifting your shoulders off the floor, reach up and touch your toes with your fingertips.
- Lower your shoulders back to the floor to complete one rep.
Lying Leg Raises
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Lower Back
- Lie on your back on a mat with hands under your lower buttocks on either side to support your pelvis.
- Legs straight out in front of you, ankles together and feet slightly off the floor.
- Keep your knees straight and raise your legs by flexing the hips until they are completely flexed.
- Return to starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Lie on a mat with your hands under your buttocks and raise your legs slightly, keeping knees straight and ankles together.
- Keep abs engaged and perform short kicks in an alternating fashion.
- Repeat as needed and then lower legs to the ground.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Lower Back
- Lie flat with hands under your buttocks.
- Keep your knees together and pull them in towards you while moving your torso towards them (lift your head, neck and shoulders up).
- Hold and then slowly return to starting position.
Modified Side Planks
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
- Kneel on a yoga/exercise mat or towel with your feet out behind you.
- Slowly lower yourself down to one side and ground your elbow and forearm so that it runs perpendicular to your body.
- Embrace your core and hold this modified side plank for the designated amount of time.
- Perform the same movement on the other side!
Knee Plank
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Lie face down on the ground with your legs together and your arms at your sides. Position your hands beneath your shoulders.
- Tighten your core and elevate your upper body off the ground, stabilizing yourself with your forearms. Your feet, shins, and knees will remain on the ground.
- Do not allow your hips to drop down. Hold the tension in your core for the prescribed amount of time. Slowly release back to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Get into a face down position on the floor supporting your upper body on your forearms. Your elbows should be bent at 90 degrees.
- Extend your legs straight out behind you, supporting them on your toes and balls of your feet.
- Keep your body in a straight line by tightening your abdominal and oblique muscles.
- Hold for as long as possible.
For extra balance training and core strengthening, you can lift one arm or leg.
Modified Side Planks
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
- Kneel on a yoga/exercise mat or towel with your feet out behind you.
- Slowly lower yourself down to one side and ground your elbow and forearm so that it runs perpendicular to your body.
- Embrace your core and hold this modified side plank for the designated amount of time.
- Perform the same movement on the other side!
Weighted Russian Twists
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Biceps, Forearms, Lower Back
- Sit on an exercise mat with your legs fully extended and your upper body upright.
- Grip a weight plate between both hands.
- Hold the plate out in front of your abdominals keeping your arms bent slightly.
- Cross your your ankles and raise them off the floor slightly.
- Bend your knees towards you slightly.
- Lean back about 15 degrees to balance your body. This is the start position.
- In a smooth motion,turn your torso to the left and touch the plate on the floor. Make sure you exhale as you do this.
- Return to the start position inhaling as you do so.
- Repeat the same movement, this time to your right side, again exhaling as you do so.
- Return to start position and repeat.
When performing this exercise, use smooth controlled movements. Jerking or using momentum to swing the weight can cause serious lower back injury.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
- Lie flat on an exercise mat on the floor keeping your lower back straight with no arching of your spine and with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
- Place your hands lightly on the sides of your head.
- Curl your torso upwards so your shoulders are slightly raised off the floor..
- Raise your knees until your thighs are at a right angle to the floor and your calves are parallel to the floor. This is the start position.
- Slowly move your legs in a pedaling action as if you are riding a bicycle.
- As you do so, exhale and bring your opposing elbow close to each knee by crunching to one side. Left elbow to right knee. Right elbow to left knee.
- After each crunch, return to the start position inhaling as you do so.
- Without pausing, repeat the movement to the other side.
- Repeat without pausing for the desired number of repetitions to each side.
Do not use your hands to pull your head and neck up during this exercise. Doing so may cause injury. Concentrate on a slow rhythmic cycle from side to side with perfect form for each repetition.
Dead Bug
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Lie on your back. Extend hands straight above towards the ceiling. Bring your knees up to a 90-degree angle. Shins should be parallel to the floor. Exhale and bring hips off the floor.
- Begin by extending one leg forward. The foot should be hovering just above the ground.
- Pause then return the leg to it’s starting position while extending the opposing leg. Keep alternating legs while maintaining a tight core.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
- Lie flat on an exercise mat on the floor keeping your lower back straight with no arching of your spine and with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
- Place your hands lightly on the sides of your head.
- Curl your torso upwards so your shoulders are slightly raised off the floor..
- Raise your knees until your thighs are at a right angle to the floor and your calves are parallel to the floor. This is the start position.
- Slowly move your legs in a pedaling action as if you are riding a bicycle.
- As you do so, exhale and bring your opposing elbow close to each knee by crunching to one side. Left elbow to right knee. Right elbow to left knee.
- After each crunch, return to the start position inhaling as you do so.
- Without pausing, repeat the movement to the other side.
- Repeat without pausing for the desired number of repetitions to each side.
Do not use your hands to pull your head and neck up during this exercise. Doing so may cause injury. Concentrate on a slow rhythmic cycle from side to side with perfect form for each repetition.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
- Lie flat on an exercise mat, extending your arms straight back behind your head.
- Fully extend your legs also. This is the start position.
- Bend at your waist and at the same time, raise your legs and arms to meet in a closed jackknife position. Exhale as you do this.
- At this point, your legs should remain fully extended at between 35-45 degrees from the floor.
- Your arms should be fully extended, parallel to your legs.
- Your upper body should be raised off the floor.
- Return to the start position by lowering your arms and legs back to the floor, exhaling as you do so.
- Repeat.
Windshield Wipers
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
- Lie on an exercise mat, keeping your back flat with no arching of the spine.
- Extend your arms out beside you at shoulder level, with your palms pressed firmly to the floor. Your upper body should form a “T” shape.
- Raise your feet off the floor by bending your hips and knees to 90 degree angles. This is the start position.
- As you exhale, rotate both your thighs to one side until the outer thigh touches the ground or until you feel a stretch in your abs and lower back.
- Pause briefly, then rotate to the other side without pausing in the start position.
- When you have rotated to both sides, that is one repetition.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
This exercise has 3 levels of difficulty: Beginner – with the knees and hip bent as described above; intermediate – feet up with knees at 90 degrees but the hips remaining in a neutral position; advanced –legs straight and hips bent at 90 degrees so your body forms an “L”.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Secondary:
Lower Back
- Lie on your back on a mat with hands under your lower buttocks on either side to support your pelvis.
- Legs straight out in front of you, ankles together and feet slightly off the floor.
- Keep your knees straight and raise your legs by flexing the hips until they are completely flexed.
- Return to starting position.
Meditation
Pronunciation:
DHYAHN-nah
- Sit in a comfortable position. Lengthen your spine.
- Touch your thumbs and index fingers together. Rest the backs of your hands on your knees. Close your eyes.
- Breath naturally. Focus your attention on your breath. Simply observe the way in which the breath flows in and out through your nose.
- Whenever you notice your mind wandering, return your attention to your breath.
- Continue meditation for as long as you like.
Modification: Place a firm cushion or rolled mat under your bottom to bring more length to your spine.
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