Start laying on your back about 1 foot from a wall. Press your arms into the wall. Lock down your core by pressing your low back into the floor. Maintain this position throughout the entire movement. Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. As you exhale lower one leg down, do not lose low back contact with floor and do not let foot touch the floor. Inhale as you return the leg to the starting position. Repeat on opposite side.
Progressions:
Sandbag Dead Bug
Alternating Dead Bug
MB Dead Bug
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Whether you have a busy day, are traveling for work, on vacation, short on time, or just plain tired this workout takes away all your excuses and will having you feeling fantastic.
Start laying on your back about 1 foot from a wall. Press your arms into the wall. Lock down your core by pressing your low back into the floor. Maintain this position throughout the entire movement. Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. As you exhale lower one leg down, do not lose low back contact with floor and do not let foot touch the floor. Inhale as you return the leg to the starting position. Repeat on opposite side.
Progressions:
Sandbag Dead Bug
Alternating Dead Bug
MB Dead Bug
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Horizontal Push Pattern, Core Anti-Extension and Anti-Rotation, Chest, Arms, Shoulder, and Core
How To Do It:
Start in a Push Up Position with hands on Dumbbells. The weight used on the dumbbells is less important than maintaining proper form. Perform a push-up, then pull one dumbbell up and press the other into the floor, repeat on opposite arm. When lifting the arm do not let the hips open up or raise. Repeat for reps.
Progressions:
Spiderman Push Up
Push Up with Body Saw
Mace Push Ups
Regressions:
Push Up with Cross Shoulder Touch
Push Ups with Hip Extension
Push Up
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Quads, Hips, Hamstrings, Knee Dominant Movement Pattern
How To Do It:
Grab the bar in the rack with the fingers, not deep in the hand, and position bar on the top of anterior deltoids/top of chest, and rotate elbows forward so that upper arm is horizontal to the floor. Step out from rack. Take a slightly wider than hip width stance with the toes slightly flared out. Push hips back and lower into a squat. Press through heels and entire foot and return to starting position. Lock out glutes at the top. Do not let butt wink at the bottom or upper body pancake over at the bottom.
Progressions:
2 KB Front Squat
Barbell Back Squat
Regressions:
KB Goblet Squat
Bodyweight Squat
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Start in a Front Plank position with toes on a set of sliders. Push your body back sliding about 6 inches, then slide/pull yourself back to the starting position. Maintain a flat back and neutral spine position. Do not allow the hips to lift up or sag down.
Progressions:
Tall Plank Slider Body Saw
Single Leg Slider Body Saw
TRX Fall Out
Regressions:
Front Plank
SB Roll Out
Front Plank with Hip Extension
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Glutes, core stability through anti-rotation and anti-lumbar extension, shoulder stability.
How To Do It:
Start by laying on your back with one leg straight and the other bent, lift the toe of the bend leg off the ground. Grab the sandbag by the ends and lift overhead pulling the bag apart, hold bag there. Drive the heel of the bent leg into the floor and lift your body off the floor. Do not allow the lower back to arch, maintain neutral low back position and pelvic tilt. Return to floor and repeat for reps.
Progressions:
Single Leg Hip Bridge Marching
Sandbag Single Leg Hip Bridge Marching
Reverse Lunge
Regressions:
Single Leg Hip Bridge
Active Lock Single Leg Hip Bridge
Double Leg Hip Bridge
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