9.17 Wednesday | Gym
We are spicing things up. Today we’ve got sprints on deck. Don’t skip out on the warm up stretches or sprint prep. Modify as needed so the intensity matches your level.
Warm Up
CARDIO WARM UP
5 Minutes
Get nicely warmed up
WALL FACING LEG SWINGS
30 seconds Switch halfway
ALT. RUNNERS LUNGE
30 seconds Alt legs
Feeling a deep stretch in your hips
STAR STRETCH
30 seconds
Exhale as you reach opposite hand to foot, return to standing and repeat.
CNS Warm Up 1 — 1X
Note- This warm up is 34minutes. Preppring for the following blocks Sprints.
EQUIPMENT
TREADMILL
EXERCISES
2 Minute JOG
1 Minute WALKING
jog treadmill
2 Minute
Keeping a steady pace, not a run here.
WALKING
1 Minute
Recovery walk
SPRINT SETS 2 — 6X
Note- If you are new to sprints scale as needed. This can be done by jogging, reducing the number of rounds, or time. The goal is to work at a max effort for a short 30 seconds with a full 60 second recovery. Repeat 6 rounds of sprints.
EQUIPMENT
TREADMLL
EXERCISES
30 seconds SPRINT
60 seconds Rest
Repeat 6 rounds
SPRINTING
30 seconds MAX effort
Work at max effort. Can do alternatives exercise like Bike sprints, rower sprints, incline walking at a quick speed
Core Block 1 — 3X
Note- Perform one movement with 30 seconds of rest.
EQUIPMENT
BAR
EXERCISES
5 reps HANGING LEG RAISE
30 seconds Rest
HANGING LEG RAISE
5 Slow reps
Modify by drawing one leg in at a time.
Core Block 2— 3X
Note- Perform movements one after another. Rest 30 seconds between rounds.
EQUIPMENT
MAT
EXERCISES
12 reps TUCK IN
20 reps HOLLOW HOLD FLUTTER KICKS
12 reps HIP LIFTS
30 seconds Rest. Repeat
TUCK IN
12 reps
Inhale and lengthen, exhale as you draw knees to chest
Hollow hold Flutter kicks
20 reps
Count each flutter, tight controlled reps. Raise feet higher to modify
hIP LIFTS
12 slow reps
The challenge is in the lower, go slow
Cooldown
DOWN DOG STRETCH
30 seconds
Peddle out your heels before pressing your chest into your thighs on the exhale
PIGEON
30 seconds each leg
Square off that front foot keeping your hips square to the mat as you hinge forward
cat cow
30 seconds
Inhale as you round up, exhale as you press your belly down
FIGURE 4 LEG STRETCH
30 seconds alt legs
Pulling into the leg to deepen the stretch