Name: Playbook - AJ Hotchkins - Animal Strength Week: 10/11/12 Day 3
Uploaded: 2023-08-11T16:43:53.279Z
Duration: 90 min
Description: Animal Strength Week: 10/11/12 Day 3

Animal strength:

Full body primal animal strength program! Full body strength, muscular endurance & cardio series! Designed to make you a better athlete / animal in all regards! 

Make sure you all read the description of each and every exercise:

If listed with a letter (example) A1 A2 A3 perform as a superset with the amount of rest time listed on the app! 

Pay attention to percentages: if I’ve given a percentage for one of your lifts (example) 80% lift 80% of your max effort lift for the amount of reps listed on app!

Have fun and let’s get this MF money!

Dynamic warmup designed to be completed prior to any form of athletic training!

- Increase your body temperature and break a sweat 

- Warm nervous system / muscles up prior to lifting / performing athletic movements

- Warming your brain to body / proprioception / balance up as well! Let’s work💪🏽

- with band tied directly above knees 
- perform a banded lateral match with a slight knee bend 
- step + replace / 6 inch steps (each) 
- complete 20 yards down and back

Banded lateral march

Banded forward / backward March

Gain a rhythm

Perform an a skip forward pushing ground back and away from you 

Coaching point:

Big knee drive, produce force into the ground, Tall posture, Doris flex the toe, quick short and explosive!

A - Skip (Forward)

Gain a rhythm

Perform an a skip forward pushing ground back and away from you - maintain sprinting mechanics here (this will take some work) - push your self through toes in ground to go backwards💪🏽

Coaching point:

Big knee drive, produce force into the ground, Tall posture, Doris flex the toe, quick short and explosive!

A Skip (Backwards)

Gain a rhythm

Perform an a skip forward pushing ground back and away from you - Use your foot opposite of the direction you’re going to PUSH yourself - replace

Coaching point:

Big knee drive, produce force into the ground, Tall posture, Doris flex the toe, quick short and explosive!

20 meters each direction!

A Skips (Lateral)

Skipping hip circles

- similar rhythm / pattern to the A Skip
- draw as big of circle with your knee as possible 
- forwards + backwards 
- warming up our fast twitch muscle fibers 
- 2X 20 yards / both directions

Skipping Hip circles

- Using just your ankle joint / try not to bend at the knee very much 
- perform POGOS (90% effort)
- using just your ankle joint get max explosion vertically + explosion horizontally and explode for 15 yards! 

You should be WARM and ready to go!

Pogos

Jog for 3-5 steps and complete a hamstring March. Leg goes high possible

springy + active warm up! 

Loosen up and bounce around!

Hamstring Marches

Jog for 3-5 steps and complete a hamstring sweep

Dorsiflex the toe / straighten the leg + reach and sweep through / feel stretch sensation in hamstring. 

springy + active warm up! 

Loosen up and bounce around!

Hamstring sweeps

Jog for 3-5 steps and complete a lunge + reach 

Lunge with knee slightly above the ground / reach back as far as you can and open shoulder + your trunk / springy + active warm up! 

Loosen up and bounce around!

Lunge + reach

Jog for 3-5 steps and lunge + open.

Lunge while keeping your back leg straight and bring your inside elbow to the ground, reach up and open your trunk (mobility) / springy + active warm up! 

Loosen up and bounce around!

Lunge + open

Shuffle sideways for 3-5 steps and complete a lateral lunge

Tall posture - Big chest lunge each direction and push into a lateral shuffle / springy + active warm up! 

Loosen up and bounce around!

Lateral lunge

Dynamic Warmup

- Place upper back and heels onto two separate benches 
- Strong posture and core + dorsiflex toes / full triple extension through body
- Control DB down for 3 seconds eccentric 
- Drive up / explode
- 8 total reps

Suspended DB Chest Press

With palms supinated:

- Think in same terms as a clean press / big hips / Lock barbell out at the top of press

- 6 total reps

Supinated Clean + Press

In a bear crawl - knees bent - hinge at the low a$$ position 
- Keeping kettlebell right to your body in a row like position 
- preform quarter circles / 360 down + back for 2 reps each arm

GRAPPLING KB SPIN

- Starting from a kneeing position / Toes should be engaged 
- Band around your waistline
- Barbell should be placed in upper chest 
- Perform a quarter squat + generate power from lower body and hips & end with a shoulder press
- Head should nearly come through arms / tall strong posture and control back down

Banded Kneeling Landmine Press

- Preform a sprawl into a backwards crawl 5 yards away from the sled!
- Push sled for 5 yearns 
- alternating sides for a total of 25 yards!

Sprawl + Crawl + Push

- Holding a plank position with toes engaged
- Roll exercise balls as far out as possible, maintaining same strong posture / Think rolling the ball in the biggest circle you’re capable of! 
- Slow and controller throughout the duration of the movement!

Exercise Ball Stirs

Controlled articular rotation:

Perform each movement pattern for 10 - as many reps as you need each direction each.

Try to keep your hips centered - don’t rotate your body - all controlled movements (no momentum) 

Doing these movements every morning / prior to working out have significantly helped my joint pain. 

LETS GET IT!

Perform a neck circle:

Draw the biggest circle possible with your neck - notice tight spots / work through them as best as possible. 

Perform 10 circles each direction / slow and controlled.

NECK C.A.R.S

Perform a shoulder circle:

Draw the biggest circle possible with your shoulder - notice tight spots / work through them as best as possible. 

Try not to move your torso - shift your weight - all movement should come from shoulder joint

Perform 10 circles each direction / slow and controlled.

SHOULDER C.A.R.S

Perform a full shoulder circle:

Draw the biggest circle possible with your shoulder - notice tight spots / work through them as best as possible. 

Flip your hand around at the top of the circle - think about making your arm as long as possible while completing this movement.

When your hand reaches the opposite side / reverse and go in the opposite direction. 

Try not to allow your body to shift as mine does in illustration.

SHOULDER - UPPER (C.A.R.S)

With your palms facing forward and your arms tight to your body - bring arms straight up as high as possible - flip palms around towards your body and rotate your arms back down in a slow and controlled motion.

ELBOW (C.A.R.S)

With elbows tight to your body - forearms pointed outwards - keep hands straight and rotate wrist up + down as far as your wrist joint will allow you.

WRIST UP/DOWN (C.A.R.S)

With elbows tight to your body - forearms pointed outwards - keep hands straight and rotate wrist side + side as far as your wrist joint will allow you.

Coaching cue: try not to spill the cup (pretend you’re holding a cup of coffee and can’t spill it) rotate wrist side to side.

WRIST SIDE TO SIDE (C.A.R.S)

With elbows tight to your body - forearms pointed outwards - keep hands straight and rotate wrist in a circular pattern as far as your wrist joint will allow you.

10 circles each direction

WRIST CIRCLE (C.A.R.S)

Hug yourself in upright position. 

Try not to allow yourself shift in the hips + weight should be equal in your feet. 

Perform a circular motion with your upper body : you should feel a stretch in your lower back / be conscience of what you feel and address the discomfort - work through it. 

10 reps each direction.

LOW BACK (C.A.R.S)

- Begin on your hands and knees
- Round your back and tuck your chin
- Arch your back and look forward

Cat camel (C.A.R.S)

Perform hip cars:

Keeping your torso as tall as possible (great posture) try not to lean in either direction - tightening your core helps - I’m doing a poor job demonstrating! 

Keep knee as high as possible, draw as big of circle as possible with your knee cap. 

Perform a rotation backwards - perform a rotation forwards. 

Slow and controlled noticed where you are stiff - work through it - spend extra time in the tighter areas!

HIP (C.A.R.S)

Perform hip cars from all 4’s!

Keeping your torso as tall as possible (great posture) try not to lean in either direction - tightening your core helps - I’m doing a poor job demonstrating! 

Keep knee as high as possible, draw as big of circle as possible with your knee cap. 

Perform a rotation backwards - perform a rotation forwards. 

Slow and controlled noticed where you are stiff - work through it - spend extra time in the tighter areas!

HIP (ALL 4’s) C.A.R.S

With legs extended out in front of you, tall strong posture (tight core)

Relax lower body and rotate your patella in a circular motion each direction - right to left each direction. (I’m again moving to fast)

Patella (C.A.R.S)

In seated position hook your leg (as pictured above) maintain tall strong posture!

With your heel planted into the ground - foot dorsiflexed - rotate your foot each direction as far as possible - slow and controlled motion.

Tibia (C.A.R.S)

Tibia extended (C.A.R.S)

In seated position hook your leg (as pictured above) maintain tall strong posture!

With your heel planted into the ground - rotate your foot in a circular pattern as big as possible each direction - slow and controlled motion (ignore me I’m moving way to fast)

Animal Strength Week: 10/11/12 Day 3

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