Name: Playbook - Brad and Jess Gouthro - Apr. 7: Firm - Gym & Home
Uploaded: 2024-04-14T18:44:35.721Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Apr. 7: Firm - Gym & Home

Follow the warm up first, then move on to the workout.

Complete all 4 exercises in circuit format, resting 30 seconds between exercises. 

Once you finish all the exercises in the circuit, rest for 2 minutes. 

Complete the number of circuits as indicated based on your fitness level.

BEGINNER: 2 sets 
INTERMEDIATE: 3 sets 
ADVANCED: 4 sets

After the workout move onto the cool down.

Follow these moves, for the sets and reps indicated, before your workout.

1. Stand with your feet together and arms down by your sides.
2. In one motion, jump up and out landing your feet just outside hip width, while simultaneously raising your arms out to the side and over your head.
3. Try to touch your hands above your head. 
4. Then immediately return back to the starting position and continue for reps.

Jumping Jacks

Tempo: 1010
1. Get down on the floor with your arms straight, hands just outside shoulder width and directly below your shoulders.
2. Ensure your body maintains a straight line from your feet all the way up to your head. To keep your body rigid in a straight line, and reduce any sagging, keep your abs, your glutes, your quads, and hamstrings tight throughout the movement.
3. To lower your body to the ground, bend your elbows until your chest hovers just above the ground.
4. Contract your chest and triceps to push yourself back up to the beginning position.
5. Repeat.

Push Up

1. Place your hands behind your head and interlock your fingers. Stick your chest out and pull your elbows back.
2. As you lower down into the squat, think about how you would sit in a chair. Hips go back first, followed by bending your knees. The bottom of your foot should remain firmly pressed against the ground at all times.
3. Go down as low as you can while keeping the natural arch in your back.
4. To rise up, squeeze your glutes, and press your feet through the ground.

Prisoner Squat

Warm Up

The Alternating Single Leg Toe Touch is a bodyweight exercise that primarily targets the hamstrings and glutes, as well as challenging your balance and mobility. To get started:
1. Stand on one foot, with the other foot slightly raised, with your arms hanging by your sides.
2. Maintaining a flat back, with a natural slight arch, push your hips back, keeping your back leg straight and hips square as you lower your upper body and opposite arm towards your planted foot.
3. Once your upper body is parallel to the ground and you feel a good stretch in your hamstrings, touch your foot, then press through your foot through the floor, squeeze your glutes, and return to the upright position. 
4. Switch legs and repeat with the opposite side.

Alternating Single Toe Touch (10 reps/leg)

Tempo: 2010
1. While standing, take a wide stance, approximately double shoulder width apart, with your toes pointing forward. 
2. Hold your hands in front of your chest as you bend and push your hips back to lower your body while shifting your weight to one leg as you bend that knee.
3. Your opposite foot should remain planted into the floor. 
4. Reverse the movement back to the standing position for a brief moment, then repeat with the opposite side, keeping your feet firmly planted into the floor. 
5. Keep alternating side to side.

Alternating Lateral Lunge (8/leg)

Tempo: 1010
1. Stand in front of a sturdy step, box, or bench.
2. With your core contracted, place one foot on the step and press your foot through the step to straighten your leg, while lifting the other leg off the ground, without allowing it to rest on the step. This keeps the tension on the one leg.
3. Slowly lower that same leg back to the starting position on the ground, while keeping the other leg on the step. 
4. Complete all reps with one leg, then switch sides and repeat.

Step Up (20/leg)

1. Stand with your feet hip width apart and bend at the waist to place your hands on the floor. If you can’t keep your legs straight, bend them so you can reach the floor with your hands.
2. With your legs as straight as possible, walk your hands forward while keeping your core contracted.
3. Once you get into a plank position, hold for a moment, then walk your hands back towards your feet. 
4. Repeat.

Hand Walkout

Follow these moves, for the sets and reps indicated, after your workout.

1. Lie down on your side, support your upper body with your forearm on the ground, and place the outside of your thigh on top of the foam roller.
2. Cross one leg over the knee of your extended leg and place the foot on the ground.
3. Lift the extended leg off the ground, contract your abs and glutes, and slowly roll up and down the foam roller from your knee to your hip.
4. Switch sides and repeat.

Foam Roller IT Band Outer Thigh Massage (20 sec/side)

1. Sit on the ground with your legs extended and hands behind you to support your body.
2. Place the foam roller underneath your calves while crossing one leg over top of the other.
3. Use your arms to slowly move your calves forward and backward over the foam roller.
4. If you roll over a particular spot that feels extra tight and tender, hold it on that spot for 5-10 seconds to try and work it out.
5. Switch legs and repeat.

Foam Roller Calf Massage (20 sec/side)

1. Lie face down on the ground, with your quadriceps on top of the foam roller.
2. Cross one ankle over the other to provide more pressure on the quadricep.
3. Use your arms to slowly move your body forward and backward over the foam roller from your hip to your knee to hit all areas of the quadriceps.
4. If you roll over a particular spot that feels extra tight and tender, hold it on that spot for 5-10 seconds to try and work it out.
5. Cross the opposite ankle over the other ankle and repeat on the other quadricep.

Foam Roller Quadriceps Massage (20 sec/side)

1. Sit down on the floor with a foam roller behind you.
2. Place your hands interlocked behind your head, knees bent, feet planted into the floor, with your upper back back on top of the foam roller.
3. Press your feet through the floor and contract your glutes and abs to raise your butt so your upper torso is parallel to the floor.
4. Use your feet to slowly roll forward and backward on top of the foam roller over your upper back then stop rolling once you reach your middle back as you want to be careful rolling over your lower back to prevent injury.
5. Once you find a tight spot, hold the pressure on the trigger point, then release.

Foam Roller Upper Back Massage

1. While standing, fold forward by pushing your hips back and lowering your hands towards your feet.
2. It’s important to keep your lower back flat rather than rounding, so if you don’t have the mobility yet, feel free to bend your knees slightly.
3. Keep your neck in alignment with your spine, and focus on closing the gap between your belly button and upper thighs, while driving your glutes back.
4. Hold for the duration of the exercise.

Standing Forward Fold

1. Take a large step forward with one leg and lunge forward, keeping your front knee bent at a 90 degree angle, with your back leg straight.
2. Bring both hands to down to the floor on the inside of your front foot. 
3. You should feel a deep stretch in the hip flexor on the front of your back thigh.
4. If you don’t feel it, focus on contracting the glute muscle on the back leg.
5. Hold for the desired time, then switch sides and repeat.

Runner’s Lunge (20 sec/side)

Cool Down

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