Name: Playbook - Kellen Milad - PH [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Session 3
Uploaded: 2023-10-29T21:15:30.551Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: PH [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Session 3

Peter Kelly

Juan

Awesome, I'm a aficionado at the back rolls 😁

Aeirus White

Erik

Travis

Noris

• Start in a low kneeling position. Rise up to tall kneeling & subtly shift weight.

• Step one leg forward to half kneeling. Shift weight forward into the stretch.

• Avoid overextending the spine. Keep back glute engaged for an active hip flexor stretch.

• For greater mobilizations. Step out at different angles and add reaching / rotating.

*Perform 12 alternating reps*

Half Kneeling Step Outs

•Foot Hand Crawl Position
•Opposite foot & hand 2-point support
•Rotate away from the support arm
•Free leg passes underneath the body
•Plant foot & hand (Inverted Crawl position)
•Reverse to return to Foot Hand Crawl

Crawl Pass Unders

• Inverted position with fingers pointed outwards. Long spine
• Feet flat to the ground & shoulders externally rotated.
• Press your hips to the sky - feel your glutes & hamstrings
• Feel the stretch through your shoulders & chest.
• Lower your hips and shift them back between your hands

Inverted Hip Lifts

• Start in a supine tuck position.
• Rock up into different sitting positions: Side Sit, Cross Sit, Long Sit, Bent Sit.
• Incorporate reaching & rotation.

*Perform 12 reps.*

Mixed Rock Ups

• From standing. Step one leg back and across the midline of your body.
• Lower down into a Cross Squat so the knee of the back leg touches the outside of the opposite calf.
• Pause in the squat. Maintain long spine and shoulders back. 
• Rise up and step out. Repeat or switch sides.

*12 alternating reps.

Crossback Squats

Mobility Warm Up

•Lower you COG, plant your hands, and sprawl your legs back. Lower to the ground.

•Press up and transition into a crawl for ~5-10 steps.

•Hop up to standing. Sprawl & repeat.

Sprawl & Crawl

Transition from ground sitting to half kneeling to standing 
• Rock back. Rock up with figure four legs.
• Shift your weight forward to transition to half kneeling.
• Set your stance and stand up - maintain stability and lower body alignment. Avoid collapsing knee
• Step back to half kneel. Pivot the leg and sit back. Rock back and switch your figure four legs.

*8 alternating reps.*

Figure Four Get Ups

• From standing. Step one leg back and across the midline of your body.
• Lower down into a Cross Squat so the knee of the back leg touches the outside of the opposite calf.
• Pause in the squat. Maintain long spine and shoulders back. 
• Rise up and step out. Repeat or switch sides.

*7 reps each side.

Interval Series A

• From Low Kneeling with Flat Feet.
• Brace core, swing arms, and drive hips forward - pressing off the tops of your feet.
• Jump forward bringing your legs underneath you. Land in a half squat.
• Half Kneeling or Kneeling Get Up pattern to return to the ground.

Modification: Step up one leg at a time to a squat position and pulse 3x

Knee Jump Get Up

• Start in a crouch position with hands planted on the ground and arms locked out.

• Press into the ground as you shift weight forward and jump. Land softly.

• Jump and lightly place your feet on the wall, pause, and jump down.

• Progress to a bigger jump placing your feet higher up on the wall.

*can also be performed without wall contact*

Wall Handstand Hops

• Start in a tight supine tuck position. Knees together, head & shoulders lifted off the ground.

• Create a small rocking action while maintaining the tuck.

• As you rock back to your shoulders, swivel your hips to the side to begin rotation. Find the timing to rotate 360 degrees.

• Alternatively, try bigger rocking actions. Rock back at an angle and allow your momentum to drive the rotation.

Rotational Rocking

Interval Series B

A practical Get Up technique especially for self-defense application. Make sure you stand up with a wide, stable base of support.

• From Supine, roll up to a posted arm.
• Press through your hand and opposition foot.
• Draw your straight leg underneath your body.
• Step into a wide stance & stand up
• Reverse the path. Hinge. Plant one hand. Kick thru with your same side leg.

Round 1: Right Arm
Round 2: Left Arm

Tripod Get Ups

• Start in a ready stance, bouncing on the balls of your feet.

• Explosively jump upwards and tuck your legs.

• On the descent, extend your legs to "catch" the ground and land softly. Return to your bounce and repeat.

Tuck Jumps

• Single-leg squat variation when your back leg is held behind you. Work to touch your back knee to the ground.
• Work within your active ROM. 
• Reach your arms forward for additional counterbalancing.
• Use a chair or PVC pipe for assistance in deepening the movement

Round 1: Right Leg
Round 2: Left Leg
(Or alternate )

Single Leg (Hover) Squats

Interval Series C

• Start in Half Kneeling with pelvis tucked, back foot pressing into the ground, and back glute engaged to created the hip flexor stretch.

• Glide forward to lengthen the stretch at the back leg.

• Sit back and all the front leg to extend for the Half Split. Keep your spine long, quad engaged, and toes pointed or pulled back for different stretches.

• Move between these positions for the allotted time. Use a blend of active and passive stretching strategies - isometric contraction & relaxation. 

*2 minutes each side.*

Half Kneel / Half Split Stretch

• Start in a Cross-legged Sit position or hook  top leg across the opposite knee for the Crossover stretch.

• Both positions are valuable hip openers. Spend time with the different variations.

• Lean forward in Cross Sit and work both sides.

• For Crossover Sit, hug your knee in towards your chest and elongate your spine. Feel the stretch in your glutes.

• Crossover Sit: Keep your front foot flexed and actively draw hip into socket for stability and to protect your knee.

*Switch cross every minute.*

Cross Sit / Cross Over Sit (stretch)

Thoracic rotational mobility & dynamic side line stretch.

• Flexed or Flat Foot Kneeling 
• Rotate your shoulders. 
• Post same side arm and reach across your body
• Hold and take a breath. Untwist. Switch sides.

Kneeling Rotational Reaches

• From a Supine Tuck position, rock back onto your shoulders a few times.

• Tuck your chin and look down at one shoulder. Kick the same side leg back overhead reaching for the ground.

• Roll over your shoulder. Avoid rolling over the crown of your head. Exit the roll in a Knee Hand position.

• Be patient as you're learning the pattern. It takes time to learn the timing and how to use the momentum.

Back Rolls

Stretch

PH [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Session 3

Angel

Love these natural movements! Thank you 🙏

Lacour Mike

PH [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Session 1

Artur

Loved it! Like the the long stretches afterwards! Tick ✔️ from me!

Episode 1 // Primal HIIT

PH [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Session 2

That was great! The body has been getting tougher over the past year with your workouts and these are now getting seriously enjoyable! Thanks!

Yana

Episode 2 // Primal HIIT

Tough today. A bit stiff sore, but forced me to slow down and commit. Good stuff.

Got my blood flowing with a nice variety of movements.

Meghan

PH [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Session 3

Very nice. Great workout to do in the garden! Thank you!

This was a good low impact to recover from that Killer HIIT

Craig

Episode 3 // Primal HIIT

PH [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Session 1

Great HIIT after bodyweight strength practice… I feel goood!! 👍✌️

radoslav

Yissss another HIIT session is in the books!!! I feel like the patterns were doable, but having only two patterns in a series provided a good challenge! Plus, I got to workout barefoot in a field again :) thanks for the workout!

Thom

Episode 4 // Primal HIIT

Just the way I like it fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

PH [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Session 2

Bruce Thành

Dude, I love these sessions so much! I am always a little bit hesitant to go in, then I go hard for the HIIT part and I am super relaxed after the stretching. Amazing buildup and I loved all of it. Thanks!!!

Episode 5 // Primal HIIT

This one was tough but I did it and after I feel just great ✌️

Episode 6 // Primal HIIT

I love those crawls and sprawls!!! 🔥🔥🔥

PH [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Session 1

Finally I'm back to my training! This was amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Those squat jumps and kick thrust killed me🥵

It keeps amazing me how these workouts get me from feeling okay at the start, to dying during the HIIT and then zen afterwards. Love it!

Episode 7 // Primal HIIT

So good! Just what I needed this morning.

Revisiting this one with more energy 🔥

This one was hard I'm out of breath 🔥🔥🔥🔥

PH [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Session 2

A bit of an "orange" day but got a nice sweat

Anonymous

Oof, I can feel that I took a 2-week hiatus from HIIT. Felt a bit stiffer than normal, but I made it through :)

Episode 8 // Primal HIIT

This was really good. I'm feeling really great not exhausted.

PH [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Session 3

Wow, tough! felt that today! 👍💪🏽

Went into this sore from kettlebells on Tue and primal HIIT on Thu, but it went kinda well! And the cooldown always leaves me feeling grounded :) thanks!!!

Episode 9 // Primal HIIT

Those Rolling Squats Get Up + Sprawl are one my favorite move as finisher it's a boost of andrenaline I'M ON FIRE, STOPPABLE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Got a great sweat going and my heart rate up

PH [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Session 1

Amazing workout perfect I loved the intensity and as always the time for the active recovery great practice.

Jalani

Good mix. Love the format of these workouts. Thank you!

David

Episode 10 // Primal HIIT

PH [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Session 2

Mario Pantoni

Still a bit sore from ep. 10 two days ago, but I am glad I did ep.11 today! Core series was surprisingly challenging for how simple the movements are, and the finisher was brutal. Love it!

Episode 11 // Primal HIIT

Please develop another HIIT workout series.  These were awesome.

PH [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Session 3

We need Season II of The Stranger Primal HIIT Thing 😍🔥🔥🔥 !!!
Thank you so Much Kellen this was amazing!  Season better be Advanced Level or Ninja 😂

Awesome series! Thanks, Kellen 👍👍👍

Second run-through of the Primal HIIT series is in the books! Still challenging in terms of fatigue (and push up skills), but there are very clear improvements in my strength and control! 

Thanks for facilitating this journey!!!

PH [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Session 3

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