Name: Playbook - Kellen Milad - VM [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Day 4: Rolling & Rotation
Uploaded: 2023-10-29T21:15:30.490Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: VM [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Day 4: Rolling & Rotation

Michael Escalante

Peter Kelly

Nick Haight

Travis

This session is a playful practice of rolling and rotation.

• Focus on coordinating your breathing with the movements. 
• Feel the articulation your spine and glide of your shoulders.
• Work smooth flexion & extension. One vertebrae at a time.
• Branch out into side bending and weight shifting.

Knee Hand Spinal Articulation

• Active Side Bent Sit position - long spine, front leg gripping the ground
• Sweep back leg forward. 
• Rock back to your hips, switch leg position
• Wrap your straight leg back behind you. 
• Build momentum and speed. Add forward folds for stretch.

Side Bent Sit Hip Switches

• From Half Kneel, post your arm on the side of the down knee. 
• Shift your bodyweight supporting yourself on your knee and same side hand.
• Draw your other knee in towards your chest and then kick outward. Fully extend your hip with each kick.

Switch sides every 5 reps.

Half Kneeling Side Kicks

• Balance in an opposite hand foot tripod position.
• Drop into the shoulder and press through the floor
• Keep your arm locked out through the set.
• Optional: Integrate some crawling steps between sides.

Switch sides every 5 reps.

Tripod Shoulder Pulse

Ground Movement

Stay low or elevate your hips. Focus on a smooth transition from hands to feet - land softly, no impact.

•Start in Deep Knee Bend.
•Reach to the side and plant hands.
•Shift weight into locked out arms and push through the ground.
•Jump or shuffle your feet past your hands.
•Land as softly as possible.

Lateral Shuffle Crawl

• Start in Inverted position with locked out arms and a long spine. Shoulders externally rotated.

• Opposite hand & foot step together. Extend your leg, plant & pull from the heel.

• Sync your breathing with the movement. Smoothly link together your strides

*20 steps*

Inverted Crawl

• 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

ACTIVE RECOVERY
• Hold the deep squat position.
• Pry your hips open and shift  your bodyweight from side to side

Deep Squat

Combo #1

Compound movement. Break it down & gradually build it up with speed and smoothness.
• Start standing. Lower down, plant hands and sprawl back to a crawl position.
• Shift your weight laterally and roll across your hips.
• Return to crawl position. Pop up to standing.

Sprawl to Hip Roll

• Foot Hand Crawl position. Pick up one leg and pass under to kick thru.
• Draw the leg back and without placing it down return to FH crawl.
• Reach the leg across your body and roll over.
• Roll back and transition back to your kick thru. Repeat OR switch sides.

Crawl Kick Thru to Roll Over

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

Combo #2

Side Sit Hip Switches

• Start in a back loaded FH crawl position.
• Round your upper spine and elevate your hips as you shift weight forward.
• Press your hips towards the ground and open your chest to finish in a Prone Spinal Extension.
• Tuck you chin and round your spine from the top down
• Elevate your hips as your shift your weight back. Sit back to your heels

Plank Spinal Wave

Combo #3

• Hold onto a fixed object and hinge at the hips. 
• Shift your weight back and relax your shoulder and lat to feel the stretch.
• Breathe deeply. Twist / rotate + reposition your feet to alter the stretch.

Switch sides every minute.

Lat Stretch

• Begin in a Deep Squat. Add small movement to mobilize. 
• Plant hands. Elevate your hips and transition into a Deep Hinge. 
• Dynamic stretch: Move between these two positions every 3-5 seconds
• Static stretch: slow down hold each position for several breaths for the allotted time.

Deep Hinge / Deep Squat (stretch)

• Set up a strong half kneeling position with back toes tucked pressing into the ground + pelvis level.
• Use active strength to create the stretch in the back leg.
• Keep the tension and add movement - glide forward and back
• If possible, lift the back leg, active strength or hold with your hands

2 minutes each side.

Half Kneeling (stretch)

• Place soles of feet together. Maintain long spine.
• Actively press feet together and/or pull knees down towards the ground.
• Move your feet closer to or further from your hips.
• Use pressure from hands or weights for additional stretch. Bolster hips if flexibility is limited.

Butterfly Sit (stretch)

Static Stretch

VM [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Day 4: Rolling & Rotation

Workout was great . Would like the app to flow a bit smoother between movements

Just what my body needed. This is the perfect active recovery/mobility workout.

Sanoe

Jeff

VM [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Day 1: Spine & Squat

Juan

Another excellent, creative, and fun routine!

Jeremiah

Bianca

VM [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Day 2: Flow

Loved it.  My mobility needs a tonne of work but gotta start somewhere

Meghan

after 2days of practice, with little pain,i mean,  that was fresh air

adam

VM [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Day 3: Dynamic

Jake

Aeirus

My back feels so good after these workouts...

VM [PHASE 1] Week 1 / Day 4: Roll & Rotate

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Marie

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VM [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Day 3: Core & Crawling

Really loved this one. All of the workouts are fantastic, but this one felt fantastic for my body. So appreciative for the practice, the structure and the support

VM [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Day 4: Rolling & Rotation

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