Name: Playbook - Kellen Milad - VM [PHASE 2] Week 3 / Day 4
Uploaded: 2023-10-29T21:15:30.727Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: VM [PHASE 2] Week 3 / Day 4

Drew

Peter Kelly

Nick Haight

Rolling & rotation are essential to good movement in that they allow for the transfer of energy through the body. In these movement work with your momentum and find the balance between effort & ease.

In this session...
• Joint rotations
• Rolling flows
• Static stretching

• 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.

*Switch direction after each revolution.*

Rotational Rocking

• 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

Thoracic spine mobilization.

• Start in a Knee Hand position, place your hand behind your head and rotate open.

• Rotate closed, tucking your elbow to your opposite knee.

Knee Hand Thoracic Rotations

• Start in a Low Kneeling position, feet flat.
• Bring knees close together and splay your feet out slightly
• Shift your weight to one side, rotate the opposite hip open
• Roll over the inside of the big toe. Plant the sole of your foot as you rotate open.
• Close the hip. Shift your weight and switch sides.

Kneeling Hip Rotations

Warm Up Series

Landing technique practice. Focus on timing and landing softly.

• Work with a small jump. Balls of the feet contact the ground first, then heels.
• Braced core + feet, ankles, knees, hips absorb the impact.
• Hips hinge and simultaneously arms swing forward to counterbalance.
• Land with feet square and feet split.

Jump Landings

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

• Strong FH Crawl position with long spine and braced core.
• Pick up opposite hand & foot and move them out to the side.
• Plant and switch. 
• Rotate 360 degrees around your central axis.

Foot Hand Circle Crawl

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

Deep Squat

Flow Series #1

• Start in Supine Tuck position. Extend arms and legs to full Hollow Body. Keep lower back glued to ground.

• Maintain this tension, roll to the side, to prone, to side, to supine. Tuck, extend to Hollow and repeat.

• Slow down and limit the use of momentum. Keep your core control to alternate between Hollow, Side Arch, and Prone Arch positions.

Long Rolls

• Sit on the ground with legs fully extended.
• Place you hands next to your knees - the further forward the harder this movement will be.
• Keep a longish spine + strong legs, lift and lower your legs

Pike Leg Lifts

Strengthening core compression, hip flexors, and shoulders

• Sit on the ground with legs fully extended.
• Plant hands slightly forward of your hips.
• Lean forward, press into the ground to lift your hips. hold 3-5 sec.

Pike Hip Press

• Balance on your hips, keeping feet off the ground.
• Keep your knees together and shins parallel to the ground.
• Recline your upper body Shoulders back and chin up
• Hold the position or extend legs to increase the intensity.

V Sit

Core Combination

• Focus on keeping your spine long and shoulders back in your squat position.
• Stay low in your wide stance squat. Shift your weight from side to side. 
• Use your hands in contact with the ground for additional support. Pull your hips down to increase hip mobility.

Squat Lateral Shifting

• 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 slightly, pivot on the balls of your feet. Rotate 180 or 360 degree.
• Step and repeat.

Crossback Squat + Spin

30 seconds each side

• Start in a Single-leg Hinge - knee slightly bent, hips level, weight balanced on the entire sole of your foot.

• Rotate open to stack your hips while maintaining balance. Pause.  Rotate closed.

Single Leg Hip Hinge Rotation

Flow Series #2

• Balancing on the balls of your feet. Knees lightly flexed.
• Lower down to a Toe Squat
• Slightly shift weight to one side. Extend your opposite leg and plant the ball of your foot on the beam.
• Shift weight and draw in your tail leg to meet your lead leg.
• Adjust the ROM of each step to match your strength & mobility.

Balancing Low Side Steps

• Shoulders drawn down into socket - scapular depression, lats engaged.
• Core knit together. Pelvis tucked forward + bottom ribs dropped.
• Wrap thumbs around the bar when hanging from a thin bar.
• Action: SCAPULAR MOVEMENT.  Keep elbows straight as you alternate between active and passive hanging positions.

Modification: Assisted Hang - keep feet in light contact with the ground

Active Hang

Finisher

• 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)

• While kneeling in front of a bench, place your hands on top arms extended.
• Keep your shoulders set and core braced, lower you chest down towards the ground while 
• Walk your hands over to one side to bias the stretch.
• Pulse in and out of the stretch and try active lift offs.

Shoulder Flexion Stretch

Static Stretch

VM [PHASE 2] Week 3 / Day 4

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

Bjorn

Sonia

VM [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Day 1: Spine & Squat

Michael Escalante

Marie

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

Bruce Thành

Eytan Domb

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

Nate

Great, I love stretch/mobility workout ☀️🐾

VM [PHASE 1] Week 2 / Day 4: Strength Stretch

Great workout! Just some issues with the full bridges...

Cássio

Great set- I was able to work up a decent amount of body heat in this workout!

Moving the body this way is such a pleasure!

Spyridon

VM [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Day 1: Spine & Squat

Maria Cristina Zago

David

Got a great sweat.  Love the natural movements

VM [PHASE 1] Week 3 / Day 2: Flow

Yana

Keep the body moving workout. Feels great!!

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

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

Silly thing to say, but with this program I’m finally able to sit crisscrossed on the ground. Was never able to do that comfortably

Equiano

VM [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Day 1: Spine & Squat

Feel like I’ll be able to start break dancing following this practice.

Great workout! Love the cardio part with the flows

Nadège

VM [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Day 2: Flow

Great training, really enjoyed the 20sec-long intervals. Watch out, in the first series has 0min practice. Looking forward for my next training!

Paul

VM [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Day 3: Core & Crawling

Started this session with tension in my neck and head. Ended with less pain and better range of motion in my hips.

Robin Granander

Allison

Jonathan

VM [PHASE 1] Week 4 / Day 4: Strength Stretch

That triangle pose at the end… sooo good!

VM [PHASE 2] Week 1 / Day 1

Loved the mix of high intensity and low intensity in each set!

VM [PHASE 2] Week 1 / Day 2

I had to modify single leg squat to more of a split squat due to pain. Otherwise fantastic routine!

VM [PHASE 2] Week 1 / Day 3

VM [PHASE 2] Week 1 / Day 4

VM [PHASE 2] Week 2 / Day 1

Hi Kellen, since I only have a pull-up bar that hangs off a door frame I was wondering if you could recommend alternatives to swinging hang exercises? Did active  hanging with side twists as a substitute but wasn't sure about it. Thanks!

Jorge

VM [PHASE 2] Week 2 / Day 2

VM [PHASE 2] Week 2 / Day 3

Loved the handstand movements and the L sit. Great and Very challenging.

Really enjoy these workouts, feeling good 👍

VM [PHASE 2] Week 2 / Day 4

Loved the reverse bridge against the wall!

VM [PHASE 2] Week 3 / Day 1

That was a difficult one! But I just paced myself to keep my heart rate in cardio. Good moves!

Jeff Bonny

VM [PHASE 2] Week 3 / Day 2

Excellent workout. Also, you always have really artistic background compositions to your videos. Good work! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

VM [PHASE 2] Week 3 / Day 4

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