Ritika Mahendru

- Stand with your feet hip width apart, jumprope behind you, and handles in each hand.
- Begin with slow, small circles and jump over the rope as it goes underneath your feet.
- As you feel more comfortable, speed up.
- Stay light on your toes and focus on keeping a good rhythm.

Jump Rope

Deadlift x Front Squat

"- Stand up straight while holding a dumbbell on each hand (palms facing the side of your legs).
- Place the right foot on the elevated platform. Step on the platform by extending the hip and the knee of your right leg. Use the heel mainly to lift the rest of your body up and place the foot of the left leg on the platform as well. Breathe out as you execute the force required to come up.
- Step down with the left leg by flexing the hip and knee of the right leg as you inhale. Return to the original standing position by placing the right foot of to next to the left foot on the initial position.
- Repeat with the right leg for the recommended amount of repetitions and then perform with the left leg."

Box Step Up

Dynamic Lunge

Circuit 1

"- Start by standing tall, holding a dumbbell in each hand with palms up and keeping your abs engaged to avoid leaning.
- Keeping your upper arm locked to your ribs, bent at the elbow to pull your hands toward your shoulders.
- Slowly lower the dumbbells back to your hips after reaching close to shoulder height."

Dumbbell Bicep Curl

"- Stand tall, abs engaged, with a dumbbell in each hand.
- Keeping your elbows soft, reach your arms in front of you, until they are at shoulder height.
- Slowly lower the dumbbells down to your hips."

Front Raise

- Lie on the floor face down and body straight with your toes on the floor and the hands wider than shoulder width for a wide hand position and closer than shoulder width for a close hand position. Make sure you are holding your torso up at arms length.
- Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
- Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest. Breathe out as you perform this step.
- After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Push-up

Circuit 2

- Stand tall with a dumbbell in each hand.
- Bend at the elbow to bring the dumbbells up vertically, until they reach chest height.
- Pause and return the dumbbells to hip height.

Upright Row

Shoulders to Shoulders

Arm Low Fly

Circuit 3

"- Kneel below a high pulley that contains a rope attachment.
- Grasp cable rope attachment and lower the rope until your hands are placed next to your face.
- Flex your hips slightly and allow the weight to hyperextend the lower back. This will be your starting position.
- With the hips stationary, flex the waist as you contract the abs so that the elbows travel towards the middle of the thighs. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement and hold the contraction for a second.
- Slowly return to the starting position as you inhale. Tip: Make sure that you keep constant tension on the abs throughout the movement. Also, do not choose a weight so heavy that the lower back handles the brunt of the work.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions."

Cable Crunch

- Sit on the floor with your knees bent, feet and upper body off of the floor.
- Hold your hands above your bellybutton, and twist your body, reaching your hands toward the floor.
- Move as fast or as slow as you feel comfortable with, always under control.

Russian Twist

"- Lie with your back flat on the floor (or exercise mat) and your legs extended in front of you.
- Now bend at the knees and place your outer thighs by the floor (or mat) as you make the soles of your feet touch each other.
- Now try pushing both soles and bringing them up as near you as possible while you keep the outer thighs on the floor (or at least almost touching it). Tip: In this position your legs should create a diamond shape.
- Now, cross your arms in front of you by touching the opposite shoulders. This will be your starting position.
- As you exhale flatten your lower back to the floor while curling the torso upwards. Tip: This will be like performing the first 1/4 movement of a sit up. Hold at the top position for a second.
- As you inhale, slowly lower back to the starting position.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions."

Butterfly Sit-up

"- Connect a rope attachment to a high pulley cable and position a mat on the floor in front of it.
- Grab the rope with both hands and kneel approximately two feet back from the tower.
- Position the rope behind your head with your hands by your ears.
- Keep your hands in the same place, contract your abs and pull downward on the rope in a crunching movement until your elbows reach your knees.
- Pause briefly at the bottom and rise up in a slow and controlled manner until you reach the starting position.
- Repeat the same downward movement until youâ€™re halfway down, at which time youâ€™ll begin rotating one of your elbows to the opposite knee.
- Again, pause briefly at the bottom and rise up in a slow and controlled manner until you reach the starting position.
- Repeat the same movement as before, but alternate the other elbow to the opposite knee.
- Continue this series of movements to failure."

Week 2 Day 6 Full Body

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