Name: Playbook - Nathan Tsuji - Partner workout ideas!
Uploaded: 2022-12-31T21:30:38.880Z
Duration: 10 min
Description: Partner workout ideas!

The holiday season is upon us but that doesn’t mean your workout goals have to go on vacation too 🤔
Here are some of my favorite partner workout with my brother! Choose whichever ones you feel like trying and create a circuit! Once you’ve decided on your circuit try to go through it a few times and let me know how you did! Also feel free to tag videos and share them with me of you trying these with your family I would love to see them!!!

After I created this circuit I realize the experience for you choosing would be easier if I put all the individual exercises where you can just scroll down and see the image instead of having to read the description to decide which exercise you want to try :) 
So all the exercises below are listed in order here.

Perform the exercise for the 30 seconds then switch roles and repeat! Be sure to be pretty smooth on the sit up so you don’t knock over the person doing the plank! 
Plank partner keep your core engaged and tight so you don’t get knocked over!

Partner plank sit ups

Start with your heads about a foot apart and hope your partner has good breath 😂 
Both of you start in a solid straight arm plank. Choose either left or right hand to start with, then using the same hand lift and high five then switch. Left and right counts as one!!!!

Partner plank high fives

While sitting in a tuck hold with your feet off the ground (on the ground if it’s too difficult) use an object such as a pillow to pass. It’s important to hold the object with two hands and initiate the twisting motion from your core.
Complete the 10 reps one direction before reversing the direction. So 10 reps right then 10 reps left. Hitting your partner with the pillow is not required 😂

Partner tuck hold twist passes

The starting position is a bent arm plank next to your partner. Complete all the repetitions on one side before switching to the other. So 9 reps then switch sides and do another 9 reps. Push down on the arm next to your partner, extend your shoulder away from your ear and reach up and over with the other arm and high five your partner! If you’re having trouble balancing you can spread your feet a little.

Partner plank twist high fives

Please don’t push your partner so hard that they can’t maintain the proper core placement. 
The partner on the ground should be pushing their belly button to the floor, abs and legs engaged and audibly say ready before the pusher begins. 
Pushers remember that you’ll be up next so remember the golden rule, do unto others as you want done unto you.

Partner leg push downs

Start in a push-up position and lift one leg for your partner to grab, then once your partner is secure life the other leg. Perform one push-up and one squat to complete one rep! 
Make sure to straddle wide enough to allow the squatting partners legs to bend without hitting you!

Partner plank squats

Have your partner stand with some weight in your toes holding the object (we used a pillow but you can use anything that’s safe and available). 
Sit up, grab the object, lie down with it, then sit up again and pass it to your partner. Each time you return the object to your partner it counts as one rep! 
To make it harder, keep your arms straight and take the object all the way over your head!

Partner sit ups

This exercise is a personal favorite of mine because it incorporates all parts of your body. Place something soft under your knees so they don’t bruise on the ground, then have your partner push down on your ankles.
Keeping your core tight and hamstrings engaged, push down and all the way up, mainly focusing on lifting from your hamstrings but using your push-up strength for assistance. 
Do your best not to bend too much at your hips, I know it’s hard but you’ve got this!

Partner hamstring pushups

One partner in a straight arm plank, the other holds their ankles while squatting. Randomly let go of one ankle and do your best not to let your feet separate! This is an age old gymnastics drill to help train keeping your legs together, and the instability of not knowing which hand is going to let go will cause you to have more tension throughout your body!

Partner plank stabilizers

As usual left and right counts as one rep!
Lie down on your backs with your feet facing your partner. Hands at your sides pushing your palms into the floor. Connect the soles of your feet, it’s easier when you push into your partners feet.
Then switch switch switch till you’ve completed the reps!
You can see my brothers hips are lower to the ground than mine and that’s the modified version. The higher you lift your hips the harder it will be!

Partner bicycle abs

The first partner starts in a standard glute bridge. This position involves tucking your hips under so your tailbone is pointing towards your knees. Once engaged and safely in this position, let your partner know you’re ready. They will then proceed to place their hands on your knees and complete the dips. 
It’s important for the glute bridge partner to have their adductors engaged because the “dipper” will likely produce outward pressure when completing their reps.

Partner glute bridge dips

The partner holding your feet can either stand tall or squat. Then the planking partner will proceed to go down down up up, switching the starting arm each time. One left cycle and one right cycle counts as 1! Try your best to avoid undulating too much as you do this and avoid smashing your elbows into the ground!

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