Name: Playbook - Niki SugarySixpack - Lean + strong cardio + core W7/D5
Uploaded: 2024-03-28T18:05:10.278Z
Duration: 35 min
Description: Lean + strong cardio + core W7/D5

I love how there’s a bit of a strength challenge incorporated in this cardio workout!

Courtney

Need/
Light dumbbells

Rest directions in each circuit.

Form tips on each exercise.

Be mindful of your core connection throughout and look for modifications mentions in the exert description if needed.

Go through each exercise continuously only resting quickly if needed.

Butt kicks
-Go as quickly as you feel comfortable and can land lightly
-Core breathing through the movement
-Keep length through the torso with hips, ribs and head stacked

Butt kicks

-Keep feet quick but close to the floor for low impact
-Very slight hip hinge back
-Core works with breath throughout movement

Fast feet

-Exhale, connect to core and rotate from the hip
-Think of a line from your pivoting foot to hip to opposite shoulder
-Core works with breath through the movement
-Light length through the body

Twist & pivot

-Keep length through the torso
-Legs and arm don’t have to touch
-Keep controlled motion, avoid flinging limbs

Zombies

-Hips, ribs and head are stacked with a light length through the body
-Core stays connected through the movement, still breathing! See core hold tutorial in core function playlist
-Avoid hips sagging towards the ground or popping up to the sky
-Hands under shoulders
-Very slight anterior pelvic tilt (tucked). Imagine ribs and hips are lightly connected by a string

Full plank

-Slight posterior pelvic tilt (tilting towards your ribs aka tuck) when in kneeling hip flexor position
-Keep hips square
-Keep light length through the stretch not sinking/dumping into it
-Take range of motion to a slight stretch, not discomfort or forced range of motion

Hip ham right

Hip ham left

-Keep hips lifted and picture a line from knees to head with hips, ribs and head in line
-Keep length through the body
-Avoid hips, ribs or waist sinking towards the floor
-Deep core engaged through movement to stabilize
-Move with control
-Repeat reps on both sides

Plank reach right

Plank reach left

Cardio warm up

Rest between rounds. Complete intervals back to back.

-Move with control
-Only as quickly as you can keep good form
-Core works with breath throughout movement. Exhale, connect, move on ‘hard’ parts of exercise (see core breathing)
-Land lightly
-Modify by popping onto toes instead of hopping up

Weighted burpee hop

-Move with control
-Only as quickly as you can keep good form
-Use a weight you can control while punching
-Core works with breath throughout movement. Exhale, connect, move on ‘hard’ parts of exercise (see core breathing)
-Land lightly
-Modify by stepping up and back instead of hopping up

Pop up punch

-lightly weighted
-move as quickly as good form allows
-keep length through torso and hips, ribs and head in line with a slight bend at hips
-core works with breath. Exhale and connect. Can maintain light connection throughout as well

Tap over press

-Move with control
-Land lightly
-Only as quickly as you can keep good form
-Use a weight you can control while raising, should be on the lighter side for this exercise 
-Core works with breath throughout movement. Exhale, connect, move on ‘hard’ parts of exercise: raise and hop/landing (see core breathing). 
-Modify by starting in standing and dropping down into a lunge and hopping feet together instead of a plyo lunge.

Plyo lunge + front raise

-Move with control
-Only as quickly as you can keep good form
-Core works with breath throughout movement. Exhale, connect, move on ‘hard’ parts of exercise (see core breathing)
-Land lightly
-Modify by popping onto toes instead of hopping up
-Swing weight forward a bit at start if needed to help you roll to standing. Can also do this from a bench so the effort to standing is less and build up strength

Reverse burpee

Cardio circuit

Complete intervals with as little rest as possible.

-Hips, ribs and head are stacked with a light length through the body
-Core stays connected through the movement, still breathing! See core hold tutorial in core function playlist
-Avoid hips sagging towards the ground or popping up to the sky
-Elbows under shoulders
-Lower knees slowly and with control and use lower abs to pull them back up/ help control the lowering
-Modify depth of knee lower as needed for keeping good alignment, don’t want to feel this in your lower back (modify depth is you do)
-Very slight anterior pelvic tilt (tucked). Imagine ribs and hips are lightly connected by a string

Forearm plank + knee taps

-Core engages starting right before lifting off floor
-Lift up should be driven by deep core engagement
-Keep light length through torso and hips and head stacked in line
-Move slowly with control
-Core stay connected to stabilize and prevent excessive wiggle in movement
-For more detail see quadruped plank lift tutorial in core work tutorials section

Lateral quadruped walk

-Core works with breath through the movement as we maintain core connection (see core hold tutorial)
-Exhale,connect to the core and lift shoulders up
-Exhale, reaffirm, deepen and check in with your connection and move in subsequent reps as you stay connected
-Reach across the body to opposite leg using the core to lift you up and across and to move the leg
-Neck should stay neutral, avoid craning it forward/crunching it towards your chest
-Move with control 
-Con modify by resting legs, head and shoulders on the ground and lifting for each rep rather than holing them up

Scissor reach + pause

Core

-Foot is flexed
-Bend at the hips towards leg to feel a light stretch
-Can do laying on the floor (pillows to prop up if past the first trimester) with foot on the wall instead of floor if it doesn't feel good in a chair

Chair figure 4 right

Chair figure 4 left

-Keep light length through torso
-Pull leg towards opposite shoulder to feel a stretch deep in the hip and glute
-repeat other side

Cross pull right

Cross pull left

-Reaching over head to feel stretch along side body
-Keep length through torso
-Gently rotate slightly open towards your back, this is a very small range of motion
-The goal is a gentle stretch, not discomfort

Rotating side stretch right

Rotating side stretch left

-Bend is at the hip, not by rounding the back
-Keep light length through the stretch not sinking/dumping into it
-Take range of motion to a slight stretch, not discomfort or forced range of motion

Seated wide leg fold

-Keep majority of motion in the thoracic spine, not dumping into low back
-Exhale to arch (cat), inhale to cow
-Slow, controlled and intentional
-Don’t push range of motion to discomfort

Cat cow

Cardio cool down

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Loved this one, my whole body feels activated!

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Solid and challenging if using heavy enough weights

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So effective and quick but challenging—LOVE!

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Natalie Hubbell

For the fire section I think you meant reps instead is seconds ? And for the trenching one stretch is 303sec 😉

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I really enjoyed the great variety of exercises!

For some reason the app isn’t allowing me to play any of the follow along workouts 🤷‍♀️

It’s fixed!! You’re right, reps not minutes. So sorry!

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