Name: Playbook - Niki SugarySixpack - W32/D6 Total body
Uploaded: 2024-03-28T18:05:10.488Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W32/D6 Total body

Stephanie

Core breathing
Mermaid right/left
Squat and squeeze
assisted deep squat
Tri dip with bent knees
Bob and rotate
Sumo squat and rotate
Bodyweight plie squat

Workout: total body mini circuits 
Circuit 1 x3
15 sumo deadlift
16 alternating switch raise
15 chair tap squat

Circuit 2 x3
14 sumo tension squat
18 alternating twisting tricep kick
15 Sumo chair tap 

Cooldown
Kneeling hip flexor stretch right/left
Seated figure four right/left
Cross body pull right/left
Upright chest stretch
Raised cat cow
Relaxed belly breathing
Supported deep squat

-Connect to deep core (pulling together and lifting the pelvic floor into a wrapping of the transverse abs) with each exhale
-Release and relax deep core connection (think gentle length of pelvic floor/transverse abs) with each inhale
-See core breathing tutorial in Core Function section

PN- Core breathing quadruped

-Reach up to feel light stretch through the front body from hip flexor to chest
-Avoid over arching low back. Visualize the ribs and hips lightly connected by a string
-Use glute of front leg to press off floor
-Adjust leg position slightly for comfort
-Core works with gently breath throughout movement

PN- Mermaid right & left

-Sit back and sink down to start the movement
-Foot should be planted on the floor with weight in the heels and balls of feet
-Adjust foot position slightly as needed
-Press up through the floor to standing, engaging the glutes to drive you up
-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked through the movement to prevent rib flare and overarching the low back
-Squeeze ball activating chest connecting to the deep core
-Core works with breath through the movement(see core breathing tutorial)

PN-Squat and squeeze

-Make sure your holding something sturdy(my example isn’t ideal)
-Sink down with control
-Drive up to standing through glutes
-Core works with breath throughout the movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Assisted deep squat

-Only lower to elbows at 90 degrees
-Keep light length and hips, ribs and head stacked in line for good alignment
-Deep core works with breath through the movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Tri dip with bent knees

-Hips, ribs and head stacked throughout movement to keep from over arching low back or ribs flaring
-Allow foot you are twisting away from to pivot
-Only go as quickly as you can keep good form and control
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing/core hold tutorials)

PN- Bob and rotate

-Sit back and sink down to start the movement
-Foot should be planted on the floor with weight in the heels and balls of feet
-Adjust foot position slightly as needed
-Press up through the floor to standing, engaging the glutes to drive you up
-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked through the movement to prevent rib flare and overarching the low back
-Rotate at the hips allowing one foot to pivot, this is not a twist at the torso. Whole torso moves as one piece
-Core works with breath through the movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Squat and rotate

-Feet are wider than hips, adjust slightly to what’s most comfortable for you
-Knees and toes point the same direction
-Hips, ribs and head stacked throughout movement to keep from over arching low back or ribs flaring
-Use glutes and inner thighs to press to standing
-Weight stays back even when heels lift at the bottom of squat, avoid big shift forward
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Plie squat

-Feet are wider than hips, adjust slightly to what’s most comfortable for you
-Knees and toes point the same direction
-Hips, ribs and head stacked throughout movement to keep from over arching low back or ribs flaring
-Use glutes and inner thighs to press to standing
-Rotate from the hip, not the torso
-Allow foot to pivot
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Sumo pulse and rotate

Warm up

-Feet wider than hips
-Make sure knees and toes are pointed in the same direction
-Start movement with hips hinging back
-Upper body moves as one piece keeping a light length through the torso and hips, ribs and head stacked
-Use glutes and inner thighs to pull you back to standing
-Think spreading the floor with your feet as you press to standing
-Core works with breath through the movement (see core breathing tutorials)

PN- Sumo deadlift

-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked with a light length through torso
-Movement should come from the arm working, not the body helping to create momentum
-Control the lowering of the weight
-Core works along with breath (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Alternating rotational front raise

-Engage glutes to press through the floor from seated to standing
-Controlled lower back to seated position
-Foot is planted firmly on the floor, heel to toe even though weight is sitting back into balls of feet and heels
-Keep hips, ribs and head stacked in line to prevent ribs from flaring or low back from overarching
-Core works along with breath (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Sit squat

Circuit 1

-Feet are wider than hips, adjust slightly to what’s most comfortable for you
-Knees and toes point the same direction
-Hips, ribs and head stacked throughout movement to keep from over arching low back or ribs flaring
-Use glutes and inner thighs to press to almost standing, never fully resting in start position
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Sumo tension squat

-Keep upper arm still, all movement comes from the elbow driven by tricep
-Twist out with control at end of kick
-Bend is a hinge of the hips, doesn’t have to be deep, adjust for comfort
-Core works along with breath through movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Alternating twist kickback

-Feet are wider than hips, adjust slightly to what’s most comfortable for you
-Knees and toes point the same direction
-Hips, ribs and head stacked throughout movement to keep from over arching low back or ribs flaring
-Use glutes and inner thighs to press up to standing
-Weight is not resting in the chair, just a quick touch
-Core works with breath through movement (see core breathing tutorial)

PN- Sumo chair tap

Circuit 2

-Slight posterior pelvic tilt (tilting towards your ribs aka tuck) 
-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

PN- Kneeling hip flexor stretch

-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

PN- Seated figure four

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

PN- Cross pull

-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

PN-Raised cat cow

-Focus on the breath in relaxing the pelvic floor and transverse abs
-Deep breaths in to really feel the slight expansion all around your torso and relaxing of the deep core
-Focus on feeling the length of the pelvic floor
-Exhale naturally, no intentional engagement
-Lean on something so that your body is in an inclined position. This puts the pelvic floor in a ‘lengthened’ position
- Still not trying to over expand belly, just intentionally letting it go. Also good for growth spurts

PN- Relaxed belly breathing

-Focus on the breath in relaxing the pelvic floor and transverse abs
-Deep breaths in to really feel the slight expansion all around your torso and relaxing of the deep core
-Focus on feeling the length of the pelvic floor
-Exhale naturally, no intentional engagement
-Sit on something low like a stool step or yoga block

PN- Supported deep squat

Cool down

W32/D6 Total body

Prenatal Core Learning *IMPORTANT*

Ooofff…legs at 28 weeks is no joke with this amount of reps. Nice burn!

Katie

Alexandra

There’s no slowing down for trimester 3, I see! This might have been the toughest lower body workout of the program (that I remember), but it was awesome! Love the new stretches post-workout too.

W28/D1 Lower body

Such a great upper body workout. Really felt the burn 🔥

Hanna

Elaina Murphy

W28/D2 Upper body

Improve the app, it always said 45min but the workouts are much shorter

Marja

W28/D3 Foundations

I loved the variety! This is the first workout on the app that I have done and I worked up a good sweat :)

Maddy Tonstad

Anamaria

W28/D4 Total body

How do people finish these lightly weighted workouts in 30-35 min? Lol I never have 43 minutes this time. Good workout though!

Quick and sweaty, really effective! Love the style of your workouts! 😊

Judit

Such a great workout! I wish you could save the ones you like so you can come back to them when you want a little extra workout!

Abbie

W28/D5 Lightly weighted intervals

W28/D6 Total body

Such a good lower body workout. I stuck to keeping to band on instead of weights today and it was still such a good lower body burner. 🔥 🍑 30 weeks 🤰

Too many squats in one workout, i love circuits but you could incorporate other exercises than squats so we Spice it up a bit, and we dont get so much fatigue in the same muscle.

Nélida

W29/D1 Lower body

Had no idea what the triple curl was so I did my best there LOL Other than that, awesome workout again!

Loved this upper body workout! My biceps were talking to me at the end! 😀💪🏻

W32/D6 Total body

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