Pause, then return to a half-kneeling position before returning to your knees. Neither are inherently right or wrong, and we recommend training a combination or alternating (for balance), or whichever is more comfortable for you. If you arent able to get your first pull-up, that is 100% okay and we encourage you to keep working here and aiming for incremental progress in your variations and accessories to continue supporting your goals. If you are unable to maintain hand position on the bar, you can use lifting straps to hold on to the bar as shown here, or use a cross arm position with your right hand supporting the bar on your left shoulder, and vice versa. Set up a long resistance band anchored to a low position, or stand on one end. Banded Hamstring Curls; Swiss Ball Hamstring Curls; 2-Up, 1-Down Hamstring Curl; Hamstring Curl 21s; Glute Ham Raise; Romanian Deadlift; Stiff-Leg Deadlift. Barbell squat variations (low bar squat, high bar squat, front squat, safety bar or other specialty barbell variations); Other compound lower body exercises (Belt Squats, Leg Press, Hack Squat Machines, etc.). These can also be performed as Bodyweight only, or loaded with a DB on your hips rather than a Barbell. Substitutions: Turkish Getup, Kneeling Windmill, Windmill. This is a fairly advanced movement. For another challenging variation, perform these as Elevated Single Leg Glute Bridge by placing your rooted foot on an stable elevated surface (like a box, bench, or stair) before performing your reps. Control the speed and distance the bar travels by engaging the core. Raise the hips into a bridge, then sweep your extended leg under onto your knee. Keep in mind that if your bar is loaded with plates smaller than traditional 45lb/20kg plates (or bumper plate equivalents), you may already be pulling from a deficit. Of course you can! Perform these lying face down flat on the floor or on a bench. Hinge at the hip with minimal bend at the knee to get in a pulling position. Sit just past arms length away from the cable machine. Keeping your torso upright, chest tall, and elbows pointed down, squeeze the lats/armpits and lower the handle to below your chin or to roughly collarbone level. Return to the starting position and repeat. Lateral Box Step Ups; Bulgarian Split Squat; Split Squat; Front Foot Elevated Split Squat; Lunge; Reverse Lunge; B-Stance Hip Thrust; Single Leg Leg Press. Then, raise your body back up to the start position by actively contracting your hamstrings. Lie on your side with legs stacked and knees bent at a 45-degree angle. Hang from the bar, and pull yourself up by pulling elbows down to the floor and flexing biceps. Can also be performed on a barbell bar, with DBs, or on cables. Finally, bend your knees until your feet are flat on the floor, bending roughly 90-degrees at the hip and knee (Position 3). She was born on August 13, 1989 and her birthplace is United States. Something that is an RPE 10 would be a truly maximal effort, where no more weight could be added or reps could be performed at the given load and rep scheme. Can also be performed with a KB, or with both legs on the floor creating a tripod between your legs and supporting hand. Sitting on the floor in front of a bench, squeeze your butt and drive your feet through the floor, extending until your hips are in line with your torso. Option to scale up by using the traditional Hollow Body Rock variation by tucking your knees and holding them to your chest while performing your rocks. Keep the elbow overhead locked out at all times, push the hips back and away from the direction of the toes. Keep ribs down and glutes tucked, being sure not to get into a hyperextended spine position. Focus on squeezing and flexing your biceps as you resist the band tension, holding for the prescribed time. Return to start position. Lower the weight back to the ground with control, then repeat for the prescribed repetitions. Begin performing your curls by squeezing your hamstrings, focusing on squeezing your hamstrings as you drive your heels back towards your hips, all while maintaining the same femoral (upper leg) position. Underhand Band Pullaparts;Face Pulls; Rear Delt Flyes; Prone I-T-Y-W; Prone Incline I-T-Y-W; any upper back/shoulder health/external rotation movements, 1. As you come back up, squeeze your front leg glute as you bring your rear foot forward to meet your front foot. Barbell loaded or banded; Back extensions; Reverse hyperextensions; Stiff-Leg or Romanian Deadlifts. Extend your arms overhead and in front of you with a slight bend in the elbow, and step back until there is tension in the band. Bench Press the bar by bringing it down towards your chest (arms roughly 45-degrees from your torso), then returning to lockout. 3 sets of 6 reps), hold the position for 2-3 seconds for each repetition before returning to the floor. Can be performed in place, or inching forward. In a standing position, set up a band in a low position. Extend arms and get into an elevated push up position. This is a more advanced Push-Up variations we will cover, and is very tricep dominant. Lower into your start position by reaching down with your arms straight down, hinging at the hip, and bending slightly at the knee. Starting with your arms extended and your body in a straight line (with an engaged core), pull your chest towards the bar maintaining the same straight body positioning and then lower back to an extended start position. For a Goblet Squat with Adduction, place a block or rolled towel in between the knees. Rather than fully contracting and reaching a tall, upright position between steps, perform a partial split squat repetition (this is the pulse), thentake the next steps while maintaining the low, engaged position, as if there were a low ceiling. Return to start position and repeat. Press both hands into the floor and raise your hips a few inches off the floor. For full squat tutorial, see our Extended Video Library or written guides on this movement. Then, slowly lower your body with control, aiming for ~3 seconds to return to the bottom (if no tempo is explicitly prescribed). Glute Bridge; Hip Thrusts; Monster Walk; Banded Lateral Walk. Slowly and with control, lower your hands in a circular motion as far as comfortably possible. These can also be performed weighted by holding a DB or KB (goblet style), pair of DBs or KBs (at your sides), or holding a weighted book bag (worn on your back, held goblet style, or tucked to your chest). Before I was trying to workout six days a week for multiple hours. Then reverse the movement and return the weight to the start position. Aim to maintain a straight line in your body, from feet to knees to hips to shoulders. Squeeze your delt and lift the weight up toward the chin, leading with the elbow and keeping the weight close to the body. See the demo link above for more detail, as an example of 3+3+3 Iso-Hold Lateral Raises. Start in a kneeling position with enough room to extend forward. Return to the starting position. Incline Barbell Bench Press; Pushups; and Cable Crossover variations. Grip the sides of the bench firmly with the upper body. Plank, Windmills, Turkish Getups, Suitcase Carries. Perform curls using while maintaining a neutral grip. Perform the prescribed number of reps. Then, lower your feet to the floor while maintaining extended legs (Position 2). Feet Up or Close Grip). I feel like I know what I am doing and why, and that makes me stick to the plan rather than under or over train. Before we go further, we want to start by emphasizing the importance of cultivating an environment of trust, safety, respect, and confidentiality. Set up on a flat bench with your head, shoulders, and butt on the bench and your feet on the floor, while holding a pair of dumbbells one in each hand. Sumo KB/DB deadlifts, other Barbell deadlift variations (conventional, trap bar). Without moving your upper arm, hinge at the elbow and lower the weight in a controlled manner towards your skull, stopping a few inches above your face. Reach your hands together overhead and back, extending as far as you can. There's a reason she has so many followers (and made it on our list . Hold the band in one hand, and step away from the anchor until there is some tension in the band when your arm is straight out to your side with a slight bend in your eblow. Place a Safety Bar in the rack, at roughly the same height as your regular squat rack height (some adjustment may be necessary). Laying on your back, raise arms overhead and extend hands and feet, creating a starfish position. For the single arm DB OHP, set up similar to the regular DB version, but use your free hand to balance and support on a bench, rack, or other sturdy piece of equipment. Hollow Body variations; Planks; Birddogs; Dead Bugs. With a dumbbell in each hand and a slight bend in the elbow, lift weights out to the side and slightly in front (elbows coming 10-30 degrees in front of your torso) until your arms are parallel with the floor. Legs and arms go out at the same time, then legs and arms come in at the same time. Unlike a traditional Copenhagen Plank where your foot/ankle is the point of contact on top of the bench, a Modified Copenhagen Plank is scaled easier by instead anchoring at the knee (bent 90-degrees), and placing your shin along the bench shortening the lever arm created by your body. Demo Here. Lunge variations; Split Squat variations; Cossack squat; Box Step Ups; Any other unilateral lower body exercises. Press yourself the the end of the range of motion, pause for one second and return to the start position. Supermans; Hollow Body variations; Birddogs; V-situps; Deadbugs. Close Grip Push-Ups; Traditional Push-Ups; Close Grip Bench Press; Skullcrushers; Rope Pushdown; Bench Dips; Chest Dips. We arent trying to go all the way to absolute or technical failure, but we still want to really challenge ourselves and use these as a barometer of our directional progress. Pause momentarily and allow a light stretch of the hips and groin, before returning to a plank position and alternating legs. If you only feel this in your hip flexor (and not at all in your glutes), try rotating your hips so that you are angled down and facing closer to the floor (rather than towards the ceiling). Elevating your heels will create greater forward knee travel as you maintain your upright torso, meaning more quad-focus and knee flexion during your repetition. Aim to minimize arm movement above the elbow and focus on contracting your biceps to perform your curls, rather than swinging and using momentum. This movement should be an explosive concentric contraction (pulling the bar from floor to chest), and controlled negative (slowly lowering the back back down). Squeeze your butt and drive your foot through the elevated surface, extending until your hips are in line with your torso. Start in a quadruped position, with a band anchored to a low position in front of you. Start with the torso perpendicular to the floor and squeeze the hamstrings and glutes to lower until the torso is parallel to the floor. Can also be performed off a deficit if specified (as demonstrated above). Focus on keeping your ribs tucked down, as if you were actively performing a crunch and pressing your lower back into the floor. That could be a paused high bar squat, front squat, heel elevated goblet squat, close stance leg press, or another quad-dominant squat variation). Fold at the hip so you are perpendicular to the ground (with your head near the floor) and squeeze the erectors/lower back and glutes to pull the torso up above parallel from the floor. If you do not have access to cables, you can perform these variations with bands. Clamshells, banded lateral walk, monster walk. Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions, then (while holding your shoulder blades retracted), tuck your elbows back towards your torso until your arms make a W shape). Descend from the top to the bottom of a push-up position as normal. Perform squats to depth while keeping an upright torso with bodyweight or with a light kettlebell. An example series that can be done with bands and BW only is below: Any Tricep Burnout of 15+ reps to failure; Rope Pushdowns; OH Tricep Extensions, Skullcrushers, Dips; Close Grip Pressing Variations, etc. 20 seconds), or if prescribed as reps (e.g. Press into the block. Curtsey Lunge; B-Stance Squat; B-Stance Hip Thrust; B-Stance Glute Bridge; Split Squat, Bulgarian Split Squat, Front Foot Elevated Split Squat; Walking Lunge, Alternating Lunge; Reverse Lunge; Box Step Up. Set up on a GHR/GHD machine with the knees slightly behind the pad and feet firmly on the platform. Starting in a kneeling position, bring one leg up into a half-kneeling position, then bring up your second leg until you reach a squat. Switch sides and perform same exercise with opposite arm and opposite leg. Can be scaled harder by switching your point of contact from your knees to the balls of your feet. Do your best to keep your ribs down, hips forward, and glutes squeezed (so that your pelvis is stacked under your torso), rather than arching back. Set up a band or cable pulley with a single handle attachment in a low position. Hold a PVC pipe, broom, or band in front of your body with arms extended straight. Return back to the start position, focusing on maintaining that trunk position and pushing your hips through to lockout. She's amassed more than 85K followers devoted to watching her strength-training journey-and that's not even counting her YouTube channel, where she has 88K subscribers. Lower back down and repeat. Continue for the prescribed repetitions, then switch to the opposite arm/opposite leg. Now that youre in your high plank position, with controlled, intentional movement, lift one hand off the ground and bend at the elbow until that hand touches your opposite shoulder. This is a scaled version of the traditional Push-Up, and is one of our suggested variation (along with the Hands Elevated Push-Up) to develop broader pushing strength if unable to perform 6+ traditional push-ups. Then immediately drop to Position 3, dropping to your knees and finishing your set. Warm up using an easier scaled version of your working sets. Ok to touch shoes or shin if you cannot reach the floor. Back support may help form at higher intensities. I love the messages of people inspiring and encouraging each other. Grip a pull-up bar at or slightly wider than shoulder width apart, palms facing towards you (supinated grip). Continue for the prescribed number of repetitions. Using bodyweight or a PVC Pipe, slowly start to lower the upper body by tucking the chin and rolling down, one vertebrae at a time. Switch opposite arm/opposite leg. This is one of the most advanced Push-Up variations we will cover, and is very tricep dominant. Complete for the prescribed reps, then repeat on the other side before taking any rest. Return the weight to an extended overhead position. Begin your rep by hingeing at the hips focus on not only dipping your chest down, but by pushing your hips back, all while maintaining a straight torso position. Hold for the prescribed duration, then lower back to the ground with control. Touch the floor with your free hand. Pull the weight directly towards your face while keeping the upper arms parallel to the floor. For 21s, perform these as 7 partial reps through the bottom half of the range of motion, 7 reps for the top half of the range of motion, then 7 reps as full range of motion this is one set. In other circumstances, you may feel exceptionally strong and well-rested, in which case an explicit percentage may be underestimating your potential in that session. Set up under a pull-up bar, with a pronated (overhand) grip. Lay on your side with your feet under a bench or elevated surface. For standing DB OHP, set up in a stance shoulder-width apart, clean the DBs up to your shoulders, and press overhead. Standing Single Leg Banded Hamstring Curls; Hamstring Curl 21s; 2-Up, 1-Down Hamstring Curl; Glute Ham Raise; Romanian Deadlift; Stiff-Leg Deadlift. Start in a kneeling position with enough room to extend forward. Lower back to the ground with control, and repeat for the prescribed repetitions. Continue for the prescribed repetitions, then switch to the opposite arm/opposite leg. Descend back to the start position and repeat. This is an intermediate and fairly challenging movement. The concept of RIR is pretty straight forward, and refers to how many repetitions away from failure you were with a given weight for a given number of reps. Something that is a 0 RIR would be a truly maximal effort, where no more weight could be added or reps could be performed at the given load and rep scheme. Stand up straight and hold a dumbbell in one arm, with the weight in front of the thighs. Create tension in the band by taking a slightly wider than hip width stance, and bend the knees to get in an athletic stance. You can perform this 3-Position Tricep Burnout with any number of variations, but we recommend picking 3 exercises with different tricep (humerus) positions relative to your torso. You should have a straight line from heels to knees to hips to shoulders. Reverse the movement and return to the bottom of the good morning, and then fully standing. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions or duration. Begin your rep by contracting your biceps, curling to a 90-degree bend at the elbow, making sure you have tension and resistance from the band. Starting from an upright position with both feet together, take a step out wide with one leg into a wide stance and descend into a squat while shifting your weight to the active leg. Single leg RDL, Single Leg Press, Split squat variations, Lunge variations, Single Leg Hamstring Curls, other unilateral lower body work. Can be performed standing or seated, if not specified. Press into the block. Start in a kneeling position with your feet anchored (under a rack, a heavy piece of furniture, heavy DBs/medicine ball/plates, or having a partner hold them down). Once you cannot lower the arms further in this position, rotate your arms (aiming to keep your shoulders retracted through this rotation) and complete the repetition when your hands reach the small of the back. Lower and repeat for reps. Barbell Curl 21s, EZ bar curls, Alt. Set up far enough away from the pulley so that there is tension on the cable when your arms are extended. Set up by wrapping a band around an upright pillar or column, then step into each end of the band so that each end is wrapped behind your knees. Alternate legs, and perform the prescribed repetitions on each side. For ascending sets, we will prescribe a Set x Rep scheme for the day, as well as a starting intensity relative to your training max. All rights reserved. Band Abducted Goblet Squat). Using DBs, perform bicep curls. Its the only reason for me to come back to Facebook and check it daily. Descend your torso back until youre roughly 45-degrees off the floor (think half-way through a sit-up). Setup a barbell on a squat rack at about elbow height. Better to overemphasize the hip hinge and turn this into more of a Stiff Leg or Romanian Deadlift (both with little if any change in knee angle throughout the range of motion) than to turn this into a banded squat. You can use a tripod if you have one, otherwise just prop your phone up on a chair, bench, table, or stool. Lift your bottom leg up until it touches the bottom of the bench. Our 8-week nutrition system puts you in control of your health and provides a clear plan with actionable steps to get the body youve always wanted. Back Extensions; Glute Ham Raise; Reverse Hyperextensions. You should have a straight line from knees to hips to shoulders. Return to start position by pulling up with the hamstrings. Ascending sets refer to sets where we increase weight where possible with each passing set. Pause and flex your tricep while holding the position at the top, then return to the start position and repeat. Focus on squeezing and flexing your biceps as you resist the band tension, holding for the prescribed time. Press the palms down to push your body up, activating the chest, shoulders and triceps and returning to the start position. From there, push back up to perform a repetition. Once your forearm has reached a vertical position, pause, and reverse the movement, controlling the resistance on the way back to the start position. Standing upright, hold a weight plate with hands parallel (palms together, hands on either side of the plate). Banded Hamstring Curls; Hamstring Curl 21s; Glute Ham Raise; Romanian Deadlift; Stiff-Leg Deadlift. Band Abducted Goblet Squat; Monster Walk; Banded Lateral Walk; Side Lying Abduction; Hip Thrust with Band Abduction. Focus on pulling your elbows back behind your torso and squeezing your shoulder blades together during the contraction, and allowing the band to return to a deep and reaching start position, protracting your shoulders and stretching your lats. Extend your arms by contracting your triceps, until you lockout overhead. DB Row, Inverted Row, Barbell Row, any other horizontal pulling variations or machines. This is a fairly advanced variation if you are unable to (or uncomfortable with) this exercise, we recommend the Kneel-to-Squat variation above. Once you drive your knee up high though, the B-Skip differs from the A-Skip in that rather than driving your foot straight down to the ground, instead you want to extend your knee and reach your foot forward before driving to the ground. Aim to get the thigh perpendicular to the floor with each rep.Keep ribs down and glutes tucked, being sure not to get into a hyperextended spine position. Maintain that position for prescribed amount of time, performing only on one side per set (alternating arms with each passing set). Holding a dumbbell or kettlebell in front of your chest, perform squats to depth while keeping an upright torso. Starting with your arms extended and your body in a straight line (with an engaged core), pull your chest towards the lip of the table, maintaining the same straight body positioning and then lower back to an extended start position. Can also be substituted for an Ab Wheel, or by performing the bodyweight only variation Ab Fallouts. Turn around, so that you are now facing away from the anchor. Punch the kettlebell upward and forcefully press your extended arm into the floor so your torso rises up. This can also be performed at home without a DB/KB by hugging or holding by the straps a loaded backpack to your chest. Set up just behind a Barbell with a wide stance (feet externally rotated) and hands inside of your legs. Then, perform the final amount of prescribed reps with both arms at the same time. Box Step Ups, Lateral Box Step Ups, Split Squat Variations, Lunge Variations; Any other unilateral lower body exercises. Then, turn around so that you face the anchor and your upper arm is then in front of your torso (position 2), and perform the prescribed rep range. Press yourself the the end of the range of motion, pause for one second and return to the start position. Pistol Squat, Single Leg Press, Split squat variations, Lunge variations, Single Leg Leg Extension, other unilateral lower body work. If you didnt submit an initial test video, you wont be eligible for prizes this round, but wed love to see your progress tag @strongstrongfriends on Instagram! Barbell RDLs, Split Stance RDL, Hamstring Curls. Starting with your arms slightly in front of you and your elbows pointed down, perform tricep pushdowns. Maintain an extended arm position and raise your arms from beside your torso to shoulder height (arms parallel with the ground). The total range of motion on this movement is slight, so try to maintain control and a solid trunk position (not sagging at the hips). Then, flip your hands so you are using a supinated (underhand) grip, and repeat your rows for the prescribed repetitions. Single Arm Banded Away Curl; Single Arm Banded Curl; Single Arm Banded Reverse Grip Curl; Single Arm Banded Hammer Curl; Single Arm Preacher Curl; Single Arm Cable Curl; Alternating DB Curl; Hammer Curl; DB Iso-Hold Curl. 2. Repeat with the other hand, bringing the implement back to its starting point. If you are able to improve your score relative to your baseline test, then we are definitely moving in the right direction, and we are proud of you. Adjust your stance width (or the amount of excess band between your feet) until you feel tension in the band when holding it with your arm down by your side. Option to scale down by using the modified demo linked above (moderate) by keeping your hands down by your side rather than overhead. Hold that position for prescribed amount of time. Hold a dumbbell or kettlebell against your chest, holding . For the L-Sit Walk variation, press both hands into the floor and raise hips and inch hips and heels backwards. ); Leg Press variations (especially glute focused, such as wide stance or feet further in front of you); Step Up, Lunge, or Split Squat variations. Facing a cable machine, set the pulley at or above your shoulder-level and use a rope or split handle attachment. Set up in a conventional deadlift position. Attach a band to the bar and fixed behind you to scale this movement easier, and a band to the bar fixed in front of you to scale this movement harder. Lay on your side with your feet under a bench or elevated surface. On cable pulldown machine, choose a neutral (parallel) grip handle, and hold with both hands. Check out the Blue Lagoon: https://www.bluelagoon.comSONG: Kanye Loves Christmas by Davis Absolute . To scale harder, perform flat on the floor (palms down), descending until your entire forearms are against the floor, then pressing your body back up by extending at the elbow, like a skullcrusher. Can also be scaled to a modified version by keeping your hands on the ground, extending and drawing in your legs for the prescribed reps/time. Diamond Push-Ups; Traditional Push-Ups; Close Grip Bench Press; Skullcrushers; Rope Pushdown; Bench Dips; Chest Dips. Set up in a modified pushup position with hands and knees on the ground. Once youve identified your starting level, perform a baseline test on your first available session (even if you join us mid-cycle). With a barbell fixed in a low position in a squat rack, hang underneath the bar with your feet on the floor and your hands spaced bench press-width apart. Once your torso is near parallel to the ground, reverse the movement and return to an upright position. Set up far enough away from the pulley so that there is tension on the cable when your arms are extended. Keep your head, shoulders, and butt on the bench and your feet on the floor. On cable pulldown machine, choose a straight bar attachment, and hold with both hands using a supinated (underhand) grip. With a bit of space in front of you, begin by marching (for warm ups) or running/sprinting (for working sets) in place while driving your heels back to your butt. Control the descent and do not make contact with the ground, instead stopping just before touching. Try to keep your elbows tucked tight to your torso as you pull the handle down, better engaging your lats. Our strong strong friend, JamaRR Royster (aka @pancakegawd), has you covered with this absolutely delicious, easy and protein-packed recipe. Can also be broken down into Half Get-Ups or Position Repeats to build proficiency and confidence in the movement. In these variations, you still press as explosively as possible and even aim for your hands to come off the ground, but you do not move them away from their position under your shoulders between reps. Set up a barbell in a squat rack at the same height as you would for a traditional back squat. Weve been working on a few different options to try and provide as many resources as possible (these will be included in the Notes section on your programming page over the coming weeks). Well be keeping you all updated as we are able to provide more resources during these challenging and unpredictable times. Do your best to keep your ribs down, hips forward, and glutes squeezed (so that your pelvis is stacked under your torso), rather than arching back. Unlike a Romanian Deadlift, we tend to think of this lift as bottom-up (starting from the floor), focused on reaching the butt back, maintaining a constant knee angle, and focusing on hinging at the hip. Extend your arms by contracting your triceps, until you lockout overhead. Like Ascending sets, AMRAPs are a form of autoregulation (something that allows us to adjust training based on individual performance variations day-to-day and week-to-week). Anchor a band below your feet, and hold one end in your hand. Hold that position for one count, then reverse all steps to come back to the starting position. Think about pushing the feet through the floor while squeezing your glutes and pushing your hips forward, hingeing at the hips. Repeat for the prescribed time or repetitions. Place your forearm on the ground with your elbow directly under your shoulder, thenraise your hips off the ground. Set up in a staggered stance, with one foots toe in line with the other heel. Set up in a modified pushup position with forearms and knees on the ground. Then, begin rocking forward and backwards, aiming to maintain your position throughout the entire range of motion. Press your flat foot into the ground to raise the hips, using the other foot as a kickstand for balance. Hamstring Curl 21s (demoed above as 3+3+3) are performed as prescribed reps for the first half of Range of Motion, then prescribed reps for second half of Range of Motion, then prescribed reps for the full Range of Motion. 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