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Moving Core Strengthening for the Back
Day 9 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
This core series for the back is all moving. You will isolate the deep core muscles and then add movement so that you teach and train your core to maintain a neutral spine in a functional manner. Because it's not often in real life we are still - so let's train...
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Front Body Release for the Back
Day 10 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
In this session, you'll begin with two upper back strengthening exercises and then follow it with two pec and anterior deltoid stretches.
Chest stretches are an important posture muscle to stretch because it quite often is tight on people because of the acti...
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Extend Your Spine
Day 11 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
In this session, we will lengthen and extend the entire spine. Spinal extension is one of the most important movements to do - due to all the spinal flexion we already do in a day (think sitting). So, in order to keep the back strong and supple, you must count...
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Release Your Hip Flexors for Your Back
Day 12 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
Release your hip flexors to help relieve your back pain. Tight hip flexors not only make it harder to walk, bend, and stand, they can also lead to back pain and muscle spasms in your lower back, hips, and thighs.
This session is also a great post-workout/run...
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Thoracic Spine Love
Day 13 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
Your thoracic spine (t-spine), is your mid-back and becomes immobile with age, poor posture and/or increased sitting. When the thoracic spine is immobile, the lumbar spine will, unfortunately, pick up the slack and compensate for the lack of movement in the th...
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Easy on the Back Pilates
Your tight back will thank you as we challenge our body but focus on engaging our core and not arching our back. You will feel your body move and your muscles will get stronger - without your back feeling sore.
Happy back and engaged abs!
Tools: small ball or pillow
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Help Your Joints Series - Hips
It’s all about how the hips move in this class. Discover the full range of motion that your hip joint can take in this practice and how it is impacted during common movements.
You’ll learn how the pelvis can move vs how the hip can move along with the Functional Range Conditioning Controlled Ar...
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Help Your Joints Series - Shoulders
In this practice, you’ll learn what a Controlled Articular Rotation is for the shoulder and we’ll go through yoga movements and mobility drills to unlock the full range of motion that is available for the shoulder.
Shoulder mobility impacts the neck and spine so this is a great practice to expl...
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Help Your Joints Series - Spine
This is all about the thoracic spine (the largest part of the spine- at the upper back and ribcage).
Move through release postures, breathing exercises and a yoga and mobility flow. Explore all the ways the thoracic spine can move while you unlock restrictions and release held tension.
The th...
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Core & Mobility - Bunion Friendly
Day 3 of the 10-Day Bunion Friendly Fitness Series.
All-levels mobility and core class, focusing on dynamic chest, shoulder and hip-openers, balance and core strengthening exercises. We'll start the workout on our feet and transition to the floor.
Tools: mat
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Ab Workout Shoulder & Wrist Friendly [no planks!]
Day 14 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. This no plank ab workout will fire up those abs, without placing any pressure on the wrists and shoulders.
The perfect to-do anytime ab workout, as well as a great one to tack on after a cardio or strength workout for anyone who hates planks and is looking for...
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Ab Burner - BOSU Optional
Day 21 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Fire up 🔥 your abs with our final workout in the series.
Sorry, this workout is not osteoporosis-friendly.
Tools: BOSU or stability ball (optional)
2 x 50sec
Crunch (Alt: on floor)
Plank (Alt: on floor)
Oblique crossover (Alt: 1-side bicycle)
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Ab Burner [NO REPEAT]
Day 1 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. 8 exercises, no repeat - a great way to kick off our challenge and get those abs prepped for the next 3 weeks!
Tools: mat
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Deep Core Training
Day 2 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Hit those deep core muscles so you don't injure yourself when you weight train!
Tools: mat
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Hit Those Obliques
Day 3 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Train your obliques with 2 of the best exercises. One trains them as they move (twisting) and the second as a stabilizer.
Tools: mat
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Abs & Low Back
Day 4 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Alternating between a low back exercise and an ab exercise you'll hit both the back and front of the body with this short workout.
Tools: mat
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No Crunch Abs [OSTEO-FRIENDLY]
Day 5 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. No crunches, or spinal flexion in this ab workout - making it the perfect osteoporosis-friendly workout too.
Tools: mat
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Lower Ab Crunch Training
Day 6 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Focussing on engaging your abs from the lower part you'll feel the burn in this short ab workout.
Tools: mat
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Core Crunch
Day 7 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Isolate your abs with crunches, crunches and more crunches.
Tools: mat
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Quick Ladder Core Workout
Day 8 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. You'll feel this one! Using a traditional ladder, with reps vs time, you'll ladder up the intensity as we go.
Tools: mat
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Flex & Extend for a Stronger Core
Day 9 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. This is the perfect balance of ab crunching and spinal extending. Your abs and low back will love you!
Tools: mat
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Oblique Heat
Day 10 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Fire up your waist muscles with this oblique focussed workout.
Tools: mat
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Osteo-Friendly Ab Workout
Day 11 of the 21-Day Ab Challenge. Absolutely no crunches in this workout, making it perfect for anyone with osteoporosis or spinal stenosis.
Tools: mat