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Balance & Stretch
Day 18: This all-standing session begins with some basic balance drills and as you get used to those we move into more challenging drills. After our balance session, we will stretch your lower body out with an all-standing stretch series.
Tools: nothing
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Leg Day
Day 24: Today's leg day is a killer combo of strength exercises and powerful cardio bursts to build lower body strength and endurance. Using dumbbells for resistance we will push through 3 leg circuits that incorporate unilateral exercises with body-weight, plyometric cardio bursts in between. Of...
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Pilates to Tone & Shape the Legs & Butt
Get those legs and glutes heated up with a series of standing exercises isolating the glutes and thighs, followed by some floorwork to continue the defining and toning workout.
Tools: Mat and Fit Loop
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Qi Gong for Knee Pain
In this video, Alex will share with you a Qi Gong set for reducing knee pain, building knee strength and improving flexibility. This Qi Gong set can be done either standing up or sitting down, so it is suitable for everyone. Even if there is no knee pain, this is a great workout to prevent knee-r...
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Hip Healer
Day 2 - Hip Helper - Did you know that we carry a lot of stress in our hips? This sequence will help you release built-up tension in the hips and have you moving more freely.
Equipment: Mat, Tennis or Lacrosse Ball
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Lower Body Love
Day 6 - Lower Body Love - Release your hips and legs with this easy-to-follow sequence. Add it to your weekly routine to help you prevent injury and move more freely.
Equipment: Mat, Yoga Strap, 1 Yoga Block
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Foot Fixer
Day 7- Foot Fixer- Take care of your foundation! We spend a lot of time on our feet and there are many tiny bones, joints, ligaments & muscles in them that support us throughout our daily lives. Give your feet the love they need with these simple release techniques.
Equipment: Mat, Ball, Yoga Bl...
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Legs and Abs Superset Workout
Hit the legs and the abs with this special superset workout for women. You'll feel the fire in the legs and core as we strengthen and tone your legs and abs.
Tools: a pair of moderate dumbbells
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The Best Leg Finisher
If you have some extra gas in the tank you are going to love this leg finisher. Using one dumbbell and a booty band (optional) we will hit the legs and the hips with this special little, slightly-evil, workout finisher.
Tools: one moderate dumbbell, booty band (optional)
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10 sumo squats
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Lower Body Strength for Osteo
Workout #10 - 30-Day Osteoporosis Program
For the final workout of your week, we are focusing on your lower body.
After today's workout you have 2 days that you can use:
- For active rest (ie. walking, biking, hiking - be active, just do not do any structured workouts)
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No Squats, No Lunge Leg Day
Workout #15 - 30-Day Osteoporosis Program
A lower body strength workout, without any lunges or squats! Yay!
This is the final workout for your week. You have 2 days that you can use:
- For active rest (ie. walking, biking, hiking - be active, just do not do any structured workouts)
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Lower Body & Balance Workout
Workout #20 - 30-Day Osteoporosis Program
Welcome to your final workout of the 30-Day Osteo Program! Train the legs, and improve your balance with today's workout.
Tools: 1 heavy dumbbell and a chair (or a wall nearby)
For after-workout stretches if you have Osteo, please follow this: https:/...
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Lower Body & Core Strength Workout
It's leg day and this Lower Body Strength Workout is gonna get you STRONG!!! We have 5 different lower body exercises that include dumbbell exercises to build strength and power in the legs while hitting the abs with two of my favourite ab exercises.
Options are given for those with sensitive k...
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No Squat or Lunges Leg Workout
Train the legs with this no squat, no lunge leg workout. Working in groupings of three exercises, for two sets, you'll target the hamstrings, glutes, hips and your core - with absolutely no squats!
This workout is perfect if you have sensitive knees or low back.
And stick around till the end -...
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Leg Day w/ Dumbbells
Target the thighs, glutes and hips with this leg day workout! We'll cycle through 5 compound lower body exercises alternating between a squat/lunge pattern and a hinge pattern.
This type of programming will ensure we hit all the muscles in the front and back of the body (hello hamstrings and gl...
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Lower Body Strength Workout - No Standing!
Day 3 - 10 Day No Impact Fitness Program. For the entire duration of this workout we are lying on the mat. Using bodyweight only you'll work the lower body muscles, with emphasis on the inner and outer hips and the glutes.
Tools: a mat
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Leg Workout on the Mat
Day 8 - 10-Day No Impact Fitness Program. Using a booty band you will strengthen the thighs, hips and glutes in this all-lying down workout. Perfect if you can't be weight-bearing on your lower body!
Tools: booty band, mat, thick rolled towel
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Lower Body Endurance Workout
Wow - get ready for some sore thighs after this workout 😂. Using lighter weights, and more reps, we will target the thighs, hips, glutes (and even your core!) with this endurance strength training lower body workout.
And you'll realize fairly quickly that you're in for the workout of your life ...
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Leg Strengthening for the Back
Day 4 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
The upper leg muscles and the three muscles that make up the gluteal muscle group are vital to spine stabilization, and today we hit them all. This is also a great warm-up session before a run or walk.
Tools: mat, yoga strap, access to a wall
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Release the Hips for the Back
Day 5 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
For this session, we focus on releasing your hips with some of my favourite poses and stretches. I place a big focus on your hip flexors for this session because we need to extend or stretch out hip flexor muscles regularly to keep them flexible.
Unfortunatel...
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Hamstring Love for the Back
Day 6 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
Did you know that tightness in the hamstrings can place increased stress on the lower back, and cause or aggravate low back pain & sciatica? In this session we will start with a hamstring strengthening exercise, to "turn them on" and then follow with two of the...
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Outer Hip Strengthening & Stretching for the Back
Day 7 - 14-Day Happy Back Series.
Your outer hip muscles play an important role in stabilizing your hips and providing support for your low back.We kick off this session with two great glute medius strengtheners and then end with two passive stretches to really release your hips.
Tools: mat &...
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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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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...