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Benchmark Workout #1
Day 1 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge.
A whole-body strength workout focusing on traditional and foundational exercises, including squats, deadlifts, lunges and rows. Knee- and wrist-friendly options are included. Print out the PDF and record your weights for each exercise on it; we'll be re...
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Metabolic Conditioning
Day 6 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge.
One 5-exercise circuit to target all the muscles of the body and leave you feeling sweaty and out of breath!
Tools: 2 sets of dumbbells and a yoga mat
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Cardio Tabata
Day 11 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge.
A short, intermediate to high-intensity circuit-style standing cardio workout, with low impact and knee-friendly options provided.
No equipment is required!
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Benchmark Workout Pt 2
Day 12 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge.
It's time to check our progress. Look back at the notes you took on Day 1. Our goal today is to increase the weights for as many exercises as possible. A good rule of thumb when lifting heavier is to aim for a 10% increase in the amount of weight used....
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Mobility Flow
Day 16 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge.
A restorative, whole-body mobility session. We'll be flowing through pairs of movements performed at a gentle pace, focusing on breath work and range of motion. The perfect follow-up to a challenging strength workout or longer cardio session.
All mov...
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Metcon EMOM
Day 17 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge.
A six-exercise, every-minute-on-the-minute style workout. Move through each exercise required number of reps in less than a minute. The more quickly you complete the task, the bigger the rest break between exercises. Choose dumbbells that are just heav...
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Benchmark Workout - Final Round
Day 21 21-Day Jumpstart Fitness Challenge. It's time to do a final check on our progress. Look back at the notes you took on Day 1 & 12 increase the weights for as many exercises as possible. Remember, a good rule of thumb (when lifting heavier) is to aim for a 10% increase in the amount of weig...
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Total Body Strength & Cardio with Dumbbells
Using only one pair of dumbbells, with minimum rest, you will torch some calories while building tone in those muscles of yours. This total body strength and cardio will soon be a favourite!
Day 1 of the Unstoppable Challenge.
Tools: 1 pair of moderate dumbbells
3 x 30sec
Reverse lunge (alt:... -
Easy Stretches for After a Workout or Before Bed
This easy stretch routine is great to do before bed or after a workout. Your side body, hips and low back will feel strengthened and lengthened and your central nervous system will be relaxed and primed for a good night's sleep.
No equipment is required; however, I do recommend a pillow for the...
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Metabolic Conditioning Workout with BOSU [Optional] & Dumbbells
This metabolic workout will get your heart rate up while training all the muscles! A BOSU is optional, with both a BOSU and a non-BOSU exercise shown for every exercise.
In this circuit, you'll cycle through a series of bodyweight and dumbbell exercises, and before you know it - you're done!
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Mobility & Dynamic Stretch For All Levels
This quick mobility series will get all the joints moving while also creating more movement in the ankles, hips, thoracic spine and shoulders.
This is the perfect little workout to do as a stand-alone or tack it on before a workout to really warm up your joints and muscles. It's also a great wa...
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MetCon with TRX [Optional] & Dumbbells
Work your cardio and your strength with this Metcon (metabolic conditioning) workout. Your muscles, heart & lungs will be challenged with this 6-exercise circuit.
Using only 1 pair of dumbbells (and an optional TRX), you will be shocked at how quickly this workout goes by!
And stick around fo...
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Full Body Tabata
Train hard, choosing either low or high-impact moves in this special full-body Tabata cardio workout. I've also sectioned our workout into 4 different Tabatas to hit four different parts of your fitness: cardio, power, strength and core. This programming is a first for me, and I would love to kno...
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MetCon with Booty Band & Dumbbells
Wow! Be prepared to work in this fiery short strength & conditioning workout. For this Metcon workout, we'll flow through 4 of my favourite compound exercises to target as many muscles as possible while also getting the heart rate up. You'll love the end as well!
You'll strengthen your lower ab...
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Full Body Functional Strength Workout
Using compound exercises, you'll hit the 5 big movement patterns your body does daily: squat, lunge, hinge, push and pull. This is the perfect strength workout for the over 40 body!
Get stronger by working out smarter. You'll also hit the core functionality with our dumbbell moves and then fini...
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Total Body No Repeat Strength Workout
Using one pair of dumbbells, you will hit every muscle in the body with one round of each exercise. This total body, no repeat strength workout is perfect for those days you don't feel like working out. Press start and before you know it, you're done!
Day 24 of the Unstoppable Challenge.
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Fiery Cardio EMOM
Torch some calories while training your heart and lungs AND your legs and core with this bodyweight-only EMOM (every-minute-on-the-minute) cardio workout.
This EMOM cardio will test your metal, but you will be s proud of yourself when you're done! Trainer's promise.
Day 27 of the Unstoppable ...
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Start with Gratitude
Day 1 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. Our sweet bodies bring us through so much in life - we begin by reconnecting with them and inviting acceptance, compassion, and gratitude. In this class, we find grace and fluidity through movements and postures to connect to our bodies and show them we...
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Awakening our Core
Day 2 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. We have all heard of the importance of core stability and strength - it is foundational for proper posture, body mechanics, and healthy ageing. If we have a solid centre - in body and mind - we move forward with confidence and safety. These movements an...
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Mobility and Stability
Day 3 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. When we think of grace, we automatically think of smooth, seamless transitions - resiliency, adaptability, flexibility, and balance. These elements require a good dose of deep core strength for stability, body awareness, and balanced musculature. Today’...
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Recover and Rest
Day 4 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. Everybody needs balance. Are you aware of the messages you send your body daily? Does it know you care? Our sweet bodies respond best to being supported. Today, we learn a few postures to deepen this relationship with our bodies and let them know we are...
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Moving Forward with Confidence
Day 5 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. As we start to recognize and appreciate our body’s strength, muscle memory, and resiliency, we have more confidence in trying new things on the mat and off the mat too. That’s what this is all about: awakening the strength, awareness, balance, and flexi...
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Moving Forward with Flow
Day 6 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. Today, we flow through some of the postures we have covered so far (and some new ones), noticing how breath and awareness help the transitions. What might you bring with you off the mat as you move through transitions and ease into the flow of life?
Ha...
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Celebrating Our Bodies
Day 7 of the 7-Day Aging Gracefully Series. On our last day together, we move through the postures we’ve learned and challenge ourselves with new variations to remind ourselves how incredible our bodies are. Then, using our resources of breath, body and core awareness, and, most importantly, comp...