13 May Downward Dog – Alternating Leg
HOW: Start on your hands and knees. Your arms directly below your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Find your neutral spine by slightly arching your back and then reverse that arch to create a dip in your back. Once you're back to...
13 May Quadruped to Downward Dog
HOW: Start on your hands and knees. Your arms directly below your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Find your neutral spine by slightly arching your back and then reverse that arch to create a dip in your back. Once you're back to...
13 May Heel Raise Isometric – Knee Bent, Into Wall
HOW: Place a foam pad on a wall at knee height. Lean into the pad with one knee as you perform a heel raise. Try to push into the pad as if you were driving your knee into the wall with your heel up....
13 May Heel Raise Isometrics – Knee Bent, Alternating, Wall Supported
HOW: Start by placing both hands on a wall for support. Lift your heels off the ground on both feet and then bend both of your knees. Holding your heels up, shift your body weight onto one foot. Alternate shifting your weight back and...
13 May Heel Raise Isometrics – Alternating, Wall Supported
HOW: Stand in front of a wall and bring your hands up and place them on the wall for support. Raise both of your heels up. Shift your weight from one foot to the other while staying in the heel raised position. FEEL: You...
13 May Hanging Shoulder Shrug
HOW: Start by bringing your arms up and grabbing onto the wide grips in a pull up bar. Let your body hang down with your knees slightly bent. Using only the muscles in the shoulder blade, pull your body up while keeping your arms...
13 May Quadruped Shoulder Roll
HOW: Start on your hands in knees. Your hands should be under your shoulders with your palms down. Your knees should be under your hips. Keep your elbows locked, and rotate your shoulder blades down, up, forward, and back down. Do this in a...
13 May Tall Kneeling Lateral Reach Over
HOW: Start in the kneeling position. Take one arm and reach up and over your head slightly tilting your torso to the other side. Reach as far as you can comfortably go and hold that position. FEEL: You should feel a stretch in our...
13 May Kneeling Pec and Bicep Stretch
HOW: Start in a kneeling position. Perform the stretch by interlocking your hands and fingers behind your back. While keeping your chest up, squeeze your shoulder blades back, straighten your arms, and rotate your palms down. Reach back and stretch as far as you...
13 May Supine Hip PNF Pattern – D2
HOW: Start by lying on your back. Bring your legs together and shift them both to one side. With the leg that was moved to the inside, point your toes down and in. Bring that knee up towards your chest as you move your...