04 Aug Bird Dog – Pelvic Floor Contraction
HOW: Begin by positioning on hands and knees. As you breathe in, breathe into the belly and the area between the sits bones, letting the pelvic floor relax. Breathe out bringing the ribs down, contracting the pelvic floor as you lengthen the arm and opposite leg...
04 Aug Bird Dog – Legs Only, Pelvic Floor Contraction
HOW: Begin by positioning on hands and knees. As you breathe in, breathe into the belly and the area between the sits bones, letting the pelvic floor relax. Breathe out bringing the ribs down, contracting the pelvic floor as you lengthen the leg away from you....
31 May Captain Morgan – Hip Drop, Swissball
HOW: Begin by standing near a wall. Assume a march position to stabilize an object with the knee of the side of the thigh that is lifted. Abduct or push the thigh out into the object. Push your hips back, bend at the knees, let...
31 May Wall Breathing – Reach
HOW: Start by lying on your back near a wall. Place both feet flat up against the wall. Find 90 degrees bend at the knees and the hips. The low back is flat against the floor. Extend your arms straight with a forward reach. Begin...
31 May Tandem Walking
HOW: Line up the heel of one foot to the toe of the opposite foot. Take steps forward, getting heel-to-toe contact with each subsequent step. This is to challenge a more narrow base of support, dynamically. Options to move forward and backward. Repeat for...
31 May Tabletop Heel Tap – Anti-Extension, Band
HOW: Start by lying on your back with a band anchored behind you, about waist height. Take the band and pull it down with straight arms below chest height, right up to the line of the belly button. Take a tabletop position with knees and...
31 May Supine Table Top Pelvic Tilt – On Wall
HOW: Start by lying on your back near a wall. Place both feet flat up against the wall. Find 90 degrees bend at the knees and the hips. The low back is flat against the floor. Tilt the pelvis posteriorly, or towards the top of...
31 May Stork Squat – Chop
HOW: Begin by standing near a wall. Assume a march position to stabilize an object such as a swissball using the knee of the leg that is in the march position closest to the wall. Abduct or push the thigh out into the object....
31 May Standing Hamstring Curl – Band
HOW: Anchor a band at ankle height. Attach the band around the arch of your foot. Begin by balancing on one leg with the option to use a wall or an object for upper body support. Keeping tension in the hips and the torso, bring...
30 May Single Leg Hamstring Pull Down – Quick, Band
HOW: Anchor a band at or above head height. Grabbing onto the band, pull it towards you as you assume a face up lying position on the floor. Anchor the band around your ankle. Use the other leg to help push the resisted side towards...
