Repeat for the prescribed repetitions or time. Can also be scaled to a modified version by keeping your hands on the ground, extending and drawing in your legs for the prescribed reps/time. We recommend keeping a roughly 45-degree angle between your arms and your torso, striking a balance between too flared out and too tucked in to your torso. Can be scaled harder by switching your point of contact from your knees to the balls of your feet. Unrack the barbell and walk out from the rack. Have faith in yourself and your progress, and ease back in where you can! Perform these lying face down on an Incline bench. Once your torso is near parallel to the ground, transition into a squat by bending the knees and lowering the hips. To scale harder, perform flat on the floor (palms down), descending until your entire forearms are against the floor, then pressing your body back up by extending at the elbow, like a skullcrusher. Set up as you would for a traditional bench press (unless specified otherwise, e.g. Copenhagen Plank; Modified Copenhagen Plank; Modified Copenhagen Plank Raises; Cossack Squat; Side Lying Adduction; Hip Adduction Machines; Goblet Squat with Adduction; Hip Thrust with Adduction. I feel like I know what I am doing and why, and that makes me stick to the plan rather than under or over train. Glute Kickback; Glute bridge variations (banded, single leg, etc. Unlike a Close Grip Push-Up variation, expect your arms to flare out slightly wider than the usual tucked-close-to-the-torso position we aim for. Reverse the movement to come back to standing, making sure youre again rolling up one vertebrae at a time. We aret simply throwing together exercises, reps, and sets before calling it a day. Raise your head a few inches off the ground and hover the extended leg at the same time. Perform with both arms at the same time, unless specified as alternating (like in demo above). Setup beside a box that is roughly knee-height. If substituting for another tricep variation, aim to complete in sets of 15+ reps, and pushing to technical failure. Aim to move through your entire back, allowing your lumbar, and thoracic, and cervical spine (lower, mid, and upper) to flex and extend together. Inverted Row (Regular Grip); Supinated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home version);DB Row; Cable Row; Chest Supported Row; Machine Row; Pull Up; Chin Up; Lat Pull Down. Sit on the ground with legs extended, feet on sliders, and hands flat on the floor by your hips. Copenhagen Plank; Copenhagen Plank Raise; Modified Copenhagen Plank;Cossack Squat; Side Lying Adduction; Hip Adduction Machines; Goblet Squat with Adduction; Hip Thrust with Adduction. Put your weight on the front foot and hinge at the hip and knees to squat. Further options to scale this movement (novice) would be keeping your arms on the floor during the repetition, or keeping your hands on the floor while only lifting one leg at a time. Return the weight to an extended overhead position. Begin the rep by reaching your hips back while allowing your torso to tip forward, focusing on maintaining a strong and rigid trunk as you descend. Tuck the ribs and the hips, ensuring you do not hyperextend the spine. Continue descending until you feel a light to moderate stretch in your hamstrings and/or glutes. For the L-Sit Walk variation, press both hands into the floor and raise hips and inch hips and heels backwards. Can be weighted with DBs in both hands, or holding a DB or KB in front of you to act as a counter balance. Lower and repeat for prescribed reps. Finally, step closer to the anchor until you are almost standing above the fixed point, and keep your upper arm directly by your torso perpendicular to the floor (position 3). Without moving your upper arm, hinge at the elbow and lower the weight in a controlled manner towards your skull, stopping a few inches above your face. Start in a normal pull-up position. The goal here is to start your workout with some general movement, and get a little sweaty and breathy before we move onto our heavier lifts for the day. Lift your opposite foot slightly off the ground, and with a relatively straight knee, kick your leg up in front of you. Here comes the fun part: using your opposite side hand and leg, move 3-6 in one direction. From the bottom, drive back up explosively and jump, switching your leg position and landing with your other foot forward. Start in a quadruped position. For a more comprehensive overview, check out our longer YouTube instructional video linked here. Set up an adjustable bench with a 30-45 degree angle. Start lying face down (prone) on the floor or bench, with plates or stacked books 2-4 off the ground surrounding you at 12:00, 3:00, and 9:00. Setting up on the ground in a quadruped position, loop a small elastic rubber or fabric band around your wrists. Note that the higher you pull (band or rope towards your eye-level), the more you will train your overall upper back, including your shoulders and external rotators. Unless a specific time is prescribed, hold this position for 1-2 seconds, maintaining a straight line from shoulder to hip to to knee to ankle, before lowering back to the start position with control. Whatever your target time, you should be evenly distributing your tempo with your range of motion, so that when you are 75% of the way done your tempo, you are 75% of the way down the rep.Can be weighted with DBs in both hands, or holding a DB or KB in front of you (arms extended, weight at belly-button height) to act as a counter balance. Unrack the bar across your shoulders, placing it as close to your throat (across your clavicle) as possible while still allowing yourself room to breathe. Set up in a standing position, with a long resistance band looped under your feet and over your shoulders. Banded Rows; Barbell Row; Pendlay Row; Dumbbell Row; Inverted Row; Any other horizontal pull/row, Single Arm Substitutions:Chest Supported Row, Single Arm Lat Pull Down, DB Row. With a slight bend in the elbow and your palm facing towards your midline, slowly raise your arm out to the side until your arm is parallel to the floor and your palm is facing down. Step one foot back and across your other leg, while bending the front knee and hip. While in the bridge, perform reps of banded abduction, pushing the knees out and returning to the start with control. Set up on a hamstring curl machine (seated or lying). Bear Crawl Shoulder Taps; Bird Dogs; Deadbugs. Stand upright with your foot pinning down a long band, holding one side of the loose end in each hand. If substituting for another delt variation, aim to complete in sets of 15+ reps, and pushing to technical failure. Option to supinate grip (palms facing up) for a reverse or underhand band pull-apart. Press into the band by pushing the knees out in the squat. Grab the band with a double overhand grip. Starting in a Superman position prone on the floor, extend until your hands and feet are both raised. Hold a rope attachment from a low pulley. It motivates me indirectly., The biggest thing Ive gained from being in Stronger by the Day is the mindset that less is more. Raise hands to shoulder level. I was so happy!. More than just exercises, this involved balancing fatigue and volume accumulation, developing skill proficiency and ingraining movement patterns, developing a well-rounded and resilient body, and much more. Lower the KB in the same movement pattern. Raise the hips into a bridge, then sweep your extended leg under onto your knee. Alt 2-Up, 1-Down Leg Extension, as demonstrated in the GIF above). Initiate by walking your hands forward away from your thighs. This movement can be performed in a number of different planes, whether parallel (as demonstrated here), low-to-high (low anchor with hands finishing together in a high position), or high-to-low (high anchor with hands finishing together in a low position). Grab a handle in each hand, and step forward so there is some tension in each arm. This is a more advanced version of the traditional Push-Up, and is a suggested variation to continue to develop pressing strength when a traditional push-up with your bodyweight alone is insufficient stimulus. Grab the band (or rope) with a double overhand grip. Begin by descending into a short dip, then explosively drive back up and jump on top of the box. Start in a quadruped position and curl toes under to press into feet and hands at the same time to raise the knees. Can also be performed holding a one kettlebell in each hand, or a pair of DBs instead. Complete for the prescribed reps, then repeat on the other side before taking any rest. Reverse the movement by raising the torso and punching the kettlebell back up to the ceiling. Perform for the prescribed repetitions, then repeat on the other side. Press yourself the the end of the range of motion, pause for one second and return to the start position. While keeping your knees fairly straight, raise one leg towards the ceiling with control, and bring back down. With a barbell fixed in a low position in a squat rack, hang underneath the bar with your feet on the floor and your hands spaced bench press-width apart. Start by performing rows using this wider grip for the prescribed repetitions. The more that the front of your hips is pointed to the floor, the more this movement will require contraction at the glutes. Lay on your side with your feet under a bench or elevated surface. From there, squat back up until you are fully upright. Setup facing an adjustable bench set to a high incline position (45-85 degrees of angle). Alternating Side Lunge; Pistol squat; Single Leg Press; any other unilateral lower body movement. Set up at a cable machine with the pullet in a low position, using a straight or EZ-bar attachment. Skullcrushers; OH Tricep Extension; Dips; Any other tricep exercises. Laying on your back, keep your arms down at your sides and extend your legs. Unlike a traditional Copenhagen Plank where your foot/ankle is the point of contact on top of the bench, a Modified Copenhagen Plank is scaled easier by instead anchoring at the knee (bent 90-degrees), and placing your shin along the bench shortening the lever arm created by your body. Descend back to the start position and repeat. Perform the prescribed reps. Now youve completed one set on one side repeat all three positions with the other arm for each set as well. Hold the band in one hand, and step away from the anchor until there is some tension in the band when your arm is straight out to your side with a slight bend in your eblow. Refer to our Video Library and written resources for more information on this more technical lift. Set up in a pushup position with hands and balls of your feet on the ground, with a light DB, KB, or other small object (e.g. We are focused on communicating to women that being in the gym doesnt always mean they want or need to be less. Once youve completed one round of each exercises, you can then rest (or move onto the next exercise). Keep the upper arms stationary, and curl the bar forward and up while contracting the biceps. Pancake Tacos w/ Grilled Peaches and Bacon By JamaRR Royster (@pancakegawd) Estimated Serving Size & Nutrition, Copyright 2018 STRONG STRONG FRIENDS. Unless a specific time is prescribed, hold this position for 1-2 seconds, maintaining a straight line from shoulder to hip to to knee to ankle, before lowering back to the start position with control. Complete either a strict pull-up, or jump up to hang with biceps flexed, and chin over the bar. Bring both feet, bending the knee and hip. Lower into your start position by reaching down with your arms straight down, hinging at the hip, and bending slightly at the knee. Reach one foot back and perform a lunge. Option to scale down to an easier variation of this movement (novice) would be keeping your arms on the floor during the repetition, or keeping your hands on the floor while only lifting one leg at a time. This variation can add a greater hamstring and posterior stretch, as well as better reinforce hingeing mechanics as you start in a biased position that naturally encourages you to push your hips back during the repetition. Banded or Cable OH Tricep Extension; Cable push downs; Skullcrushers; any other tricep-specific exercise. Shift the weight onto the forearm and transition to your hand. The misinformation is unfortunate because lifting has tremendous benefits when it comes to health, weight loss, and shaping the body. DB Stiff-Leg Deadlift, BB Stiff-Leg Deadlift, Hamstring Curls. Since your average daily training session is just thataveragewe find that basing your training off of a peaked, ideal-condition scenario (like a 1RM) is not as flexible as working off a Training Max. Romanian Deadlift (BB or DB), Stiff-legged deadlift, Good Mornings, Reverse Hyperextensions, Glute Ham Raise. Perform with both arms at the same time, unless specified as Alternating (demonstrated here). Lift the band straight up toward your shoulder, leading with the elbows and keeping the band close to the body. Place your bottom elbow and forearm directly under your shoulder and, lift your hips off the ground by driving your top leg down into the bench you should feel the adductor and groin muscles of your top leg working hard. Control your pace and do your best to keep your hips and shoulders square, stacked, and balanced despite the resistance in one hand. Supinated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home version); DB Row; Seated Banded Row; Pull Up; Chin Up; Banded Lat Pullover; Half Kneeling or Quadruped Banded Lat Pulldown, Supinated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home Version). Set up with your feet hip width apart and toes pointed forward. In pushup position with forearms on the ground, maintain neutral spine by tucking the ribs and squeezing the glutes and abdominals. Inverted Rows (Regular Grip); Pronated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home version); Supinated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home version); DB Row; Cable Row; Chest Supported Row; Machine Row; Pull Up; Chin Up; Lat Pull Down, Pronated Grip Inverted Rows (At-Home Version). Warm up using an easier scaled version of your working sets. Sometimes stress and fatigue can be super high, so using an explicit percentage may be over-exerting relative to your capacity on that day. Tuck the ribs and the hips, ensuring you do not hyperextend the spine. Underhand Band Pullaparts;Face Pulls; Rear Delt Flyes; Prone I-T-Y-W; Prone Incline I-T-Y-W; any upper back/shoulder health/external rotation movements, 1. On cable pulldown machine, choose a neutral (parallel) grip handle, and hold with both hands. Seated Banded Row, Bentover Row, Pendlay Row, DB Row, Inverted row. Lie on floor with feet flat on the ground. Stand a few feet away from the anchor, facing sideways, orienting yourself 90-degrees from the resistance. Perform for the prescribed repetitions, then switch sides and repeat. Can also be performed at home by substituting a KB/DB for a water bottle or small backpack weighted with books or other objects. Complete for the prescribed repetitions. That is one repetition repeat for the prescribed reps. You can also perform this with your feet on a foam roller. Starting with a straight leg, lift your banded foot up off the ground by 1-3, and begin performing your hamstring curls by actively squeezing your hamstring, resisting the band, and driving your heel back, without moving your upper leg at all. Improving the amount of time you can actively deadhang from the bar, or increasing the number of seconds you can lower your body during a negative pull-up is exactly our goal development of strength in the direction of getting your first pull-up! Slider Mountain Climbers, Slider Pike, Slider Fallouts, Planks; Hanging Leg Raises; L-Sit. Ive finally broken through my plateau and have been putting on weight Weight on the bar, that is! Walkout, and hinge at the hip by pushing your hips back to perform a good morning. ), but could be prescribed for different rep ranges. Engage your abs while pressing your low back into the floor, and hover your feet and hands ~6 inches over the floor. Aim to maintain a neutral posture (keeping your elbow by your sides, and hips & shoulders square facing towards the anchor), with the only movement coming from flexing your bicep. Switch hands with the weight and walk the same distance back. Paused barbell squat variations (low-bar, high-bar, front squat, safety bar squat, etc. Can also be performed with a TRX or Rings. Return to the starting position and repeat. Perform with feet flat on the ground, unless specified otherwise (e.g. Box Jumps; Goblet or other Front loaded (DB, KB, barbell) squat; Belt Squats; Leg Press or Hack Squat; Leg Extensions. Facing a cable machine, set the pulley at or above your shoulder-level and use a rope or split handle attachment. While maintaining a slight elbow angle, pull the band down towards your waist. Can be performed bodyweight, holding a KB (goblet style), holding DBs in each hand, or loaded with a BB (either on your back or in a front-rack position). Place your top leg on top of the bench. With that in mind, we want to think about keeping our entire torso square, with our shoulders in line with our hips. Control the speed and distance the by engaging the core. Maintain your arm and torso position (actively contracting your abdominals), and begin lower one leg down towards the floor. Attach a band to a low anchor point, 6-12 off the ground. Start by performing Close Grip Push-Ups for the prescribed reps/time, then immediately grab a dumbbell and perform Overhead Tricep Extensions for the prescribed reps/time, followed by Bench Dips for the prescribed reps/time. Concentration Curl; Single Arm Preacher Curl; Cable Curl; Alternating DB Curl; Hammer Curl; DB Iso-Hold Curl; Single Arm Banded Curl. Begin performing curls with your banded arm for the prescribed reps, using a pronated (palm facing down) grip. Prioritize movement quality and control on this exercise, rather than weight/resistance. Standing on one leg with knee slightly bent, perform a stiff legged deadlift, extending the free leg behind you for balance. Hinge at the hip with minimal bend at the knee to get in a pulling position. Slowly lift weights out to the side until your arm is parallel with the floor. We recommend a Glute Ham Raise as a great substitute, or any other hamstring curl with a slow eccentric (negative), such as slider hamstring curls. Begin performing curls with your banded arm for the prescribed reps. Repeat for the prescribed time or repetitions. Unrack the barbell, and pull it out until it is over your shoulders. Regular Plank; Hanging Leg Raises; Bear Crawls; Side Plank; L-Sit. Put your weight on the front foot and hinge at the hip and push your hips back. Grab a pair of DBs and begin to perform a normal bicep curl, with your palms facing up. These can also be prescribed isometrically as a Banded Front Raise Hold. 8+8+8 would be 8 reps in bottom half range of motion, 8 top half range of motion, 8 full range of motion). Lift the weight straight up toward the chin, leading with the elbow and keeping the weight close to the body. Heel Elevated Goblet Squat; Band Abducted Goblet Squat; Goblet Squat w Adduction; Front loaded (DB, KB, barbell) squat; Belt Squats; Leg Press or Hack Squat; Leg Extensions. Blackburns; Face Pulls; Prone I-T-Y-W; Rear Delt Flyes; Band Pull-Aparts; Any other upper back, shoulder health, and external rotation exercises. Widen your stance and angle your toes out until you are in a sumo position. Take small steps laterally on one side and complete all reps. Then switch sides. Option to use a rope, or other attachment unless specified. Do your best to not allow any movement other than rotation here your elbow should ideally not move up, down, forward or backwards. Hammer Curls; Neutral Grip Curls; Cable Curls; Machine Curls; Any other bicep variation. Grab the band with one hands and pull back towards the lower abdomen. Prone Incline I-T-Y-W; Prone Incline I-T-Y-W;Blackburns; Face Pulls; Band Pullaparts; Rear Delt Flyes; Any other upper back, shoulder health, and external rotation exercises. Cluster sets allow us to overreach intensity, using a heavier than average weight for a given rep range (you may be able to work up to a 5RM weight and perform 6 total reps via Clusters of 2+2+2). Take a moderately (1-4 per hand) narrower grip than your competition or regular bench press grip. Our goal is to make strength training accessible and approachable for all people. Repeat for the prescribed time or reps. When your elbows reach parallel with your torso, perform a slight pause to avoid any momentum (unless a specific pause or tempo is prescribed) and control the movement back to the starting position. Once your elbow is bent at 90-degrees, externally rotate your shoulder while holding your upper arm in position (making an L-shape with your elbow). If a pause is prescribed, pause at the bottom with your arms overhead, resisting the weight by using your lats to control the load before returning the weight to the start position. Traditional Push-Ups; Single Arm Banded Chest Press; Modified Handstand Push-Ups; Bench Dips; DB Bench Press, Machine Chest Press, Barbell Bench Press variations. Alternate for the prescribed repetitions. Side Plank; Paloff Press Wood Chops; KB Windmills; Turkish Getups; Suitcase Carries. Perform your lunges by taking a step forward with one leg, dropping into a 90-90 lunge position while maintaining your upright torso. Remember, our goal here is progress. Hold a heavy weight (backpack full of books, water bottles, cans, etc.) Bend elbows to descend the torso, hips and chest to lower, coming close to touching the ground. Set up in a pushup position with forearms and balls of your feet on the ground. Hinge at the hips and reach towards the floor with your free hand. Starting with feet together, take a step forward and perform a walking lunge. Descend from the top to the bottom of a push-up position as normal. Prone Banded Hamstring Curls; Hamstring Curl 21s; 2-Up, 1-Down Hamstring Curl; Glute Ham Raise; Romanian Deadlift; Stiff-Leg Deadlift. Lay on your side with your feet under a bench or elevated surface. Starting with feet together, take a step forward and perform a lunge. Hold the band in one hand and turn around and take a step to the side of your free hand. Pause to remove any momentum (or for prescribed duration, if specified), then return to the start position with control, focusing on hingeing at the hips. Set up in a cable rack with a single handle attachment anchored at the high position. Lower the weight back to the ground with control, then repeat for the prescribed repetitions. Lower back to the ground with control, and repeat on the other side, continuing until youve completed the prescribed repetitions. Perform the baseline test only at the start of the challenge (or when you first start programming, if you are just joining us). Raise the hips into a bridge. If youve ever used RPE, you can think of RIR as 10 RPE, so a lift prescribed at RPE 7 is the same as 3 RIR (where 10-7=3). Barbell or DB OHP; Single Arm DB OHP; Banded Front Raises; Banded Lateral Raises; Machine Overhead Press. Barbell should rest behind the delts, and hands and fingers help balance the bar outside of the delts. From this position, walk your hands backwards until you return to your start position. Single Arm Banded Chest Press; Cable Flyes; DB Flyes; Incline DB / Barbell Bench Press; Push-ups; Pec Deck Machine. Since this is a stiff leg deadlift, aim to maintain the angle in your knees and reach depth by pushing your hips back, hinging at the hip and lowering the weight while maintaining a strong, rigid torso position. Start in a plank position and bring one foot at a time as close to the same side hand as possible. Set up with a wide stance (feet externally rotated) and hands inside of your legs, with a DB standing vertically between your feet. Rather than fully contracting and reaching a tall, upright position between steps, perform a partial split squat repetition (this is the pulse), thentake the next steps while maintaining the low, engaged position, as if there were a low ceiling. Focus on keeping your ribs tucked down and continue pressing the low back into the floor. Then with control, return them to their starting position. Can you change the exercise order? single leg extension). Holding a DB above your head in one hand with your arm extended, bend at the elbow to lower the weight with control behind your head. Press yourself the the end of the range of motion, pause for one second and return to the start position. These sets will allow us to use heavier (ascending) weights when we feel good and move well, yet stick with the minimum prescribed percentage on off days, to make sure were making progress and moving forward no matter what. Think about leading the pull with your elbows, tucking your arms back to your torso throughout the repetition. If this setup is impractical or unavailable, we suggest swapping for Machine Shoulder Press, Seated DB OHP, or Seated Cable OHP. With this hand position, we should be aiming to keep your arms roughly 45-degrees from the torso at the bottom. Fold down as far as you comfortably can. Plank; Hanging Leg Raises; Bear Crawls; Side plank; L-sit. Begin in a standing position. Heel Elevated Goblet Squat, as demonstrated above). Lie on your side with legs stacked and knees bent at a 45-degree angle. Walk, jog, skip, bike, row, elliptical If it makes you breathe a little harder, its fair game! Begin the rep by reaching your hips back while allowing your torso to tip forward, focusing on maintaining a strong and rigid trunk as you descend. Hold a weight (kettlebell, dumbbell, etc) with one hand and walk. Heel Elevated Goblet Squat, as demonstrated above). This variation can be scaled harder by extending your legs further, or easier by modifying and reaching your arms out towards your ankles, with bent knees. For a Band Abducted Goblet Squat variation, set up with a glute band just above the knees. Raise the hips into a glute bridge, and perform a hamstring curl by pushing heels out away from the body, then back to the start position, all while maintaining your bridge position as best you can. Laying on your back, raise arms overhead and extend hands and feet, creating a starfish position. Birddog Demo Here, A series of 3 core exercises performed in a row: the Curl-Up, Side-Plank, and Bird-Dog. Sitting on the floor in front of a bench, roll the bar so it is over your hips. Banded Row; Chest-Supported Row; Inverted Row; Single Arm Cable Row, Single Arm Lat Pull Down. Can be performed bodyweight or weighted (typically with DBs or KBs). Set up in a cable rack with a single handle attachment anchored at the low position. Perform squats to depth while keeping an upright torso with bodyweight or with a light kettlebell. Regular DB Curls; DB or Cable/Rope Hammer Curls; Single Arm Cable Curl; Barbell Curls; Concentration Curls; EZ Bar Curls. It can take months and/or years of dedicated training for many lifters to get their first pull-up. This exercise can be scaled easier by substituting the barbell for another weight implement (DBs or KBs), or performed bodyweight. 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