5 Day Fitness Plan

5 Day Fitness Plan

New Content and Suggestions for October 20-26, 2025

*This Weekly plan provides an optional 60 minutes of balanced resistance training each day.
(Choose one or both selections for each day)

See the Online calendar here:
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Monday

CORE
10-20-25

New! (@6:00am EST) Video 714 “Core Strength Reset” (30 minutes)
Reset your core strength using the 5-Step Isometrics Blueprint (TM) using bodyweight, a sponge ball, and dumbbells to strengthen weak muscles.

To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 488 "Core Strength" with Pilates mat exercises using dumbbells and a magic circle to strengthen trunk and spine muscles.

Tuesday

HAMSTRINGS, GLUTES, CALVES
10-21-25

Video 436 “FIS Glutes and Calves” (30 minutes)
Strength training for gluteal and calf muscle groups using a thigh band, dumbbells and a support.

If you want an additional 30 minutes, try Video 234 "Thigh Band Glute Workout" to strengthen and tone the gluteals using a mini thigh band.

Wednesday

BACK,SHOULDERS
10-22-25

Video 256 “Back and Shoulder Supersets” (45 minutes)
Resistance training exercises for agonist muscles of the back and shoulders with weights and bands.

To add an extra 15 minutes, try Video 695 "Latissimus Dorsi Focus" to target the lats with dumbbells to improve posture, core stability , and pulling strength.

Thursday

QUADS, HIPS
10-23-25

Video 554 “Knee-Friendly Leg Workout ” (30 minutes)
Minimize repetitive knee bending and mechanical stress in this lower body strength training workout.

If you want another 30 minutes, try Video 700 "ISO-Band Day 02" to target hip flexors, quads, and lower abdominals for daily mobility.

Friday

REST/ ACTIVE REST
10-24-25

Saturday

CHEST, ARMS
10-25-25

Video 713 “Mobility Reset: Upper Body” (30 minutes)
Improve upper body mobility using the FIS TV 5-Step progression with TheraBands and dumbbells.

If you want an additional 30 minutes, try Video 338 "FIS Elbow and Wrist" to strengthen muscles that control elbow and wrist joints using dumbbells and a chair.

Sunday

REST DAY
10-26-25

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This Guide will give you direction in which exercise routines to do each week. Even if you are working on specific FIS TV Workouts that were assigned to you by your MAT Specialist, Personal Trainer, Physician, or Health Professional, the 5-Day Fitness plan can still be your guide! The education you get each week is designed to help you stay focused, inspire you, and assist you in reaching your individual health goals.

This collection of videos is comprised of the workouts that have been chosen from the in "Your Weekly Fitness and Wellness Coaching Guide" email, delivered every Sunday night at 6:00pm EST. The 5-Day plan is comprised of content that I choose for you to ensure that you work each body part sufficiently and have a chance to experience strength, flexibility, restoration, and intensity in a balanced fitness routine of five days of exercise and two days rest. I provide selections of 15, 30,45, and 60 minutes of exercise content each day so that you can chose what works for you. Come to this collection to be lead each week with adequate time allowed for rest and recovery.

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5 Day Fitness Plan
  • Video 714 | Core Strength Reset (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    As we age, core strength tends to diminish, often due to repetitive activity, aging discs, sedentary lifestyles, and nutrition. This can often lead to lower back pain and tightness, which is often due to muscle weakness.

    In this workout, we will improve core strength and postural stability u...

  • Video 488 | Core Strength (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    There is a logic to the exercises that belong to the classic Pilates series, which is a bodyweight workout. The addition of small props can add some purposeful resistance to these targeted core exercises.

    In the first segment, experience weighted crunches and roll-ups to help you to focus on ...

  • Video 436 | FIS Glutes and Calves (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout includes a standing warm-up followed by standing glute and calf (gastrocnemius) section with dumbbells designed to strengthen the lower body for improved propulsion and power. We will incorporate a chair in several of the exercises.

    This section is followed by some killer floor w...

  • Video 234 | Thigh Band Glute Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    If you are looking for an effective workout to target the booty, you are in the right place! This workout includes a standing warm-up followed by a core training section designed to strengthen the hips while activating the surrounding muscles of the trunk and spine. This section is followed by ...

  • Video 256 | Back and Shoulder Supersets (45 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This resistance training workout will explore the "superset" or long set of exercises using dumbbells and a TheraBand. Supersets can increase the difficulty of the workout and improve muscle gain since you can get more done in the time you have. Performing exercises with similar muscle groups b...

  • Video 695 | Latissimus Dorsi Focus (15 minutes)

    The latissimus dorsi muscle is a broad, flat muscle that occupies the majority of the lower back. They are massively important for shoulder and spinal stability. Keeping them strong is paramount, and in this video, we will go through several dumbbell exercises that help to strengthen this regio...

  • Video 554 | Knee-Friendly Leg Workout (30 mins) with Lauren Eirk

    This lower body workout is designed to strengthen the muscles of the hips, thighs, glutes, and lower leg without a lot of repetitive knee bending and mechanical stress. Learn how to feel more comfortable in many lower body exercises such as squats and lunges with this knee-friendly approach.

    We...

  • Video 700 | ISO-Band Day 02 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Day of the ISO-Band Program is marked with multi-joint integrated isometric training to target the hips and knees. All of the positions that we will practice in this video center around the sagittal plane in "flexion" and "extension".
    After a short mobility warm-up, we will practice several s...

  • Video 713 | Mobility Reset: Upper Body (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Tightness is often a sign that muscles are weak. In this workout, we will improve mobility of the upper body using the FIS 5-Step Isometrics Blueprint (TM) using bodyweight, a TheraBand, and dumbbells to strengthen weak muscles. A Yoga Block (or pillow) will also be used in some of the exercis...

  • Video 338 | FIS Elbow and Wrist (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This resistance training workout is comprised of a variety of isolated exercise for muscles that flex and extend the elbow, or biceps and triceps, and muscles that move the wrist. See how wrist position affects muscular participation at the shoulder and elbow. These exercises will not only tone...