7 Day Fitness Plan
New Content and Suggestions for this week November 18-24 2024
*This Weekly plan provides an optional 60 minutes of balanced resistance training each day.
(Choose one or both selections for each day)
See the full weekly online calendar here:
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Monday
LOWER BODY
11-18-24
"Build Day 07" Video 627 (30 min)
NEW! Releases at 6:00am EST. Day one of the Build program features a lower body workout featuring calisthenics, dumbbell, and thigh band exercises for the hips and glutes
To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 344 "Day Three Glute Challenge" with dumbbells to develop strength and hypertrophy of the glutes.
Tuesday
CORE
11-19-24
"Core and Pelvic Floor" (30 mins.) Video 323
Coordinate movement with breath to strengthen pelvic floor muscles and improve core strength.
If you want an extra 30 minutes, try Video 393 "Core Respiratory Training" to practice several breathing exercises and strengthen respiratory muscles using dumbbells and a band.
Wednesday
UPPER BODY
11-20-24
"Build Day 08" Video 628 (30 min)
NEW! Releases at 6:00am EST. This workout focuses on the chest, shoulders, and baack with calisthenics, elastic bands, and dumbbell exercises with a chair for support.
If you want another 30 minutes, try Video 158 "Dumbbell Arms and Shoulder Workout" with strength combinations for the shoulder and arm muscles using dumbbells with varying joint positions
Thursday
THIGHS, CALVES
11-21-24
Pre-Recorded "Lower Body Barre Blend" (60 mins.)
Barre workout combining lower body exercises using dumbbells and a mini ball.
If you want a shorter 15 minutes, try Video 589 "Isometric Ankle Boost: Plantar Flexion" for isometrics focusing on the strength and responsiveness of muscles that plantar flex the foot & ankle
Friday
TOTAL BODY
11-22-24
Build Day 09" Video 629 (45 min)
NEW! Releases at 6:00am EST. Strength training with isometrics, calisthenics, and dumbbell exercises combining core, upper body, lower body and core with a sponge ball for support.
If you want another 15 minutes, try Video 441 "Dumbbell Abs Circuit" for the rectus abdominis, obliques, and transverse abdominis using dumbbells.
Saturday
SHOULDERS, BACK
11-23-24
"Yoga Therapy for the Spine" Video 413 (30 mins.)
Yoga practice featuring postures that target spinal rotation, flexion, extension, and sidebend
If you want an extra 30 minutes, try "Elastic Shoulder Therapy" Video 402 where muscles are trained as active movers and stabilizers in these Theraband exercises.
Sunday
REST DAY
11-24-24
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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 7-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 in "Your Weekly Fitness and Wellness Coaching Guide" email, delivered every Sunday night at 6:00pm EST. The 7-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. 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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Video 627 | Build: Day 07 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
As we age, the goal is to maintain our muscles by adding load and improving contractions. In day seven of the Build program, we are focusing on the lower body, particularly with the glutes and the hamstrings. The focus is high rep for maximal hypertrophy. In this workout, We will perform 2 set...
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Video 344 | Day Three Glute Challenge with Lauren Eirk (30 Minutes)
On day three of our 5 day Glute Challenge, we now have a better idea about where our weaknesses are and how to better contract the glutes during exercise. Today we are adding load to our muscles using weighted dumbbells.
This video begins with a brief bodyweight warm-up so that you can observ...
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Video #323 | Core and Pelvic Floor (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to correctly relax and coordinate your pelvic floor muscles. When we strain, it puts pressure on this region. As we age, these muscles can become weak due to childbirth, standing for long periods of time, heavy lifting, straining to defecate, and some spo...
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Video 393 | Core Respiratory Training (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Studies say that most individuals only use 10-15% of their total breating capacity. In this video, we will practice two powerful breathing exercises designed to improve lung capacity, cardiovascular function, and emotional regulation. Next, we move through several targeted exercises to strength...
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Video 628 | Build: Day 08 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
As we age, the goal is to maintain our muscles by adding load and improving contractions. In this eighth video of the Build program, we are focusing again on the upper body, specifically on the chest, back, shoulders, arms and core.
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Video 158 | Dumbbell Arms and Shoulder Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this video, learn several strengthening routines for deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, biceps and triceps for upper body toning. Shoulder and arm combos are designed to be complimentary and effective so that you can move through the routine comfortably. Learn several important training cues to...
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Live Event | Lower Body Barre Blend (60 mins) with Lauren Eirk
Target muscles of the hips, thighs, glutes, and lower legs in this barre fusion workout. In this routine, practice segments of lower body resistance training exercises using dumbbells, standing leg exercises using a support and a mini ball, and a floorwork section to sculpt and tone the hips.
P...
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Video 589 | Isometric Ankle Boost: Plantar Flexion (15 mins) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute isometric workout will help strengthen muscles that plantar flex the ankle joint (talorcrural) and mid-foot joints (subtalar), namely the gastrocnemius, soleus, peroneus longus, peroneus brevis, posterior tibialis and plantaris. These are involved in sup...
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Video 441 | Dumbbell Abs Circuit (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This workout will add some variety and challenge to several abdominal exercises with a dumbbell for added resistance. Using a circuit format, experience a challenging core routine with the addition of a free weight to experience crunches in a whole new way! Exercises will vary from standing to fl...
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Video 413 | Yoga Therapy for the Spine (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
The cornerstone of any Yoga practice is spinal health. The stronger your core, the more freedom you will feel inside your body. In this routine, I will teach some of the most effective postures for spinal mobility and strength. In these poses, you will take an integrated approach, performing m...
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Video 402 | Elastic Shoulder Therapy (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Shoulder injuries and dysfunction are common, due to the fact that shoulders are largerly held together with muscles. I have chosen to use only Therabands for this workout. Elastic bands are great for strength training and often used in rehab settings due to the fact that they do not rely on gr...