7 Day Fitness Plan
New Content and Suggestions for this week December 30- January 5, 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 full weekly online calendar here:
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Monday
TOTAL BODY
12-30-24
"Full Body Pyramid" Video 639 (55 min)
NEW! Releases at 6:00am EST. Pyramid-style workout using time under tension to perform continuous muscle contractions to muscle fatigue.
To add an extra 15 minutes, try Video 351 "Full Body Pain Relief" for a short, bodyweight routine to bring relief to pain and fatigue using a chair and a wall for support.
Tuesday
ARMS, SHOUDLERS
12-31-24
"FIS Biceps, Triceps, & Shoulders" (60 mins.) Video 281
Alternating shoulder, biceps, and triceps exercises using a TheraBand, dumbbells for resistance.
If you want an alternative 15 minutes, try Video 445 "Neck and Shoulder Mobility" for a therapeutic shoulder and neck range of motion training using dumbbells and a yoga belt.
Wednesday
LOWER BODY
1-01-25
"Knee-Friendly Leg Workout" Video 554 (30 min)
Minimize repetitive knee bending and mechanical stress in this lower body strength training workout.
If you want another 30 minutes, try Video 266 "FIS Legs" for an FIS Focused Leg Workout using dumbbells and Yoga Blocks to strengthen hip, knee, and foot muscles.
Thursday
CHEST, BACK
1-02-25
"Back and Shoulder Supersets" Video 256 (45 minutes)
Resistance training exercises for agonist muscles of the back and shoulders with weights and bands.
If you want another 15 minutes, try Video 365 "Chest and Back Express" with four chest and back superset resistance training exercises using dumbbells and TheraBand.
Friday
CORE
1-03-25
Recorded "Bodyweight Ball Workout "(60 min)
Full body resistance training workout using the stability ball to increase spinal stabiization.
If you want an alternative 15 minutes, try Video 347 "Isometric Core Ball Boost II" with isometric exercises with the ball for strength & responsiveness of muscles that flex the spine.
Saturday
GLUTES, HAMSTRINGS, CALVES
1-04-25
"Lower Body Pyramid" Video 637 (50 minutes)
Lower body resistance training using timed endurance to challenge muscles in a pyramid structure.
If you want an extra 10 minutes, try "Building Glutes: Micro Workout" Video 573 for a quick, targeted bodyweight resistance training for the gluteal, low back, and hamstring muscles.
Sunday
REST DAY
1-05-25
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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 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 639 | Full Body Pyramid (55 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This full-body workout uses timed endurance to challenge your muscles with a pyramid structure, increasing and decreasing time under tension to push you toward fatigue and results. Pyramid workouts are some of the most popular training methods, and this workout is done by varying the amount of t...
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Video 351 | Full Body Pain Relief (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
There are times when we wake up feeling achy all over, especially after recovering from an illness, traveling, time change issues, or having pushed your body too hard the day before. This short bodyweight video takes you from head to foot using some isometrics and gentle movement to improve neur...
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Video 281 | FIS Biceps, Triceps, & Shoulders (60 min workout) with Lauren Eirk
Simply speaking, tricep muscles are used to push objects away from us and bicep muscles pull objects towards us. Shoulder muscles are used in manny exercises to move the arm and stabilize the shoulder. Many of the bicep and tricep exercises around these muscle groups are opposite in nature, as ...
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Video 445 | Neck and Shoulder Mobility (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Neck and shoulder pain is very common for many individuals, especially when we are under stress. To relieve tension, stretching, massage, and traction techniques are often prescribed. However, any modality that we use to increase range of motion can also potentially weaken muscles if the stretc...
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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...
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Video 266 | FIS Legs (30 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk
This FIS Focus Video is targeted to the legs. We begin with a rhythmic warm-up to address range of motion and energy levels. Next, enjoy some complex lower body exercises using dumbbells. The Yoga blocks will change a lot of the mechanics of these exercises to alter joint forces and muscle inv...
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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...
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Video 365 | Chest and Back Express (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This express workout packs a punch in 15 minutes. We start with a warm-up, followed by four exercise combinations designed to complimentary in nature. You will be using dumbbells and a TheraBand to be able to create adequate resistance profiles in each with very little rest in between each exer...
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Live Event | Bodyweight Ball Workout (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This flowing routine uses a stability ball as a resistance platform for muscle growth. The ball can act as an amazing tool to help support the joints, add resistance, and cause us to have to react to the moving surface. It is considered to be an unstable surface, but it can also make exercise ...
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Video 347 | Isometric Core Ball Boost II (15 minute routine) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you strengthen core muscles and help give you improved spinal stability using a series of flexion-based isometric exercises. These are the muscles that bend the spine. This includes your "six-pack"!
There is no better tool ...
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Video 637 | Lower Body Pyramid (50 mins) with Lauren Eirk
This lower-body workout uses timed endurance to challenge your muscles with a pyramid structure, increasing and decreasing time under tension to push you toward fatigue and results. Pyramid workouts are some of the most popular training methods, and this workout is done by varying the amount of ...
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Video 573 | Building Glutes: Micro Workout (10 mins) with Lauren Eirk
If you are short on time, this micro workout is designed to give you some targeted resistance training for a very important area: The Gluteal muscles. In this workout, we will practice variations on the glute bridge to target the lower back, hamstrings, and glutes. You will feel stronger, talle...