7 Day Fitness Plan
New Content and Suggestions for November 24-30, 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
HAMSTRINGS, GLUTES, CORE
11-24-25
New! (@6:00am EST) Video 722 “Balance Reset” (30 minutes)
Learn to improve your muscle reactivity using the FIS 5-Step Process to strengthen your foot, ankle, hips, and core using dumbbells, a thigh band, and a stability ball.
To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 244 "Ball Basic Training" showcasing basic stability ball positions, ways to modify them, and how to transition them.
Tuesday
CORE
11-25-25
Video 552 “Yoga Therapy: Foot and Core” (45 minutes)
Therapeutic practice to strengthen the foot, ankle, & core to reduce pain and improve your balance.
If you want an additional 15 minutes, try Video 483 "Seated Core" for core stabilization and postural strength in this seated core flow for the trunk and spine.
Wednesday
CHEST, TRICEPS, SHOULDERS
11-26-25
Video 493 “Iso-Dynamic Chest and Shoulders” (30 minutes)
Isometric exercises for the chest and shoulders with the stability ball fused with dumbbells.
To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 486 "Arms and Shoulders Builder" for shoulders, biceps, and triceps with dumbbells, elastic bands, and Bodyweight.
Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving!
QUADS, HIPS, ANKLES
11-27-25
Video 377 “Improve Your Balance” (15 minutes)
Bodyweight, standing routine designed to improve muscle responsiveness and motor control.
If you want another 45 minutes, try Video 467 "Ankle Mobility" for therapeutic resistance training for muscles that cross the ankle joint for improved mobility.
Friday
BACK, BICEPS, SHOULDERS
11-28-25
Video 394 “Back Therapy Ball” (15 minutes)
Low back Therapeutic strength routine using the stability ball for greater resisted range of motion.
If you want an additional 45 minutes, try Video 212 "Abs, Back, and Ball" for the back and abdominal regions using the stability ball.
Saturday
BALANCE TRAINING
11-29-25
Video 352 "Mind Body Balance” (30 minutes)
Complementary Yoga and Pilates balance training in one-leg standing with hip and foot routines.
If you want another 30 minutes, try Video 592 "Hard Core Pilates Ball" for creative, challenging fusion of classic Mat Pilates and the stability ball for the trunk and spine.
Sunday
REST DAY
11-30-25
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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 244 | Ball Basic Training (35 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk
This workout gives you a great opportunity to move through various stability ball positions for a good overview of some great features of stability ball training. This workout will teach you how to modify positions to vary your intensity and balance challenges for your desired fitness goals. Th...
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Video 552 | Yoga Therapy: Foot and Core (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Therapeutic practice is designed to strengthen the foot, ankle, & core to reduce falls and resolve pain-related instability which can hamper our ability to participate in many activities that require quick motions, such as pickleball, tennis, and running. These integrated isometric exercises foc...
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Video 483 | Seated Core (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Sometimes we have to sit for longer than we would like, in meetings, during traveling, or in periods of rehabilitation. Not only that, some have a difficult time getting down onto the floor to train the core.
In this express workout, you will only need your bodyweight and a chair to get thro...
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Video 493 | Iso-Dynamic Chest and Shoulders (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this workout, we will perform several isometric exercises for the chest and shoulder in various stability ball positions. Also, we will combine concentric and eccentric contractions using dumbbells.
Start with the stability ball alone as a resistance to press into for purposeful isometrics. ...
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Video 486 | Arms and Shoulders Builder (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
The goal of this workout is hypertrophy/growth of the muscles that move the shoulder and elbow joints. We will accomplish this with a high repetition routine using resistance that allows us to engage or "squeeze" our muscles for better contractions. Work the triceps, shoulders, and biceps muscl...
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Video 377 | Improve Your Balance (15 Minutes) with Lauren EIrk
In our daily life, we may not always be able to predict how the external environment will challenge our body. Our muscles need to be able to contract accordingly to create muscle contractions to maintain joint stability.
In this video, strengthen the foot, ankle, knees, and hips to improve mus...
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Video 467 | Ankle Mobility (45 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
From a seated position, we begin the workout with a range of motion assessment in:
plantarflexion / dorsiflexion
eversion / inversion
abduction / adductionWith direction about where you feel limited, we will practice several ankle mobility exercises that are designed to improve muscular respons...
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Video 394 | Back Therapy Ball (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This 15 minute routine will teach you some of the most important exercises to do for the lower back and surrounding joints. The stability ball is often used in rehab and physical therapy because it gets you off the floor and allows you to safely move through a greater resisted range of motion. ...
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Video 212 | Abs, Back, and Ball (45 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
The stability ball is a versatile tool to better target the core. In this workout, feel how the shape, texture, and size of the ball can accommodate the spine and add more challenge to your muscles. In each exercise, the ball adds instability that must be controlled by your muscular system. Th...
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Video 352 | Mind-Body Balance (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
We stand on one leg in normal walking every day. Improve your standing balance in this Yoga-Pilates Fusion class by training a variety of Pilates inspired hip sequences followed by a complementary Yoga balancing posture. This full-body approach to balance training will help improve your hip, kn...
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Video 592 | Hard Core Pilates Ball (30 mins) with Lauren Eirk
This workout fuses the stability ball and classic Pilates. These two work great together, since they are both designed for the trunk and spine! In this workout, challenge your balance and joint stability while adapting many great Pilates exercises on a curved, supportive surface. You will expe...