Calisthenics

Calisthenics

Calisthenics workout use body weight with little or no equipment. Although common calisthenics include pushups, squats, crunches, planks, burpees, pullups, and lunges, this video collection will show many modifications and variations, as seen in Yoga and Pilates programming. These exercises involve movements that use large muscle groups performed at a moderate pace to improve coordination, flexibility, and strength.

Calisthenics originated in Ancient Greece and remains popular today. Most people can perform these exercises, regardless of the level of their athletic ability. Many of them do not require any equipment. They are a great way to build strength and control so that adding load and other challenges to exercises is easier!

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Calisthenics
  • Vide 633 | Posture Fix (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Do you ever catch yourself slouching as you pour over your desk computer or drive in your car? This is an example of what happens when postural muscles are weak and we are not thinking about what we are doing. When you practice training the muscles associated with posture in the trunk and spine...

  • Video 604 | Micro Workout: Abs & Back Calisthenics (11 mins) with Lauren Eirk

    Train the core 360 degrees from all planes of motion using bodyweight only. Our power comes from the core, and we need to visit these muscles on a regular basis! Train the rectus abdominis, obliques, transverse abdominis, spinal erectors, plus scapular and hip muscles for a stronger, more stabl...

  • Video 599 | Total Body Calisthenics (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout consists of 13 of the best bodyweight exercises we have to stay strong. These are called calisthenics. Calisthenics can be done anywhere, at any time, without the need for equipment. This makes them highly accessible for anyone, regardless of fitness level.

    Calisthenics emphasize ...

  • Live event with Lauren Eirk | Full Body Weight Training

    Full body strength training workout that incorporates dumbbells into many common positions. Learn how to effectively position the dumbbells to target muscles of the legs, hips, core, shoulders, and arms. Strength training is the key joint stability, weight management, pain management, cardiovas...

  • Live Event with Lauren Eirk | Bodyweight Full Body Workout

    This workout is one you can do anywhere! It requires no equipment but strives to make you stronger and more mobile. We will move from one exercise to the next using the weight of our body with moving and non-moving exercises to target upper, lower, and core sections of the body. I will incorpo...

  • Video 177 | Pilates for Stronger Hips (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    The original 34 Pilates Mat exercises were designed to strengthen the "Power House", as Joseph Pilates described. The Power House was not only a way to describe the abdominal and back muscles, but muscles that attach to the pelvis, femur, and lower leg. The hip muscles transfer forces directly...

  • Video 176 | Pilates for a Stronger Back (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    The original 34 Pilates Mat exercises were designed to strengthen the "Power House", as Joseph Pilates described. By targeting muscles that attach to the ribs, pelvis, scapulae, and spine, the trunk becomes a strong anchor to create movements that originate from the spine or transfer movement fr...

  • Video 387 | Upper Body & Core Express (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout combines variations of planking, side planking, and trunk extension moves in a choreographed sequence with many modifications and progressions. No equipment is necessary, which allows you to focus on control. You will be amazed by how efficiently the core can be trained in record t...

  • Video 278 | Build a Better Core (45 minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    Work on core stability and strength using the sponge ball in a variety of essential positions to target obliques, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, and intraspinal muscles. Experience floor exercises from sitting, supine, inclined, and prone positions using the mini ball to enhance the exe...

  • Video 230 | FIS Abs (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This FIS Muscle Focus workout targets the abs. Begin with a practice of connecting the breath with the trunk and spine motions and progress into some gentle range of motion exercises. The remainder of the workout includes many isometric, eccentric, and concentric core exercises, asking the trun...

  • Video 155 | Core Challenge with Mini Ball (35 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This blend of Pilates, Yoga, and other creative mini ball exercises will target core for strength. See how the ball can be inserted into this routine to make it fun and effective. Tone and trim your body with this 35 minute flow using a variety of complementary exercises.

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  • Video 261 | Top 20 Bodyweight Exercises (45 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    Sometimes we cannot get to the gym, are away from home, and do not have anything to work with but our body. This is never a reason to skip your exercise! Learning to develop internal resistance in the body using friction, body mass, the wall and the floor, these are some of my favorite bodyweig...

  • Video 225 | Bodyweight Workout (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Sometimes you do not have the ability to use equipment in your workout, or you just need variety. Working with bodyweight only can not only give variety to your fitness plan but it can teach you how to use more muscular effort when we exercise. An exercise is not about watching a weight move, b...

  • Video 329 | Bodyweight Leg Workout (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Train the muscles of the lower body using body mass only. Experience how much resistance you can get from just moving your body and leveraging its mass. A Yoga block will be used in the video to redirect force in several of the exercises, but this is optional.

    This workout is packed full of ...

  • Video 171 | Starting off Strong (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This video will jump start your fitness with detailed instruction in several basic movements. Learn how bodyweight alone can strengthen our joints and stimulate our muscles. This video will prepare you for other video types on the channel as well as get your body moving after time off from exer...

  • Video 233 | FIS Core Bodyweight Workout (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This FIS Muscle Focus workout targets the core. This session is designed to position the body in a variety of ways against gravity to strengthen the core. Using concentric, eccentric, and isometric muscle contractions, this workout will help you feel taller and stronger by strengthening the mu...

  • Video 443 | Bodyweight Glutes (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This Express workout packs in 15 minutes of the best gluteal exercises using bodyweight only for resistance. Many exercises that are thought to target this area, but it takes strategic control and focus to make bring the glutes to center stage.

    Several floor and standing exercises will be tau...

  • Video 479 | 15 Minute Abs (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    When you put in the effort, equipment is often not necessary! In this bodyweight workout, we are highlighting the abdominal region with a variety of "crunching" positions and lever length changes. A variety of plank positions will also be peppered in throughout for some static holds and positio...

  • Live Event | Full Body Calisthenics (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout might sound easy since we are only using bodyweight, but these exercises require mental focus and supreme control. In a superset format, experience abdominal and back exercises to train the upper body, lower body, and core.

    The workout finishes with some isometric yoga holds for ...

  • Live Event | Core Calisthenics (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout might sound easy since we are only using bodyweight, but these exercises require mental focus and supreme control. In a superset format, experience abdominal and back exercises to train the core from the inside out.

    The workout finishes with some isometric yoga holds for muscle e...

  • Live Event | Unilateral Calisthenics (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Calisthenics workout challenging your strength, endurance, balance and coordination through unilateral exercises. For this workout, all you need is your body, a mat, a Yoga Block, and a chair.

    We begin on the mat for some abs and core specific then onto a full variety of upper, lower & full ...

  • Video 562 | Full Body Strong Calisthenics (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This bodyweight routine consists of twenty exercises, each targeting specific areas of the upper, lower, and core regions of the body. Although lifting heavy weights does build muscle, we need to be able to work with the weight of our body first.

    In this workout, explore your unique range of ...

  • Video 565 | Hip Calisthenics (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This bodyweight routine is designed to build muscles in your glutes, hip flexors, inner and outer thighs, hamstrings, and calves. We will begin with a warm up, followed by some squat progressions at the barre / support. We will then be working all areas of the complex hip joint, experimenting ...

  • 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...