Isometric Boost
The isometric exercise routines in this collection are designed to help you keep your muscular system healthy. Isometric resistance training involves a contraction of muscles without any movement in the surrounding joints. Holding these positions under light tension will help build muscle, strength, balance and range of motion. Other isometric exercise benefits include stress reduction, improved mental health, lowering of inflammation, improved joint stability, and injury rehabilitation.
Try these videos as an exercise program on their own, as a warm-up for more vigorous exercise, or for recovery. You will notice less pain and stiffness with regular practice!
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Video 595 | Isometric Ankle Boost: Dorsiflexion (15 mins) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute isometric workout will help strengthen muscles that dorsiflex the ankle joint (talocrural) and mid-foot joints (subtalar), namely the anterior tibialis, peroneus tertius, extensor hallucis longus, and the extensor digitorum longus. These are involved in ...
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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 510 | Hip and Knee Flexion Boost (15 mins) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen the hip and knee flexor muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight and a sponge ball. Weakness in these areas can cause low back and hip tightness, and knee instability. These muscles deal with pron...
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Video 508 | Hip and Knee Extension Boost (15 mins) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen the hip and knee extensor muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight, a thigh band, and a sponge ball. Weakness in these areas can cause low back tightness and knee instability, as these muscles figh...
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Video 498 | Isometric Knee Flexion Boost (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen knee flexor muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight and a sponge ball. Weakness in these areas can cause loss of balance and knee pain, making it more difficult to walk efficiently, operate the fo...
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Video 494 | Isometric Hip Boost: Adduction (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen the inner hip muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight, a sponge ball, and a thigh band to create the isometric exercises. Weakness in these areas can cause pelvic instability, making you more susc...
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Video 492 | Isometric Hip Boost: Abduction (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen the outer hip muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight, a sponge ball, and a Yoga block to create the isometric exercises. Weakness in these areas can cause tightness in the trunk and spine, making...
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Video 481 | Isometric Boost Shoulder Internal Rotation (15 min) with Lauren EIrk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that internally rotate the shoulder to keep the rotator cuff healthier and help with upward rotation using a Theraband and mini ball.
The isometrics in this routine will help you move the arm out to the si...
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Video 471 | Isometric Hip Boost: Rotation (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This isometric routine is designed to target rotation of the hips
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight routine will help you strengthen muscles that cross the hip to perform internal and external rotation, such as the gluteals, piriformis, superior and inferior gemelli, obturato...
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Video 455 | Isometric Hand and Fingers Boost (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, or suffering from common syndromes like carpal tunnel or trigger finger, this 30-minute therapeutic sequence will help. The exercises demonstrated in this video are designed to strengthen the muscles that flex, extend, abduct, and adduct the individual fingers of the ...
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Video 426 | Isometric Ankle Boost (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that move and stabilize the ankle joint (talorcrural) in dorsiflexion and plantar flexion. No equipment is needed for this workout except for a chair in a few of the standing exercises.
Weakness in these...
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Video 420 | Isometric Hip Boost: External Rotation (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight routine will help you strengthen muscles that cross the hip to perform external rotation, such as the gluteals, piriformis, superior and inferior gemelli, obturators, and abductors to name a few.
These are also muscles that commonly extend t...
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Video 379 | Isometric Neck and Shoulder Extension Boost (15 mins.) Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that extend the shoulder and help you maintain an overall upright posture using a mini ball.
We start with retraction and extension of the shoulder, which will make it easier to keep good posture. We then...
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Video 369 | Isometric Shoulder Abduction Boost (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute isometric workout will help strengthen muscles that abduct the shoulder in order to move the arm out to the side. These include the deltoids and associated rotator cuff muscles. Dumbbells will be used to push into as well as for resistance.
Weakness in...
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Video 359 | Isometric Hip Internal Rotation Boost (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight routine will help you strengthen muscles that cross the hip to perform internal rotation, such as the iliopsoas group, rectus femoris, and adductors to name a few. These are also muscles that commonly flex the hip and help with lower back pain...
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Video 353 | Isometric Hip & Core Boost Lateral Flexion (15 Min) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute isometric routine will help you strengthen core muscles and help give you improved spinal stability in sidelying bodyweight exercises for the hip and spinal joints. In the spine, this is lateral flexion. In the hips, this is abduction. No equipment nee...
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Video 349 | Isometric Foot Boost (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that move and stabilize the many joints of the foot and toes. Much of this video is done from a chair using bodyweight only.
Weakness in these areas can affect our overall gait and have a great influence...
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Video 336 | Isometric Lower Body Pronation Boost (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Isometrics can be used to activate weak muscles, reduce inflammation, and quickly improve range of motion. In this video, jump start muscles in the lower leg, knee, and hip that are designed to pronate, or give into gravity and improve overall gait. Experience exercises that cross the front of ...
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Video 334 | Isometric Boost: Elbow Muscles (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that flex and extend the elbow. These include the biceps and triceps muscles. A Yoga block and small ball will be used to create these isometric positions. There are seated and supine positions done in th...
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Video 332 | Isometric Shoulder Boost: Retraction (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that retract (move the shoulder blades together) the shoulder blades and help keep an upright posture. These include the rhomboids, middle trapezius, and other associated shoulder muscles. A Yoga strap an...
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Video 324 | Isometric Lower Body Supination Boost (15 mins.) with Lauren Eirk
Isometrics can be used to activate weak muscles, reduce inflammation, and quickly improve range of motion. In this video, jump start muscles in the lower leg, knee, and hip that are designed to fight gravity and improve overall gait. Experience calf, hamstring, and gluteal work to get a quick e...
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Video 320 | Isometric Shoulder Boost: Protraction (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that protract (move the shoulder blades apart) and move the arms across the body. These include the pectorals and associated shoulder muscles
Weakness in these areas can affect our respiration, our should...
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Video 318 | Isometric Knee Boost (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen knee extensor muscles and knee flexor muscles using the resistance coming from friction and a sponge ball. Weakness in these areas can cause loss of balance and knee pain, making it more difficult to walk eff...
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Video 316 | Isometric Sidebend Boost (15 minute routine) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight routine will help you strengthen core muscles and help give you improved spinal stability using a series of sidebend isometric exercises for the hip and spinal joints. In the spine, this is lateral flexion. In the hips, this is abduction and ...