It’s the weekend! You’ve been crushing your body all week, and now it’s time for some much-needed rest and recovery. But please, don’t just sit there. Recover! A little movement will go a long way to promote recovery and keep you moving well. While your body might be cranky at first, this 5-10-minute mobilization will have you feeling more energized and less achy.
Here are the movements we’ll be working with:
Do the following routine as a circuit, 1-3 times through:
- Side plank – 20s/side
- Quadruped knee circles – 5 forward and 5 backward, each leg
- Rocking hip flexor mobilization – 10e ach side
- Y-W-Handcuff – x12
- Shoe Squeeze Glute Bridge – x10
- World’s greatest lunge – 5 each side
- Knee distractions – x5
- Thoracic rotations – x5
- Triangle – x5
- Counterbalance squat – x10
That should leave your body warm and feeling better. If you feel a surge of motivation and want to add something more, these three stretches have a huge bang for the buck. Some light foam rolling goes well before these stretches.
- Twisted monkey – 10 breaths per side (modification is couch stretch)
- Pigeon – 10 breaths per side
- GMB shoulder chest stretch- 10 breaths
