CR-19: Phase 3 Interval Training

Arm Opening with Deep Breathing

Description

  • Lie on your side with hands together in front of you
  • You may need a block under your head
  • Move the upper arm up and overhead circling it behind or across you and around to the floor again
  • Keep your eyes on the hand and rotate the spine as you do this
  • As you rotate your arm take in a deep breath, feeling your tummy push out

Crucifix Gluteal Stretch with breath control

Description

  • Place one ankle over the other knee in crook lying
  • Place arms out in a crucifix, and inhale deeply holding the breath for up to 3 seconds
  • Reach one palm across the body to the other and exhale as you do this
  • Allow the torso to twist off the floor
  • Return to the middle and reach in the opposite direction
  • Repeat both movements while stretching the other hip
  • Sets: 2
  • Reps: 2
  • Hold: 3 breaths

Abdominal Preparation

Description

  • Lie on your back with the knees bent and hands behind the head
  • Inhale and lengthen the spine
  • Exhale and draw the torso towards the pelvis so your head and shoulders raise off the floor
  • Reach the arms off the floor and towards the feet at the same time
  • Reps: to fatigue

Bridge With Arms Diagonally In Front

Description

  • Raise the arms to your side in crook lying
  • Lift your arms up diagonally then raise the hips off the floor
  • Lower the hips to the floor
  • Reps: To fatigue

Childs Pose

Description

  • Rest on hands & knees, take a deep breath
  • Push the hips back towards the feet and exhale
  • Raise the hips up to the start position
  • Sets: 2
  • Reps: 2
  • Hold: 3 breaths

Spinal Mobility For Rotation In 4 Point Kneeling

Description

  • Place the palms on the floor in kneeling
  • Reach one hand under the body and past the opposite knee
  • Return the hand to the shoulder and rotate the body in the other direction so you can reach the hand up
  • As you do this inhale deeply
  • Repeat the movement with your opposite hand
  • If you want to make this harder, increase the distance between your knees and your hands
  • Sets: 2
  • Reps: 3
  • Hold: 3 breaths

Superman in 4 Point Kneeling

Description

  • Adopt the 4 point kneeling position
  • Press one arm and the opposite leg out straight keeping your body as still as you can and hold
  • Lower down and repeat on the other side

Box Squat

Description

  • Sit on a box holding a dumbbell in each hand
  • Stand up straight off the box then lower ​the hips back to sit on the chair
  • Reps: 10

Figure 4 Running

Description

  • Stand up straight then move one leg in a circular motion as though running
  • Circle the heel as high as possible up to the hip then brush the forefoot on the floor under you
  • Swing the arms to aid this movement as though running
  • Keep your pelvis level through this motion
  • Continue until you feel muscular fatigue on the stance leg

Overhead Reverse Lunge

Description

  • Raise your arms into a Y shape
  • Step back keeping most weight supported by the front leg and lower the rear knee towards the floor
  • Keep your front knee and foot in alignment
  • Drive the hips forward and step forward into standing
  • Continue until you feel muscular fatigue

Jogging With Arms Across Chest

Description

  • Start jogging on the spot lift knees as high as you feel comfortable
  • Keeping your arms across your chest
  • Concentrate on keeping your hips level and your knees pointing forward
  • This should make you slightly breathless but do not allow your perceived exertion to go above 11 (See RPE scale)

Lunge with Rotation

Description

  • Step forward with arms across the chest
  • Hover the back knee to the floor into a lunge position
  • Rotate the torso to the side of the front leg
  • Return the torso to straight and drive the hips forward into standing
  • Sets: 2
  • Reps: 12

Jogging With High Knees

Description

  • Jog on the spot
  • drive each knee up to hip height as you run
  • Swing your arms as you would when running
  • You will feel slightly breathless, but your exertion should not go above 11 (see RPE scale)
  • Sets: 2
  • Time: 30 Seconds

Walking With Knee And Arm Raise

Description

  • Walk forward
  • Exaggerating the knee lift to hip height and lift the standing heel off the floor
  • Exaggerate the arm swing above your head
  • Reps: 30 Seconds

Short duration cardio

Description

  • Following warm up, choose your aerobic exercise
  • Here the example is running
  • Perform your chosen exercise for up to 5 min duration (not exceeding a RPE of 14)
  • Walk or perform a light recovery activity until your heart rate and breathing is normal
  • Repeat aerobic challenge up to 5 min
  • Recover and repeat On day one try 3 x 5 min aerobic challenges
  • If you recover well, add 5 min each day up to 30 min of aerobic exercise
  • Progress to Phase 4 when you have completed 7 days

Isometric Quad Stretch

Description

  • Lie on your side and pull one foot behind you with a hand
  • Hold the leg still while trying to push the foot forward

Hamstring Stretch

Description

  • Lie face up with the knee pulled towards the chest
  • Straighten the knee to stretch the hamstring
  • Lower the leg to the floor
  • Time: 2
  • Reps: 30 Seconds

Glute Stretch in Long Sitting

Description

  • Sit down with one leg outstretched
  • Move the opposite foot over the resting leg and place it on the floor
  • Pull the knee across your body using the opposite arm
  • Sets: 2
  • Time: 30 Seconds

Iliopsoas Stretch

Description

  • Place your hands on your hips in a half kneeling position
  • Push your hips forward and keep your back straight by squeezing your glutes
  • Sets: 2
  • Time: 30 Seconds

Piriformis Stretch

Description

  • Rest on your front and raise your knee up towards your chest
  • Move foot across the body in front of your other hip
  • Lower your body toward the floor to feel the stretch in the back of the hip
  • Sets: 2
  • Reps: 30 Seconds
  • Time: 3 second inhalation, 2 seconds out

Calf Stretch Against A Step

Description

  • Place the forefoot of one leg against a step or wall and straighten the knee
  • Move the body forward towards the wall or step to increase the stretch in the calf and foot