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