Happy Workout Wednesday! This week is legs, and I bring eleven exercises that you can do at home without equipment to build strength, flexibility and balance.
Forward back leg swings, Frankenstein lifts, Jumping lunges, Skandasana switches, Side Lunge Touchdowns, Warrior 3 endurance hold, Ankle Crushers, Ice Skaters, Figure Four Squats, Tiptoe Goddess Pulses and Goddess Squats.
The drills are Supine hip lift, Hollow body side holds, Crunches with legs up, Pulse-ups, Fifer Scissors, Headstand pike leg raises, Headstand L-switches, Rocking Boat, One arm/one leg plank, Tuck on toes lift and Plank with knees to opposite elbows.
Hello and welcome to the first Workout Wednesday! Today’s focus is hands and wrists. Having strong and healthy wrists is important to perform arm balances and handstands. Weak hands can also hold you back in deadlifts.
Spider hands undoes the damage to hands from too much phone time, and is a must to build strength for arm balances on fingertips.
Stretching wrists can be performed in full plank or on your knees. Work in different directions, back and forth, and side to side. Do the stretches with reversed grip. Put palms in the ground. Do push-ups with hands rotated inwards. In addition to these drills, you can also help your wrists and hands further with a digital detox, which gives the joints a break. I do also take 5 milliliter of methylsulfonylmethane or MSM solved in water, daily. I hope you liked these drills, and see you on next Wednesday for core drills.
Going really deep in bound angle pose, frog pose and middle splits is a dream. It’s a long mission for most of us, and you need both flexibility and strength to achieve it safely. Here are 15 drills that improve strength and hip mobility that you can do at home with no equipment.
Hip Rotations
Perform roundhouse kicks in place
Forward Back Leg Swings
Swing leg back and forth, from a position resembling Warrior 3 to Uthita Hasta Pandangustasana C
Side To Side Swings
Swing leg to side and across center line
Opposite Foot To Hand Taps
Tap your opposite hand with your foot
High Knees
Lift knees high and keep a good tempo
Buttkicks
Jog in place and kick your butt with your heels
Jumping Jacks
A well-known drill. Stretch your shoulders with puppy pose if you feel any stiffness or discomfort.
High Kicks
Kick low at side and then high, on or across center line
Mountain Climbers
Great to fire up core
Side Lunge Touchdowns
Start in center of mat, and lunge to the sides and touch ground with your hands
Inch Worms
Start in a standing forward fold, walk with your hands forward, do a push-up and walk with your hands back.
Burpees
A burpee is a push-up followed by a squat jump, with hands to the sky at apex.
Squat Jumps
Squat jumps is great drill to fire up the legs
Ice Skaters
A powerful exercise that targets the whole legs
Ankle Crushers
Keep feet together and squat down. Go all the way down if you can do a full bound angle pose.
Årets digitala detox börjar på lördag 8 februari. Det finns flera sätt att genomföra en digital detox.
Social digital detox
Skippa mobilen, surfplattan och datorn och lev som på det glada 80-talet. Njut av god mat, trevligt folk och goda drinkar.
Atletisk digital detox
Passa på att kombinera en digital detox med hård träning. Varför inte prova på att kombinera stenhårda pass på gymmet med yoga och löpning. Undvik alkohol och annat som påverkar resultaten negativt.
Digital detox med juicerensning.
Byt ut samtliga måltider mot färskpressad juice. 800 ml tre gånger dagligen är att rekommendera. En juicerensning ger ett kaloriunderskott och du kommer troligen inte att orka med ett hårt pass på gymmet. Men kortare yogapass och löprundor brukar funka om man portionerar ut juicen smart.
Full dopaminfasta
Det extrema alternativet. Under en dopaminfasta dricker man bara vatten och undviker allt som stimulerar belöningssystemet nämnvärt.