Prep Routine – Core Strength

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Equipment required: jump rope, easy resistance band, stopwatch

Duration: 30 minutes. Perform this set of exercises with minimal rest between exercises.

Perform each exercise until you are feeling a medium level of muscular stress. Do not push yourself to failure.

Equipment: Light resistance band; yoga mat, chair or bench; jump rope

1 minute jump rope warm-up
waist circles, both directions
Alternate standing back arch and front bend/toe touch
Alternating side twists
Cobra/child’s pose flow
1 set front plank
1 set side plank, each side
1 set back plank
1 set situps
1 set low boat hold
1 set banded standing trunk rotations, each side
1 set of kneeling trunk rotations, each side
1 set of leg lifts
1 set of glute bridges
1 set of supermans
1 set of bird dog crunches
1 set of extended front band holds, each side
1 set of russian twists
1 set of kneeling banded wood tossers, each side
1 set Dead Bug
1 set Tabletop press
Body roll on back
Cobra to child’s pose stretch
1 minute jump rope