Extend your arms by contracting your triceps, until you lockout overhead. Set up a long resistance band anchored to a low position. Romanian Deadlifts, Good Mornings, Reverse Hypers. Level 1 and Level 2:take 50% of your baseline test (negative pull-ups) and complete 4 sets of that time. Set up by wrapping a band around an upright pillar or column, then step into each end of the band so that each end is wrapped behind your knees. Think about leading the pull with your elbows, tucking your arms back to your torso throughout the repetition. Bend elbows to descend the torso, hips and chest to lower your chest to the floor, coming close to touching the ground. From there, you have the ability to upload a front, side, and backphoto. I havent been in the best moods lately, but I feel so much better when I come in and get to lift heavy.. If the prescribed time is too long for your current strength, consider modifying by dropping your point of contact from the balls of your feet, to your knees. 3-Position Banded Curl; 3-Position DB Curl; Any Bicep Burnout of 15+ reps to failure; Barbell Curl, Concentration Curl, Cable Curls (V-Bar or EZ Bar attachment), Preacher Curls, Alternating DB Curls, Hammer Curl. However, everything is written intentionally to optimize YOUR progress. Banded Bicep Curls; Banded Isometric Bicep Curls; Banded Hammer Curl; Banded Bicep 1.5-Rep Curl; Banded Bicep Curl 21s; Holding a band with a supinated grip (band pinned under your feet, or attached to a low anchor, palms facing away from you), set up so there is light tension in the band while your arms are straight down by your side. More than just a program, this course will help you dial in your technique, teach you the hows and whys of training, surround you with a community of like-minded individuals, and build the foundation for a lifetime of progress. Single leg glute bridge; Leg Press variations (especially glute focused, such as wide stance or feet further in front of you); Step Up, Lunge, or Split Squat variations, Welcome Video (Stronger by the Day Sample). To perform a DB Lat Pullover, lay on a flat bench, hold a dumbbell with arms extended over eye level and a slight bend in the elbow. Can be performed bodyweight or loaded (goblet with a KB, with DBs in each hand, or with a Barbell on your back or in a front rack position). Your coach will review these during yourcheckin, and may provide further comments or instructions from there. By starting with a more conservative Training Max, you will better set yourself up for long term progress as intensities climb, and ensure that you can still complete the planned work on even the worst of days while pushing for new PRs when things feel great. Find a smooth, safe surface like carpet or tile to perform the exercise. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions. Control the speed and distance the by engaging the core. Copenhagen Plank; Modified Copenhagen Plank; Modified Copenhagen Plank Raises; Cossack Squat; Side Lying Adduction; Hip Adduction Machines; Goblet Squat with Adduction; Hip Thrust with Adduction. Can also be performed with a band. I signed up for Stronger by the Day to test it for one month, and now, almost six months later, Im still a member because I love the programming. Extend the knee and then open the hips in rapid concession. In pushup position with forearms and balls of your feet on the ground, modify your traditional plank setup by internally rotating one forearm until it is almost 90-degrees (so your fist sits below your opposite shoulder), then raise the unused arm off the ground and hold it straight down by your thigh. Repeat for the prescribed time or repetitions, alternating legs each repetition if preferred. Then immediately drop to Position 3, dropping to your knees and finishing your set. Hold the band in one hand, and step away from the anchor until there is some tension in the band when your arm is straight out to your side with a slight bend in your eblow. The more that the front of your hips is pointed to the floor, the more this movement will require contraction at the glutes. wide or close grip push-ups). In the full version, also raise your body back up to the start position by actively contracting your hamstrings. Calf Extensions in Leg Press; Calf Raises in Hack Squat; Seated Calf Raise Machine, Whats with the exercise order? Push DB and fists up to the ceiling, completing the rep when elbows are locked out overhead. With a bit of space in front of you, begin by marching (for warm ups) or running/sprinting (for working sets) in place while driving your heels back to your butt. Finally, step closer to the cable rack until you are almost standing above the pulley, and keep your upper arm directly by your torso perpendicular to the floor (position 3). These are to be performed with both legs together, unless specified otherwise (e.g. Reach one foot back and perform a lunge. Keep your body in a straight line, making sure not to raise or sink the hips. Before I was trying to workout six days a week for multiple hours. Take a moderately (1-4 per hand) narrower grip than your competition or regular bench press grip. Control the speed and distance the bar travels by engaging the core. Banded Bicep Curls; Banded Isometric Bicep Curls; Banded Hammer Curls; Banded Reverse Grip Curls; Banded Bicep Curl 21s; Holding a band with a supinated grip (band pinned under your feet, or attached to a low anchor, palms facing away from you), set up so there is light tension in the band while your arms are straight down by your side. Retract your shoulder blades and raise your thumbs towards the ceiling. To scale, plank on a higher surface like a bench. Press back up to standing by pushing your feet into the floor and your shoulders back into the bar. Then, lie on a bench (or on the floor) in front of and facing away from the band. Stop at parallel and return to the start position. Grip a pull-up bar slightly wider than hip width apart, palms facing away from your face (supinated grip). This variation can be scaled harder by extending your legs further. Starting with your arms extended and your body in a straight line (with an engaged core), pull your chest towards the lip of the table, maintaining the same straight body positioning and then lower back to an extended start position. Lift the implement up and over your head. Paloff Press, DB Windmill, Turkish Getup, Half Turkish Getup, Russian Twist. Keep your hands in front of your body to support and catch yourself as you get closer to the floor. Then, begin rocking forward and backwards, aiming to maintain your position throughout the entire range of motion. Focus on driving your elbows back, squeezing your shoulder blades together during the contraction, and allowing the cable to return to a deep and reaching start position, protracting your shoulders and stretching your lats. Begin in a standing position. Also unlike the Stiff-Leg Deadlift, our goal is constant tension (no resetting on the ground between reps), and a bit more knee flexion as the bar descends past your knees. Sitting on a box or bench with a slight torso angle forward, perform shrugs for the prescribed number of repetitions, pinching your shoulder blades back and together and aiming to reach your shoulders up to your ears. Can be performed alternating each arm (as demonstrated above) or simultaneously, if preferred/not specified. Begin by descending into a short dip, then explosively drive up and jump forward as far as you can. Take small steps laterally on one side and complete all reps. Then switch sides. Grab the attachment with one hand, and raise the weight above your head with your arm bent and hand behind your head. Regular Push-Ups; Bench Dip Mechanical Dropset; 3-Position Tricep Burnouts; Bench Dips; Tricep Pushdowns; DB or Close Grip Bench Press Variants. Slider Mountain Climbers, Slider Pike, Slider Fallouts, Planks; Hanging Leg Raises; L-Sit. Start in a plank position with sliders, paper plate, or towels on each foot. Single Arm Banded Row; Chest Supported Row, Single Arm Lat Pull Down, DB Row. Stand up straight and hold a dumbbell in one arm, with the weight in front of the thighs. Then, return to the start position by driving your hips forward and squeezing your glutes. Plate Front Raise; DB/Cable lateral raise; Overhead Pressing variations; any other shoulder exercises. Spanish Squats; Single Leg Extensions; Goblet Squat; Front loaded (DB, KB, barbell) squat; Belt Squats; Leg Press or Hack Squat. Set up with your shoulders and butt on the bench and feet on the floor as normal, unless specified (e.g. Set up a single handle attachment on the low anchor of a cable pulley machine. Banded Row; Chest-Supported Row; Inverted Row; Single Arm Cable Row, Single Arm Lat Pull Down. With a slight bend in the elbow and your palm facing towards your midline, slowly raise both arms out to the side until your arms are parallel to the floor and your palms are facing down. Perform the prescribed number of reps (or to failure, if prescribed as an AMRAP). Flex your toes up towards your shins and bring your butt off the floor slightly. Banded or DB OH Tricep Extension; Cable push downs; Skullcrushers; any other tricep-specific exercise. Focus on keeping your ribs tucked down and continue pressing the low back into the floor. Without lowering the DBs, switch which arm is holding the isometric contraction and perform the prescribed reps with the other arm. Focus on driving your elbows back, squeezing your shoulder blades together during the contraction, and allowing the cable to return to a deep and reaching start position, protracting your shoulders and stretching your lats. Perform these with your strongest grip width, maintaining head, shoulder, and hip contact with the bench and your feet pressed on the floor unless specified otherwise (e.g. Set up far enough away from the pulley so that there is tension on the cable when your arms are extended. Because of this, our programming isnt like a static routine where you train a specific movement or body part a fixed number of times per week. Band Abducted Goblet Squat). In a standing position, use a cable machine or a band and bring the handle to the torso. With a handle in each hand, step forward so there is some tension in each arm. If youve ever used RPE, you can think of RIR as 10 RPE, so a lift prescribed at RPE 7 is the same as 3 RIR (where 10-7=3). In a bent over position with back parallel to the floor, row the bar from the floor into the lower chest, and return the bar back to the floor. Perform these lying face down flat on the floor or on a bench. Descend into a squat, and as you progress through your range of motion, the band will pull your knees forward. Start with something in front of your torso (e.g. Press yourself the the end of the range of motion, pause for one second and return to the start position. Lift your hips off the ground, and maintain a neutral spine by tucking the ribs and squeezing the glutes and abdominals. Keep ribcage pulled down and avoid overextension of the back. You should feel this primarily in your hip adductors (think inner thigh or groin), and if not, try adjusting your pelvis relative to the floor (rotating your hips down towards the floor more). To find your starting Level, check out our information page at this link here. Complete either a strict pull-up, or jump up to hang with biceps flexed, and chin over the bar. Keep your eyes on the kettlebell. Adjust your stance width (or the amount of excess band between your feet) until you feel tension in the band when holding it with your arm down by your side. Squeeze your butt and drive your feet through the floor, extending until your hips are in line with your torso. Straddle the pulley, and clip the dip belt to the cable. Step up to the top of the box, so that all of your weight is on your elevated foot. Can also be performed on a Belt Squat machine if available, or by attaching weight plates to dip-belt, while straddling two blocks. Think about pushing the feet through the floor while squeezing your glutes and pushing your hips forward, hingeing at the hips. Keep the upper arms stationary, and curl the bar forward and up while contracting the biceps. Keeping your arms at 90-degrees abducted (flared) from your torso, pull the band directly back while keeping the upper arms parallel to the floor. Starting in a kneeling position, bring one leg up into a half-kneeling position, then bring up your second leg until you reach a squat. This is a core strengthening and activation movement, and your focus should be on maintaining flat shoulders and hips throughout the movement (avoid tipping). You should move through standing, to touching your toes, out to plank, up dog, then down dog, into a lunge and back to touching the toes. Set up in a pushup position with forearms and balls of your feet on the ground. Front loaded (DB, KB, barbell) squat; Belt Squats; Leg Press or Hack Squat; Leg Extensions. These can also be prescribed as a Front Raise Hold. Place a short band around both feet. Repeat for the prescribed reps, time, or distance. Sit on the ground with legs extended, feet on sliders, and hands flat on the floor by your hips. Keep ribs down and glutes tucked, being sure not to get into a hyperextended spine position. Lift your hips off the ground, and maintain a neutral spine by tucking the ribs and squeezing the glutes and abdominals. Keep lower leg in contact with the floor. Increase tension by standing on more of the band, and decrease tension by allowing for more slack on the band between your feet and hands. As you reach up and extend your arm to grab the band, there should be some tension on the band before you begin your pull adjust further from or closer to the anchor as needed. Begin your rep by contracting your biceps to perform curls. Lift the bar up straight out of the squat rack, and step back in a few steady, stable steps. Over successive weeks of training, we can build a tolerance and improve our work capacity from a fatigued state, which increases our ceiling for absolute strength down the road. Please, check our our site, and our social channels to learn more. Shift the weight onto the forearm and transition to your hand. Stop at parallel and return to the start position. Hold this position for the prescribed duration, maintaining a straight line from shoulder to hip to to knee to ankle, before lowering back to the start position with control. In a seated position, hang your upper arm vertically (perpendicular to the ground) and rest it against your inner thigh. Your competition (or strongest) style bench press. In a split squat position with front foot supported on an elevated surface (aim for 2-6) and with weight loaded (barbell on back, goblet position in front, or one dumbbell in each hand), sink into lunge position on front leg and press into the foot to stand back up. Pause in a stable position when you land, then stand up fully to ensure you are stable. If performing these single arm (whether DB or Banded), perform the prescribed reps per side instead of total. Complete for the prescribed reps, then repeat on the other side before taking any rest. In a lunge position with back leg supported on a bench or box and with weight loaded (barbell on back, goblet in front, or one dumbbell in each hand), sink into lunge position, and squeeze your glutes and quadriceps on your front leg to stand back up. Once your elbows are bent at 90-degrees, externally rotate your shoulders while holding your upper arms in position (making an L-shape with your elbows). Setup facing an adjustable bench set to a high incline position (45-85 degrees of angle). Perform the prescribed number of repetitions, then switch sides and repeat. Then, without rest, turn over and perform Prone Incline DB Curls for the prescribed reps (Position 2). Single Arm Front Curl; Single Arm Banded Away Curl; Single Arm Banded Curl; Single Arm Banded Reverse Grip Curl; Single Arm Banded Hammer Curl; Single Arm Preacher Curl; Single Arm Cable Curl; Alternating DB Curl; Hammer Curl; DB Iso-Hold Curl. Control your slow negative and keep your back flat. Banded Bentover Row, Pendlay Row, DB Row, Inverted row, Chest Supported Row. Aim to maintain a neutral posture (keeping your elbow by your sides, and hips & shoulders square facing towards the anchor), with the only movement coming from flexing your bicep. Tighten the upper back, brace the core, then pull the Bar from the ground up to the hips. Hold the position for the total prescribed time (e.g. Our strong strong friend, JamaRR Royster (aka @pancakegawd), has you covered with this absolutely delicious, easy and protein-packed recipe. Then with control, return them to their starting position. Place your top foot on top of the bench. With a dumbbell in each hand and a slight bend in the elbow, lift one arm out to the side and slightly in front (elbows coming 10-30 degrees in front of your torso) until it is parallel to the floor, and hold this position (an isometric contraction) while performing the prescribed repetition with your other arm. The best part of Stronger by the Day is that I feel like I have a coach who knows whats needed to make me stronger, even though we dont have one-on-one contact. Stand up straight, with a long resistance band looped around your feet and holding the loose end with both hands. Do not completely lockout knees, but take note to keep legs more straight. Squeeze your butt and drive your foot through the floor, extending until your hips are in line with your torso. Can be performed with both arms or single arm, as demonstrated above. Lift your opposite foot slightly off the ground, and with a relatively straight knee, kick your leg up in front of you. Step away from the anchor until there is some tension in the band when your arm is out to your side and your elbow is bent 90-degrees. Youll notice that you need core and trunk control to keep the bar steady and to stay in position. Take a moderately (1-4 per hand) narrower grip than your competition or regular bench press grip. We recommend taking yourphotosfirst thinginthe morning after youve used the bathroom (but before any food or drink). Any other cardiovascular movement that helps you raise your heart rate,increase blood flow, and provide a dynamic stretch. Extend one leg fully, and with the other, press into the foot to raise the hips. Banded Bicep Curl; Banded Hammer Curl; Banded Reverse Grip Curl; Banded Bicep 1.5-Rep Curl; Banded Bicep Curl 21s; Holding a band with a neutral grip (band pinned under your feet, or attached to a low anchor, palms facing together), set up so there is light tension in the band while your arms are straight down by your side. Think about pushing the feet through the floor while keeping the barbell as close to your body as possible. Set up in a staggered stance, with one foots toe in line with the other heel. This is a fairly advanced exercise, and you may find it helps to press yourself up with a push-up to get some momentum going from the beginning. Take position sitting upright on a bench, block, or chair, with a short band wrapped around your knees and your legs together. Grip a pull-up bar slightly wider than hip width apart, palms facing away from your face (supinated grip). Lie on your back with legs extended. 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