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Jan 14
I got an email from Mary.
She loved a workout I had on the blog, but it required that she get up and down from the floor; Mary couldn’t get up and down off the floor. She was discouraged and asked me for help.
Well, some of the workouts I post are a little too aggressive. Some of you may be very intimidated by the workouts I have on the blog.
If this is you, I have good news.
I was lucky enough to be included in the videos for a program called Functional Fitness.
If you are:
- new to fitness or at all intimidated by fitness
- recovering from an injury
- 50+ and need a ‘gentle’ approach
- looking for ‘follow along’ videos
- need ‘coaching’ along the way
This is an at home fitness solution for you.
Here I discuss the program with the creators, Dr. Cody Sipes and Dr. Dan Ritchie:
Here’s a sample workout:
Level 2 Workout #1
Equipment: Tubing anchored chest level, dumbbells
Time: 17 min
- Split Squat–12 reps each leg
- Sleeping Dog front and back–3 reps each leg
- Two arm standing dumbbell lateral raises–12 reps
(repeat)
- Standing alternating tubing rows–12 reps each arm
- Sleeping Dog side to side–5 reps
- Standing alternating chest press–12 reps each arm
(repeat)
- Standing alternating lat pull down–12 reps each arm
- Heel Toe Rocks–30 seconds
- Side Step Ups–12 reps each leg
(repeat)
- Bridge with arms together–3 reps (5 sec hold)
- Bird Dog with limb movement to side–2 reps each limb
(repeat)
This is a fantastic program to get you moving safely. If you need a place to get started with your return to fitness, this is the one.
My passion is teaching people how to work fitness into their daily lifestyle in order to improve their quality of life. Let’s work together to help you reach your fitness goals!
[…] It’s really an amazing progressive program that takes you safely from a sedentary lifestyle to an advanced exerciser in short 20 minute sessions. I did the videos on the advanced workouts and they had me sweating. You can do one of the workouts from Functional Fitness in this post. […]