Phase 1 - 4 Weeks Fitness Challenges
Week 1
Challenge 1-Mountain Climbers
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 40 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Important: Keep your core engaged & your back straight as you bring each knee forward.
Step 1: Start in a high plank position, hands should be straight to the shoulders, core engaged so body forms a straight line from head to heels.
Step 2:Bring right knee towards your hips, then return to plank. Bring left knee towards your hips, then return to plank.
Challenge 2-Plank
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds.
Important:Make sure your hips aren't dropping towards the floor or hiking up towards the ceiling.Don't Lock your elbows.
Step 1: Begin in the plank position, face down with your forearms and toes on the floor.
Step 2: Your elbows are directly under your shoulders and your forearms are facing forward.
Step 3:Your head is relaxed and you should be looking at the floor.
Week 2
Challenge 1-High Knees
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 40 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Important: Raise your knees up to your hips, and your hands should mimic a running motion.
Step 1:Stand tall with your feet about hip-to-shoulder-width apart and your arms at your sides.
Step 2:Looking straight ahead, open your chest, and engage your core muscles.
Step 3:Begin by bringing your right knee toward your chest, slightly above waist level.Quickly lower your right leg and left hand.
Challenge 2-Reverse Plank
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds
Important: Drop your shoulders down & away from your ears as you lift your hips & torso towards the ceiling.
Step 1: Press into your palms and lift your hips and torso toward the ceiling
Step 2:Squeeze your core and pull your belly button back toward your spine
Step 3:Hold the position for 60 Seconds.
Week 3
Challenge 1-High Plank Taps
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 40 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Important: Your body should be in a straight line from your head to your heels.
Step 1:Engage your abs.Jump both feet out wide to each side as if you were doing a horizontal jumping jack.
Step 2:Stay in plank position as you quickly jump your feet back together.
Challenge 2-Wall Sit
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds
Step 1: Stand with your back flat against a wall.Walk your feet out about 2 feet in front of you, feet spread about 6 inches apart.
Step 2:Slide your back down the wall, bending your knees until they are bent at about a 90 degree angle.
Step 3:Hold this seated position for 60 seconds, contracting your abdominal muscles.
Week 4
Challenge 1-Front & Back Hops
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 40 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Step 1: Stand with your feet hip-width, knees slightly bent, and arms bent in an athletic position.
Step 2: Hop forward a few inches off the ground & Hop backward to the starting position.
Challenge 2-Sumo Squat Hold
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds
Step 1: Keep your both the hands on your Hips.
Step 2:On an inhale, sit back into hips and bend knees to lower until thighs are parallel or almost parallel with floor, keeping chest up and preventing back from rounding.
Step 3: Hold for 60 seconds.
Week 5
Challenge 1-Shoulder Mobility
How to do this Challenge:
Important: Hold the Stick/towel apart from your shoulder width wide.
Step 1: Take one stick/towel.
Step 2:Hold the Stick/towel apart from your shoulder width wide.
Step 3: Try to reach your back and come back to starting position.
Challenge 2-Squat Hold
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds
Step 1: Keep your Legs shoulder width wide.
Step 2: Push your hip back and sit upto your knee level. Note- Your knees should be within your toes.
Step 3:Hold for 60 seconds.
Week 6
Challenge 1-Hip Mobility
How to do this Challenge:
Important: Make sure you don't raise your feet while touching the ground.
Step 1: Keep your legs wider and turn your feet.
Step 2: Sit like a sumo squat position and keep your elbows down.
Step 3: Hold it for 20-30 Seconds.
Challenge 2-Glute Bridge Hold
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds
Step 1: Lie on your back with your knee bent and foot flat or with your heels on the floor.
Step 2: Tighten your buttock muscles and lift your hips towards the ceiling until you have a straight line from your shoulders to your knees.
Step 3:Hold for 60 seconds.
Week 7
Challenge 1-Tree Pose
How to do this Challenge: (Close your eyes)
Important: Bend one leg at the knee level.
Step 1: Get into position. Tree pose often starts from Mountain pose(or Tadasana), with both feet planted firmly on the ground and your weight adequately distributed so that you are balanced.
Step 2: Bend one leg at the knee. Choose the leg you are going to fold in first. If your left leg is your standing leg, keep your left foot planted on the ground, and slowly bend in your right leg at the right knee so that the sole of your right foot rests against your left inner thigh (known as the half-lotus position in Bikram yoga). Point the knee of your bent leg outward, away from your body. (Close your eyes)
Step 3:Raise your arms above your head.In this form, your head, shoulders, pelvis, and left foot should align vertically.
Challenge 2-Boat Hold
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds
Step 1: To start off with the boat hold exercise, make sure that both your legs are coming up and try to keep them straight while lying on a mat.
Step 2: Lean slightly back and lead with your chest, with your arms being kept slightly off the ground.
Step 3:Hold for 60 seconds.
Week 8
Challenge 1-Cross leg Sit-up
How to do this Challenge:
Important:Try to do without supporting your hands on the floor.
Step 1: Start with standing position.
Step 2: Cross your both the legs.
Step 3: Try to sit on the floor and stand up again without taking hand support.
Challenge 2-One leg plank
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 40 Seconds on Each Leg
Step 1: Begin in the plank position, face down with your forearms and toes on the floor.
Step 2:Your elbows are directly under your shoulders and your forearms are facing forward. Slowly raise your one leg.
Step 3:Your head is relaxed and you should be looking at the floor.
Week 9
Challenge 1-Cross Climbers
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Important: Keep your core engaged & your back straight as you bring each knee forward to your opposite elbows.
Step 1: Start in a high plank position, hands should be straight to the shoulders, core engaged so body forms a straight line from head to heels.
Step 2:Bring right knee towards your Left elbow, then return to plank. Bring left knee towards your right elbow, then return to plank.
Challenge 2-Single Leg WallSit
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 30 Seconds on each leg.
Step 1: Stand with your back flat against a wall.Walk your feet out about 2 feet in front of you, feet spread about 6 inches apart.
Step 2:Slide your back down the wall, bending your knees until they are bent at about a 90 degree angle and slowly raise your one leg.
Step 3:Hold this seated position for 60 seconds, contracting your abdominal muscles.
Week 10
Challenge 1-Criss Cross
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Step 1: Stand straight with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms up and extended out to the sides.
Step 2: Jump up and cross your left leg in front of the right, and your left arm on top of the right and come back to starting position now cross your right leg in front of the leg, and your right arm on top of the left.
Challenge 2-Side Plank Hold
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 30 Seconds on each leg.
Step 1: Lie on your right side with your legs straight and feet stacked on top of each other.
Step 2:With your neck neutral, breathe out and brace your core.Lift your hips off the mat so that you're supporting your weight on your elbow and the side of your right foot.
Step 3: Hold for 30 seconds on each side.
Week 11
Challenge 1-Elbow Plank Taps
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 60 Seconds(20 Sec rest)*3 Sets.
Important: Your body should be in a straight line from your head to your heels.
Step 1:Your body should be in a straight line from your head to your heels.
Step 2:Engage your abs.Jump both feet out wide to each side as if you were doing a horizontal jumping jack.
Step 3:Stay in plank position as you quickly jump your feet back together.
Challenge 2-Reverse Table Top
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 30 Seconds on each leg.
Important:Your hips & shoulders should be straight with your knees.
Step 1: From a seated position in Easy or Staff pose, bend the knees bringing the feet flat on the floor hip width apart.
Step 2:Lean back into the arms and slowly inhale and lift the hips up towards the ceiling.
Step 3:Press into the feet, squeezing the thighs and buttocks to lift the hips high.
Week 12
Challenge 1-Walk Outs
How to do this Challenge:
Counts: 10 Counts with 20 seconds rest x 3 Sets
Important: Walk on your hands for a minimum of six steps.
Step 1: You start standing, reach your arms down toward the ground, walk your hands away from your feet, entering a plank-like position.
Step 2:Before stepping your feet forward toward your hands and finally returning to a standing position.
Step 3:You then continue the worm-like crawl for 10 repetitions.
Challenge 2-One leg bridge
How to do this Challenge:
Duration: 40 Seconds on each leg.
Step 1: Lie on your back with your knee bent and foot flat or with your heels on the floor.
Step 2: Tighten your buttock muscles and lift your hips towards the ceiling and slowly lift your one leg until you have a straight line from your shoulders to your knees.
Step 3:Hold for 40 seconds on each leg.