10
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Objective
Muscle conditioning (aka 'Ten Minutes of Hell')
Activity
Exercises for 3 regions of the body: each month has a different focus (see schedule down below).
Pick 4-5 exercises from main focus region, 3 from sub-focus region and 1-2 from remaining region.
Core region:
- Upper ab crunches - upper abs
- Crunches / sit-ups - lower abs
- Penguin crunches (arch sideways) - obliques
- Twist/cross crunches - obliques
- Candlesticks - whole core (dynamic)
- V-sit crunches - whole core (dynamic)
- Mountain climbers - whole core (dynamic)
- Pendulum plank - whole core (dynamic)
- Hollow hold - whole core (static)
- V-sits - whole core (static)
- Planks - whole core (static)
Hip flexors / glutes region:
- Seated leg lifts - flexors
- Rolling bridges + extension - flexors
- Hydrants - glutes
- Donkey kicks - glutes
- Leg lifts (outer + inner) - glutes
- Squats - glutes
- Roll-out lunges - glutes though whole range of motion
- Single-leg Romanian - glutes though whole range of motion
- Deadlift - glutes though whole range of motion
Arms region:
- Push-ups
- Crab walk
- Burpees
- Caterpillar walk
Credit: Sterroids, The Parliament of Pain, The Hague Roller Derby. Sept 2020.
Check For Learning
Schedule of focus regions for muscle conditioning:
Month 1
- main focus, 4-5 exercises: arms
- sub-focus, 3 exercises: hip flexors / glutes
- other, 1-2 exercises: core
Month 2
- main focus, 4-5 exercises: hip flexors / glutes
- sub-focus, 3 exercises: core
- other, 1-2 exercises: arms
Month 3
- main focus, 4-5 exercises: core
- sub-focus, 3 exercises: arms
- other, 1-2 exercises: hip flexors / glutes
Month 4
- main focus, 4-5 exercises: core
- sub-focus, 3 exercises: hip flexors / glutes
- other, 1-2 exercises: arms
Month 5
- main focus, 4-5 exercises: hip flexors / glutes
- sub-focus, 3 exercises: arms
- other, 1-2 exercises: core
Month 6
- main focus, 4-5 exercises: arms
- sub-focus, 3 exercises: core
- other, 1-2 exercises: hip flexors / glutes