MAINTENANCE SUGGESTIONS FOR TODAY
PRE: MORNING COFFEE, THORACIC SPINE RELEASE
POST: CALVES/ANKLES, SCIATICA/PIRIFORMIS

Simple Shift Warm up

4 Rounds

10 Sit Ups
20 Alternating, Unweighted Lunges
30 Single Unders or Taps

No weight needed today!

Score: Total Time

Goal: 12 Min or Less

This one is pretty straightforward - you'll do 10 sit ups, 20 lunges, and 30 single unders or taps for 4 rounds!

To finish within the goal time, you'll need to perform each round in 3 minutes or less. The lunges will likely take up the most time so be sure you're finishing those in 1:30 or less!

For the sit ups, you can do whatever you like with your feet, but we would love to see you come all of the way up at the top and touch your toes. If you need to add a little assistance like a stretchy band or rope attached to a pole to come all the way up - go for it!

No sit ups or crunching right now? You may try a dead bug, slam balls or an eye level KB Swing.

The lunges should be unweighted and alternating. This means you end up doing 10 per leg per round. These may be forward stepping, reverse stepping, or walking lunges. Make sure you take a long enough step each time that the front heel stays down, with the knee out, when the back knee lightly touches (or comes close). Keep the chest up and drive through the heel to stand completely between reps.

If you are unable to lunge you may swap out single leg alternating toe touches (like a single leg deadlift with no weight) - or alternating step ups (unless you're subbing the jump rope/taps with step ups!)

For the single unders/taps, you will do 30 per round! You may also choose to do low step ups if jumping or skipping is not an option.

DOUBLE/SINGLE UNDERS - To avoid the added pressure to the pelvic floor that DUs/SUs can create, sub: Taps, Row, Bike, Quick Step Ups, Calf Raises. If you're postpartum and working towards rehab-ing your core and pelvic floor you can choose from the same subs for pregnancy and/or try scaling the number of DUs/SUs down to a number that is realistic for you to practice proper positioning and managing pressure. Any leaking or heaviness in the pelvic floor is a sign that you need to adapt your approach or change the movement to less impact.

LUNGE - If you have any pubic symphysis pain or SPD focus on keeping your pelvis neutral and your hips level. You could always do lighter weight, smaller step/less range of motion, or step up or forward instead of step back in the lunge lunge. You can also try stepping laterally onto a stack of plates or something instead of stepping back or up, sometimes this helps create some control in managing the position of the pelvis. Feel free to sub a squat or goblet squat for the lunges.

1/4 GET UPS - Focus on rolling to the side first before pressing up to seated. You could also try less weight or unweighted. You can sub Functional Progression 2 or Side Plank Options, Shin Box Flow, Waiter Walks, or Bear Pose DB Drag, or DB Windmills (SEE MAMA MODIFICATIONS MOVEMENT LIBRARY FOR DEMOS).

SIT UPS - Sit ups are a really big demand for the core and pelvic floor and for the most part are not recommended during pregnancy and the rehab/rebuilding stages of postpartum. If you are ready to start incorporating them you can try less reps, less range of motion (i.e. with pillows behind you), or supported with a band. However you can always sub one of the following movements: Functional Progressions (Choose any from 1-4), Ball Slams, KB Swings, Overhead Plate Hold/March, Palloff Press, Banded/Wallball Woodchop, Standing Cross Body Wallball Throws, Goblet Hold/Squat, Waiter Walk (SEE MAMA MODS MOVEMENT LIBRARY FOR DEMOS)