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FitAfter50 ExerciseExecutionGuide
FitAfter50 ExerciseExecutionGuide
FitAfter50 ExerciseExecutionGuide
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Air Bike Cross Crunch
3
Air Bike Crunch
4
Air Jump Rope
Only need to
hop about 2”
off ground
5
Arnold Press (db)
6
Backward Lunge (bodyweight)
7
Backward Lunge (with db)
8
Band Crunches (bands, high anchor)
9
Bear Rows (db)
10
Bench Dips (bodyweight)
11
Bridge Press (db, 2 arm)
12
Bridge Press (db, alt.)
don’t touch
ground w/elbow
13
Bulgarian Split Squats (alternative)
14
Bulgarian Split Squat (bodyweight)
15
Bulgarian Split Squat (with db)
16
Burpee (no pushup)
17
Burpee (with pushup)
18
Butt Kicks
19
Calf Raise (bodyweight, 1 leg)
Full stretch at
bottom
Max contraction
at top
20
Calf Raise (bodyweight, 2 leg)
Full stretch at
bottom
Max contraction
at top
21
Chest Flys (bands, high anchor)
22
Chest Flys (bands, low anchor)
23
Chest Flys (bands, mid anchor)
24
Chest Flys (db)
25
Chest Press (bands, high anchor)
26
Chest Press (bands, low anchor)
27
Chest Press (db)
28
Concentration Curls (bands)
29
Concentration Curls (db)
30
Curls (bands, alt., under feet)
31
Curls (bands, hammer, under feet)
Palms facing in
throughout motion
32
Curls (bands, standing, under feet)
33
Curls (db, hammer)
34
Curls (db, stand, alt. & 2 arm)
2 Arm
Alt.
Alt.
35
Donkey Kicks
36
Face Pulls (bands, high anchor)
37
Front Delt Raise (db, alt. & 2 arm)
Alt.
Alt.
2 Arm
38
Front Delt Raises (bands, low anchor)
39
Full Bridges
40
Glute Bridge (bodyweight, 1 leg)
41
Glute Bridge (bodyweight, 2 leg)
42
Glute Bridge (with db)
2 leg with db
Single leg
with db
43
High Knees
raise knees as
high as possible,
medium tempo
44
Jog In Place
keep slow
tempo
Only raise
knees ~ 6”
45
Jumping Jacks
46
Jumping Lunges
47
Knee Crunches
48
Knee Strikes
49
Lat Pulldown (bands, high anchor)
50
Lateral Raises (bands, under feet)
51
Lateral Raises (db, standing)
52
Leg Lifts
53
Lunges (bodyweight)
54
Lunges (bodyweight alternative)
Don’t go too
deep
55
Lunges (with db)
56
Mountain Climbers
57
Overhead Press (bands, low anchor)
58
Overhead Press (db, seated, 2 arm & alt.)
2 arm
Alt.
59
Overhead Press (db standing, 2 arm & alt.)
2 arm
Alt.
60
Overhead Tricep Extension (bands, high anchor)
61
Overhead Tricep Extension (bands, mid anchor)
62
Overhead Tricep Extension (db, seated, 1 arm)
63
Overhead Tricep Extension (db, seated, 2 arm)
64
Pike Pushup
65
Plank (arm raises)
66
Plank (on hands)
No movement.
Keep core tight
67
Plank (shoulder taps)
68
Plank (up, down, up)
69
Plank (with leg raise)
70
Plank (with rotation)
71
Plank Jump In
jump to this
position
jump back to
starting position
72
Punches
73
Pushup (alternatives)
Hands facing
straight forward
Start on knees
Flat pushup
on knees
Head elevated
pushup on knees
74
Pushup (diamond)
75
Pushup (feet elevated)
Hands facing
straight forward
76
Pushup (head elevated)
Hands facing
straight forward
77
Pushup (standard)
Hands facing
straight forward
Elbows at ~45
degree angle
to body
78
Pushup (wide hands)
Hands facing
straight forward
79
Pushup (bands, under hands)
Hands facing
straight forward
80
Pushup (deep)
Hands facing
straight forward
81
Rear Delt Flys (bands, high anchor)
82
Rear Delt Raise (db)
83
Renegade Rows (db)
84
Reverse Plank
No movement.
Keep core tight
85
Rows (bands, bent over, under feet)
86
Rows (bands, mid anchor)
87
Rows (bands, seated, low anchor)
88
Rows (db, bent over)
89
Russian Twist (with db)
90
Russian Twist
91
Scissor Kicks
92
Seated Twisting Punch (with db)
93
Side Bends (db)
94
Side Kicks
95
Side Lunges (bodyweight)
96
Side Lunges (with db)
97
Side Plank Rotation
98
Sitting Punches
99
Skaters
100
Skull Crushers (db)
101
Spiderman Plank
102
Squat (alternative)
Listen to your
body, only go
down as low as
your back &
knees allow
103
Squat (bands, under feet)
104
Squat (bodyweight)
105
Squat (db at shoulders)
106
Squat (db at sides)
107
Squat (db, goblet)
108
Standing Knee to Elbow
109
Standing Twist (bands, mid anchor)
110
Step Ups (bodyweight)
You don’t
have to kick
your knee up
111
Step Ups (with db)
112
Stiff Leg Deadlifts (with db)
113
Straight Arm Pulldown (bands, high anchor)
114
Superman to Pushup
Start with a
superman
Transition to
pushup
Perform 1
pushup
Transition back
to superman
1 superman & 1
pushup = 1 rep
115
Superman
116
Tricep Kickbacks (db)
117
Tricep Pushdown (bands, high anchor)
118
Tricep Pushdown (bands, rev. grip, high anchor)
119
Wall Sit
No movement….
Just hold position
120
Wood Chops (bands, high anchor)
121