Day 47 : 4-3-2-1 Workout – Habit Nest

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    Day 47 : 4-3-2-1 Workout


    Workout 47 from Habit Nest


    GLUTE ACTIVATION WARMUP (30s Each)

    1a. Clam Opener

    1. Wrap the resistance band just over your knees.
    2. Lay on your leg side with your knees bent and your feet together.
    3. Open your knees apart as widely as possible while squeezing the glute muscles in your right leg as tightly as possible.
    4. Slowly allow the knee to come down so that they’re together again on the floor, and repeat the movement.
    1a. Clam Opener

    1b. Tabletop Donkey Kick

    1. Get into a tabletop position with your hands and knees on the floor and your back comfortably straight.
    2. From here extend one leg while squeezing your glutes. If you alternate legs, make sure to keep your glutes squeezed.
    3. Allow the leg to slowly return to the original position and repeat.

    1c. Fire Hydrant

    1. Wrap a resistance band around your thighs just above your knees.
    2. Get into a Table-Top position with your knees and hands on the floor.
    3. Keeping your knee bent, raise one leg laterally off the floor.
    Note: *Can do this with or without the resistance band.

    1d. Lateral Leg Raise

    w/ Foot Flexed

    1. Lay on your side with your head resting in your hand.From here, lift your leg up while keeping your foot flexed.
    2. When returning your foot to the starting position, make sure to leave tension in the band (don’t come low enough with your leg that the band becomes loose).
    3. Repeat the movement while making sure your foot stays flexed.

    w/ Toes Pointing down

    1. Lay on your side with your head resting in your hand.
    2. From here, lift your leg up while keeping your foot and toes pointed downwards.
    3. When returning your foot to the starting position, make sure to leave tension in the band (don’t come low enough with your leg that the band becomes loose).
    4. Repeat the movement while making sure your foot stays pointed downwards.

    CIRCUIT 1 (60s Each)

    1a. Plank Step Up

    1. Get in push-up position, but rather than have your hands on the floor, put your elbows on the floor. Keep your body straight from your head to your feet.
    2. Push of your right elbow onto your hand,
    3. Ten push of your left elbow onto your hand so now both of your hands are on the foor.
    4. Ten Drop from your right hand back onto your right elbow, and drop from your left hand to your left elbow.
    5. Repeat the movement, starting with the left hand this time, until the set is complete.

    *Keep your core tight throughout the exercise (and on all plank and leg exercises)!

    *If this is difficult for you, keep your knees on the floor rather than your feet throughout the exercise.

    1b. Vertical Leap

    1. In a deep squat position with your weight in your heels and your booty as far back as possible, using your arms for momentum, jump up as high as you can while reaching your hands towards the ceiling
    2. Repeat this movement until the set is complete.

    1c. Side Triangle Crunch

    1. Get in a side plank position by putting your left elbow on the floor, and lifting yourself off the floor with your left elbow (You can either stack your feet or stagger your feet. Stacking is more difficult).
    2. Hold a dumbbell in your right hand and straighten your arm towards the ceiling.
    3. While holding this position, lower your elbow and raise your knee so that they meet in the middle of your body.
    4. While doing so keep your hips lifted off the floor the entire time.

    1d. Side Triangle Crunch

    1. Get in a side plank position by putting your left elbow on the floor, and lifting yourself off the floor with your left elbow (You can either stack your feet or stagger your feet. Stacking is more difficult).
    2. Hold a dumbbell in your right hand and straighten your arm towards the ceiling.
    3. While holding this position, lower your elbow and raise your knee so that they meet in the middle of your body.
    4. While doing so keep your hips lifted off the floor the entire time.

    CIRCUIT 2 (50s Each)

    2a. Squat Thrust

    1. Stand straight up.
    2. Bring both hands towards the floor, and once they’re on the floor, extend both legs so they’re straight behind you.
    3. Jump or step your feet back to your hands.
    4. Stand straight up.
    5. Repeat until the set is complete!
    *Very similar to a burpee, just doesn’t have the jump at the top.

    2b. V-Up

    1. Lie straight on your back with your legs together and your arms together straight above your head.
    2. In one motion, raise your legs off the floor while keeping them straight. Also raise your torso and hands to meet your legs in the middle of your body.
    3. Repeat!

    Roundhouse Kick to Squat

    1. Get into squat position.
    2. Stand straight up, and as you stand up, shift your body to the right, and raise your left foot and kick out to the left.
    3. As you’re bringing your leg back to the floor, enter into the original squat position.
    4. Repeat until the set is complete.

    CIRCUIT 3 (40s Each)

    3a. Lateral Lunge to Curtsy Lunge

    1. Stand with your feet together, step out on one side into a lateral lunge, keeping your other foot straight. Drop your butt as low as you can as if you’re sitting in a chair, making sure your knees don’t go past your toes in front of you.
    2. From here, step back to center, and with the same leg do a curtsy lunge take a big step back crossing it behind the stabilizer foot. Make sure to get your knee as close to the floor as possible!
    3. Repeat for the duration of the set, and then switch sides.

    3b. Mountain Climber

    1. Get in a push-up position with your hands directly underneath your shoulders.
    2. From here, jump or step your right foot as close to your right hand as possible.
    3. Ten immediately jump or step your left foot as close to your left hand as possible while shifting your right leg back.
    4. Keep alternating your legs as fast as you can.

    CIRCUIT 4 (30s Each)

    4a. Burpee

    1. Stand straight up.
    2. Bring both hands towards the floor, and once they’re on the floor, extend both legs so they’re straight behind you.
    3. Jump or step your feet back to your hands.
    4. Using your arms for momentum, jump up as high as you can while reaching your hands towards the ceiling.
    5. Repeat until the set is complete!
    Note: For an additional challenge, land from your jump in step 4 straight into the crouched position in step 2, making the entire exercise a series of fluid movements.

    COOL DOWN (60s Each)

    1a. Hamstring Stretch

    1. Lying on your back with one leg fully extended, bring the other leg up towards your chest while trying to keep your leg as straight as you can.
    2. From here, flex and point your toes towards the ceiling. Switch legs and repeat.

    1b. Crossbody Hangover

    1. Cross one foot over the other, and hinging from your waist, hang your upper body over your lower body and try to touch the floor with your arms. Feel the stretch in your hamstrings, and try to lengthen your spine.
    2. Switch feet and continue the stretch.

    1c. Pigeon Stretch

    1. Sit with your right knee bent in front of you, and your left leg extended behind you. Pull your right heel in towards your left hip.
    2. Lean forward until you feel a deep stretch in your glutes and hips.

    1d. Butterfly Stretch

    1. Sitting in an upright position with your back straight, and your chest lifted.
    2. Put the soles of your feet together, and push down on your knees gently to get a deep stretch in your groin and inner thighs.
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