movement-cleanse-workout

Place sides of your hands on a foam roller that's horizontal against the wall at shoulder height. Protract shoulders to flatten back between shoulder blades. Maintaining this position, raise and then lower your arms to roll the roller up and down the wall. Move slowly, keeping shoulders protracted and upper back flat. Perform 8 to 12 reps.

Sit with knees bent and heels on the floor in front of you, spread wide. Clasp hands in front of chest, torso tall. Rotate to the right, allowing the outside of the right thigh and inside of the left thigh to fall toward the floor. Chest should point directly over right knee. Pause, then reverse the movement in the opposite direction over left knee. That&rsquo;s one rep. Perform 6 to 8 reps.

Stand in front of a flat wall and hold a resistance band taut against wall, hands parallel and elbows pointing down, bent to 90 degrees. Move hands up, then back down wall in small, alternating steps. That&rsquo;s one rep. Perform 3.

Get down on all fours and brace core to lift knees just off of floor. Crawl forward, stepping with opposite arm and opposite leg. Don&rsquo;t let weight shift from side to side. Take six steps per side. Reverse the movement to return to start. That&rsquo;s one rep. Do three.

Grab a dowel and, in a kneeling position, place elbows on a box or bench with palms facing toward you. Tuck pelvis to minimize dip in your low back and come to table-top position. Sit hips back toward heels and drop chest toward floor. Curl dowel toward shoulders to feel stretch in upper back. Hold for 5 to 10 seconds, then release. That&rsquo;s one rep. Perform 6 to 8.

Stand tall with feet twice shoulder-width apart, toes pointed diagonally away from your body. Push hips back and bend knees to lower body until your elbows touch the insides your knees. Place hand on same-side foot, then rotate torso to extend opposite hand to ceiling. Match gaze to raised hand, keeping torso long. Pause, then rotate to other side. That&rsquo;s one rep. Perform 6 to 8.

Stand with feet slightly wider than hip-width with a kettlebell at the inside of your left foot, your left arm by your side, right hand on hip. Push hips out to the right and gaze up over your right shoulder as you slide left hand down to grab the kettlebell handle. Stand up with the bell, then return to start. That&rsquo;s one rep. Perform 6 to 8 reps, then repeat on opposite side.

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