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Hike Strong: Cool-Down Stretch
How many times have you finished a hike and then gone straight to your car without stretching? You wouldn’t do that with a workout in the gym, would you? Tsk tsk. 🙂 Maybe you just need a little motivation. How about this quick post-hike session where you can follow along with some of the best post-hike stretches you can do to reduce soreness and recover quickly. So bookmark this video now so you’re ready when you get off that beautiful trail.
Hike Strong: Warm-Up
When you want to make the most out of a beautiful hike, and really safely Hike Strong, you should avoid diving right in or you might get hurt. Hiking is just like any workout, so before you take off, stop at the trailhead and click play to follow along with some of best pre-hike exercises. Let’s warm up and hit the trail!
Cat’s 40 Min Mobility & Stretch Sesh
You don’t need to be a Yogi to have good mobility. That’s why Cat created this 40-Minute Mobility & Stretch Session that is perfect for beginners and bendy people alike! The first half is all dynamic (moving/flowing) stretches to warm up the body – that way when you go into the static stretches in the second half you can get deeper into each stretch. Give yourself the gift of mobility today!
Do-Anywhere Dynamic Warm-Up
The last thing you want from a fun day of outdoor recreation is a pulled muscle. So, before you get your boots on for a day on the slopes (or a run or even a pickleball match), you’ll want to spend 10 minutes doing this standing pre-ski (or other outdoor activity) warm-up to help prevent injury. These do-anywhere, dynamic warm-up exercises will warm up your muscles before you hit it hard. Let’s shred!
Express Post-Slopes Stretch
After an exhilarating day on the slopes, give yourself a moment for this quick post-skiing stretch. Releasing tension in your hips and upper body is important after a day of skiing, snowboarding, and other winter activities. You can even run through these stretches a couple times if you hit the hills hard. Before you jump into the hot tub or cozy up to the fire, hit play to stretch out.
Post Workout Stretch
Many of the great cardio and strength workouts on SSoD include a brief cool-down stretch, but one of the best ways to honor your body’s hard work, increase flexibility, and help prevent injury is through a dedicated deep post-workout stretch routine like you’ll find in this video. Flow through relaxing full body movement along with deep stretches for your hamstrings, quads, shoulders, and arms. Press play to stretch it out!
Awesome Zone 2 Ride
Looking for a guided warmup, a lower to moderate workout, or maybe an active recovery ride following a tough workout? Put this awesome Zone 2 Spin class straight into your favorites for situations just like that. This class can even be taken as an easy short session to get the blood flowing on your rest day. Today let’s ride smarter, not harder.
Foam Roll Recovery Session (20 Min)
After a hard workout like a Spin class, it’s so important to cool down and give your muscles some lovin’. This post-cycling foam roll recovery session will hit all the major muscles you use cycling or running, paying special attention to breaking up the muscle fascia by moving the foam roller side to side. You’ll finish by gently rolling out your back, leaving you refreshed and ready for your next ride. Time to roll out!
6 Min Shoulder Therapy Warm-Up
6 minutes to healthier shoulders…right here! Cat has put together 11 dynamic stretches to gently work the shoulders from every imaginable angle. She used this routine herself to heal a torn rotator cuff years ago…sans surgery! This short routine has the best shoulder warm up exercises and is perfect for pre-lifting or for general shoulder therapy. Enjoy!
Total Body Cycle Warm-Up
Before you ride full throttle, it’s so important to get your body ready to move. In this short cycling warmup video, you’ll do that by getting oxygen flowing from the top of your head to the tips of your toes, creating space in your spine, and heating your core to really get your blood pumping. Be sure to “favorite” this one so it’s always handy so you can always warm up before you gear up!
Candlelit Restorative Ride
If you feel like life is always in high gear, or maybe the aches and pains are setting in, this ride is the gift you need to give yourself. Trainer Brooke will dim the lights and guide you through a lower intensity cycling restorative workout designed to improve the flow of oxygen to your muscles and joints while calming your mind and feeding your soul. Let’s take the time to reset and restore right…now.
This workout does not include a cool-down, but we have some great options here!
Love Your Heart Cardio
Are you curious which exercises are best for strengthening the heart? The pros like Cat Kom pick multi-joint exercises to build heart endurance. Try out Cat’s 5 top heart chargers as she guides you through 3 progressive rounds of each. Each set is about 4 minutes – do as many or as few as you’d like to show your heart the love.
This workout does not include a cool-down, but we have some great options here!
