Table 3. Example template for a live online REGAIN exercise session.
Session Plan – REGAIN session 5 | Challenge: | Intermediate | Circuits: | 2 | |||
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Equipment: | chair (optional: weights of some kind e.g. water bottles, tins, dumbells etc) | ||||||
Comments: | All exercises below are interspersed with active recovery (AR), e.g. marching, side-steps, heel digs etc | ||||||
Exercise Name | Reps and/or
Time |
Teaching Points
(Key safety points) |
Progression | Alternatives
(where appropriate) |
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1 |
Squat + one
arm reach |
45s on/30s AR | □ Feet hip width apart
□ Back straight, head up, extend arm up as you stand up |
□ Increase ROM
□ Add weight |
□ Decrease ROM | ||
2 |
Lateral raise
super slow |
45s on/30s AR | □ Hold abdominals tight
□ Slow controlled movement □ Arms up to shoulders |
□ Add weight
□ Pause at top |
□ Front raise
□ Seated □ Alternate arms |
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3 |
Side lunge
with super slow bicep curl |
45s on/30s AR | □ Toe down first to side
□ Slight bend in knee □ When in lunge squeeze arms into curl |
□ Deeper lunge
□ Add Weight □ Pause at top |
□ External support
□ Shallow lunge |
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4 | High pull | 45s on/30s AR | Feet hip width apart
Slight bend in knees back straight Stand back up bringing hands from knees to chest in 1 movt |
Add weight
increase ROM |
Decrease ROM
upright row w/out legs |
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5 |
Wide stance
knee to opp. toe touch |
45s on/30s AR | □ Feet flat on floor, shoulder width
apart □ Back straight, head up □ Knees soft □ Rotate to reach down to opposing knee |
□ Increase ROM to ankle
□ wider stance |
□ Decrease ROM
□ seated |
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6 |
Standing
overhead press |
45s on/30s AR | □ Feet hip width apart
□ Slight pelvic tilt to protect back, Abdominals tight □ Extend both arms up to meet in arc overhead |
□ Add weight
□ Pause at top |
□ Alternate arms
□ Seated □ Frontal raise |
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7 |
Seated leg lift
over object |
45s on/30s AR | □ Sit towards edge of chair
□ Lean back into chair □ Lift straight leg one at a time over water bottle |
□ both legs together | □ bent leg
□ hold chair for balance |