4 classes per week
This is a 3 month program that features short class options and target upper body joints: Shoulders, Scapula, Neck, and the general Spine. The classes will range from 20-45min. This program features 4 classes per week for 3 months.
Week 1:
Day 1: Short Class 84
Day 2: Short Class 105
Day 3: Short Class 94
Day 4: Short Class 23
Week 2:
Day 1: Short Class 2
Day 2: Short Class 78
Day 3: Short Class 20
Day 4: Short Class 23
Week 3:
Day 1: Short Class 2
Day 2: Short Class 78
Day 3: Short Class 20
Day 4: Short Class 23
Week 4:
Day 1: Short Class 41
Day 2: Short Class 7
Day 3: Short Class 18
Day 4: Short Class 23
Week 5:
Day 1: Short Class 2
Day 2: Short Class 78
Day 3: Short Class 20
Day 4: Short Class 82
Week 6:
Day 1: Short Class 61
Day 2: Short Class 78
Day 3: Short Class 60
Day 4: Short Class 67
Week 7:
Day 1: Short Class 41
Day 2: Short Class 26
Day 3: Short Class 40
Day 4: Short Class 82
Week 8:
Day 1: Short Class 2
Day 2: Short Class 78
Day 3: Short Class 20
Day 4: Short Class 67
Week 9:
Day 1: Short Class 36
Day 2: Short Class 79
Day 3: Short Class 40
Day 4: Short Class 78
Week 10:
Day 1: Short Class 2
Day 2: Short Class 35
Day 3: Short Class 20
Day 4: Short Class 82
Week 11:
Day 1: Short Class 36
Day 2: Short Class 26
Day 3: Short Class 40
Day 4: Short Class 67
Week 12:
Day 1: Short Class 41
Day 2: Short Class 113
Day 3: Short Class 40
Day 4: Short Class 33
I recommend to space out the sessions evenly throughout your week, if possible. Example: Day 1 is a Monday, Day 2 is a Tuesday, Day 3 is a Thursday, and Day 4 is a Friday.
Just a reminder - when you’re training in areas of weakness, limitation, or past injury: it’s really important to keep your intensity levels low at first. The quality of tissue in these areas might not be very strong, so the amount of stress/force/load these tissues can absorb will be low at first. So keep those intensity levels low in the beginning, especially during PAILs/RAILs, and then gradually build up over time. When I cue things like ‘greatest and safest effort’ - this is relative to the individual and their capacity in a certain area. So if you know you’re training in area where the tissue quality might not be very strong, you want to keep your ‘max effort’ low at first. The goal is to adhere to progressive overload and slowly build up. Always listen to your body and go at your own pace, and never work in any painful ranges of motion. Discomfort can be normal, but we never want that feeling to move towards a sharp pain, pinch, or twinge. It’s totally okay to work in smaller ranges of motion at first as well, and then gradually build up the range over time. Slowly building up in areas of weakness/limitation is definitely key!
You can repeat this 3 month program as many times as you like, or you can try my intermediate Shoulder/Scapula/Neck/Spine next as a nice progression to this one!
Here are my intermediate Shoulder/Scapula/Neck/Spine programs:
2x a week:
https://kinstretchwithbeard.vhx.tv/2-classes-per-week-25
3x a week:
https://kinstretchwithbeard.vhx.tv/3-classes-per-week-29
4x a week:
https://kinstretchwithbeard.vhx.tv/4-classes-per-week-23
5x a week:
https://kinstretchwithbeard.vhx.tv/5-classes-per-week-13
I hope you enjoy the program!
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Short Class 2: Shoulder IR/ER + Scapular Retraction
This class is all about rotational capacity of the shoulders (Internal and External Rotation), and Retraction of the Scapula. This class is a shorter version of Class 10.
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks, Tennis Balls (optional)
Time Markers:
0:15 CARs (warm up)
9:40 Shoulder IR/ER (Tall Kneeling... -
Short Class 7: Spine Circuit
This class is all about the Spine, and we'll throw in some Pelvic movements as well.
No equipment needed, but If you have a stability ball or resistance/stretching band they could come in handy, but not necessary.
Time Markers:
0:10 CARs (warm up)
5:20 Advances Neck CARs (“Up-Beard” Base)
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Short Class 18: Scapular Protraction & Retraction
This Class will feature both Scapular Protraction and Retraction
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks and a Stick or Stretching Band
Time Markers:
0:15 CARs (warm-up)
5:33 Scapular Retraction PAILs/RAILs (Prone Lying Base)
12:25 Scapular Retraction Lift Offs (Prone Lying Base)
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Short Class 20: Shoulder Abduction & Adduction
This class will focus on Shoulder Abduction and Adduction
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks
Time Markers:
0:08 CARs (warm up)
2:30 Shoulder Adduction PAILs/RAILs + Lift Offs (Tripod Base)
18:38 Shoulder Abduction PAILs/RAILs + Lift Offs (Prone Laying Base)
35:32 Finishing CARsHere we’ll explore ...
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Short Class 23: Neck and Pelvis Circuit
This class will be for the Neck and the Pelvis
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks
Time Markers:
0:13 CARs (warm up)
1:30 Anterior/Posterior Pelvic Tilts (Quadrupedal Base)
3:15 Neck CARs (Elevated Prone Base)
4:50 Anterior/Posterior Pelvic Tilts (Bridge Base)
6:30 Neck CARs (Elevated Supine Base)
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Short Class 26: Thoracic Spine Extension & Rotation
This class is for the T-Spine. We’ll be focusing on Thoracic Extension & Rotation
Equipment: Yoga Blocks, A wall to put your back against, and something to anchor our hand down (we’re using a kettebell in the video). Also a stick will be optional.
Time Markers:
0:20 CARs (warm up)
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Short Class 33: Neck
This class with feature PAILs/RAILs for Neck Flexion, Rotation, and Extension.
No Equipment Needed.
Time Markers:
0:25 Neck CARS
2:30 Extension/Flexion Segmentation
4:10 Neck Flexion PAILs/RAILs
10:15 Neck Rotation PAILs/RAILs
21:40 Neck Extension PAILs/RAILs
27:50 Finishing CARsThis is our ...
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Short Class 35: Spinal Flexion (Lumbar Focus)
Spinal Flexion Gains - Low Back Focus
Equipment Needed: A chair or bench to sit on. Slant board and resistance band are optional.
Time Markers:
0:20 CARs (warm up)
7:00 Roll Ups (Supine Base)
9:00 Anterior/Posterior Pelvic Tilts (Quadruped Base)
10:40 Spinal Flexion PAILs/RAILs (Seated Base)
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Short Class 36: Shoulder IR/ER/Flex (intermediate+)
This is an advanced shoulder class for IR, ER, and Flexion
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks. Weights are optional.
This class is great for anyone looking to advance their shoulder work, and this is our first class that targets 3 different PAILs/RAILs bases just for the shoulder.
We’ll do 3 round...
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Short Class 40: Scapula Pro/Ret/Dep (intermediate+)
This is an advanced class for Scapular Protraction, Retraction, and Depression.
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks, a stick, and a stretching band. Weights are optional.
This class is great for anyone looking to advance their scapula work, and this is our first class that targets 3 different PAILs/R...
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Short Class 41: Shoulder Circuit
Here’s a quick Shoulder Circuit snack
Equipment Needed: Yoga blocks. Tennis balls and weights are optional.
This will be an up-tempo class where we work multiple different shoulder drills. We’ll start the warm up doing bilateral movements, but after that we’ll work each shoulder individually -...
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Short Class 60: Scapular Retraction
This will be a single joint focus class for Scapular Retraction
Equipment needed: Yoga blocks and in one drill we're going to be using the wall.
Retraction is one of the most commonly limited areas for peoples in their scapula. In conventional fitness we're often told to retract our scapula to ...
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Short Class 61: Shoulder External Rotation
This will be a single joint focus class for Shoulder External Rotation
The fundamental motion of our shoulder is rotation. So in order to expand space (“mobility”) within a joint capsule we must first establish rotational capacity. We have a single joint focus class for Shoulder IR and now we ha...
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Short Class 67: Neck Extension and Flexion
This class is for Neck (Cervical Spine) Flexion and Extension
No Equipment Needed.
The neck is an area that a lot of people have STI's (Shitty Tissue Issues). They lack strength and neurological control in this area, mostly because we rarely train this area to be strong in traditional strength ...
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Short Class 78: Spine Circuit
This class is all about the Spine.
Equipment Needed: Yoga Blocks and we’ll be using a wall from a couple drills.
In this class we'll go through different drills for the spine with a slightly more up tempo pace. Please go at your own pace though, if you need to pause the video and slow things do...
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Short Class 79: Spinal Segmentation Variations
This class will showcase a few different variations of Spinal Segmentations
Equipment Needed: Yoga blocks, something to sit on, resistance band (optional), and we’ll be using the wall in one drill.
There’s many bases and different ways to do your segmentations, and in this class we’ll offer you...
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Short Class 82: Neck Lateral Flexion
This class is for Neck (Cervical Spine) Lateral Flexion
No Equipment Needed.
The neck is an area that a lot of people have STI's (Shitty Tissue Issues). They lack strength and neurological control in this area, mostly because we rarely train this area to be strong in traditional strength traini...
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Short Class 84: Shoulder Circuit (15min)
This will be a short 15min circuit - a little shoulder snack.
No Equipment Needed
If you're short on time and want to butter up the shoulders, this one is for you.
Here’s the lineup for the class:
1. Shoulder CARs
2. Straight arm Capsular CARs in 3 different planes
3. Adduction/Abduction
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Short Class 94: Scapula Circuit
This will be a short 15min circuit for the Scapula.
Equipment Needed: Yoga blocks, resistance band, and a wall. A weight for a couple movements is optional.
We’ll work through several scapular movements, working one arm at a time and alternating back and forth.
We go at an uptempo pace, but i...
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Short Class 105: Spine Warm Up
This is a warm up class specifically for the Spine
No equipment needed.
In this class we will warm up your entire spine through several different movements. This will be a circuit style class and we will be going at a slightly faster tempo. If you need to slow down, please feel free to pause th...
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Short Class 113: Low Back Rotation
Our first ever low back rotation class!
No equipment needed. But if you have limitations in your low back rotation, using yoga blocks can help decrease the overall range of motion in our PAILs/RAILs base.
This class is great for the low back, SI Joint, and even for the hips.
If the low back o...
