Queenax™ of the Week: Functional Corner Playground
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Queenax™ of the Week: Functional Corner Playground
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Make Queenax™ your functional playground, regardless of the unit size! This play-based workout on the Functional Corner shows how you don’t have to compromise your training creativity in a small footprint. Try these 6 total body exercises that will particularly challenge your coordination, timing, core, upper body strength and stamina. Perform each movement for 30-60 seconds with minimal rest time between movements. Rest for 2-3 minutes and repeat entire sequence.
Exercise 1: Superfunctional™ Lunge to Prone Crunch Combo
- Set the Superfunctional bar height at level 8.
- Position one foot on the bar and then slide the raised leg backward into a suspended lunge.
- Return to starting position and repeat 2 more times.
- After the third lunge, drop into a prone crunch position by lifting other foot on bar.
- Crunch 3 times and then hop up and repeat lunges again.
- See how many sets you can complete in a 30-60 minute period.
Exercise 2: Mobile Parallels Frontal Plane Hanging Swing
- Position Mobile Parallels overhead at shoulder width apart.
- Hold Mobile Parallels and lift body off ground and shift weight from side to side, lifting one hand with each sway. Avoid elevating shoulders.
Exercise 3: Wall Bar Jumping Squats
- Position feet on second bar from the bottom and hands at chest height.
- Drop down into deep squat.
- Explode upward and land on next bar.
- Drop down into deep squat.
- Keep feet on bars and raise out of squat, reaching hands to next bar height.
- Drop down into deep squat and then continue Wall Bar Jumping Squats as high as possible without making contact with the top of the frame.
Exercise 4: Lateral Monkey Bars
- Stand on the Plyometric Platform.
- Reach for a training bar and laterally shuffle your body back and forth across the training bars.
Exercise 5: Up Strength Squat to Y
- Select a low handle position and reach arms up wide and overhead until the straps are tense.
- Lean back and squat down into a deep squat, allowing arms to fall forward.
- Keep arms straight and lift back to starting position.
Exercise 6: Wall Bar Bridge to Sit-Up
- Bend knees and set feet in Wall Bars.
- Lean back and elevate hips to form a bridge.
- Lower back and reach up into a sit-up.
- Roll down and push up into a bridge and repeat.
- Focus on flow and rhythm.
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