8-Week Marathon Strength Training Program
In just 8 weeks turn your body into a strong, efficient running machine from home.
Week 5 – Full Body Week
This week we come back to our full-body strength workouts with finishers.
As always, day 3 will focus on core strength and balance.
Day 1 – Week #5
Equipment: None Rounds: 4 Exercises: Warm Up + 6 Exercises (4x)+ Finisher Time: 30 Minutes
Warm Up = 4 Minutes
- Jumping Jacks
- Leg Raises
- Plank Pikes
- Inch Worm Walk
Main Set = 6 Exercises. Do them in order and repeat 4 times
- Single-Leg Burpees
- Frog Jumps
- Single-Arm Plank
- Side Crunches Left
- Side Crunches Right
- Plank Toe Touch
- Finisher – Leg Kick Forward Punches
For each exercise (except the finisher):
- 50 seconds ON – 10 Seconds REST
- There is no rest between sets.
Day 2 – Week #5
Equipment: Chair Rounds: 4 Exercises: Warm Up + 6 Exercises (4x)+ Finisher Time: 30 Minutes
Warm Up = 4 Minutes
- Jumping Jacks
- Squat Out-Reach
- Leg Raises
- Hip Openers
Main Set = 6 Exercises. Do them in order and repeat 4 times
- Chair Outer Leg Lift – Left
- Chair Inner Leg Lift – Left
- Cat-Cow
- Plank Close open legs
- Chair Outer Leg Lift – Right
- Chair Inner Leg Lift – Right
- Finisher – Jump Squats
For each exercise (except the finisher):
- 50 seconds ON – 10 Seconds REST
- There is no rest between sets.
Day 3 – Week #5
Equipment: Jug + Towel Rounds: 5 Exercises: 6 Time: 30 Minutes
Main Set = 6 Exercises. Do them in order and repeat 5 times
- Airborne Lunge
- Inverted Crunch
- Stork Balance (eyes closed) – Right
- Stork Balance (eyes closed) – Left
- Frozen V-Up
- Rotational Plank
For each exercise:
- 50 seconds ON – 10 Seconds REST
- There is no rest between sets.
Summary Week #5
Congratulations on finishing week 6 of this training program.
This week we started to add more difficult exercises, you are doing great.
See you in week 6.
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