Your Unbreakable Day: 10 Great Stretches to Open Up Your Hips
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During this period of uncertainty, Spartan wants you to stay focused, stay strong, and stay motivated. We want you to become UNBREAKABLE. Every day on Spartan Facebook and this page, we’re featuring new workouts, healthy recipes, mental health advice, and wisdom from our fearless founder and CEO. When it’s all said and done, you will have dominated this difficult period, and you’ll be ready to dominate out on the course.
Check back daily for more updates, and follow this UNBREAKABLE plan to train, eat, and think like a Spartan.
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Morning: Keeping Perspective and 10 Key Stretches
Wake up, Spartans! Spartan founder and CEO Joe De Sena began the day talking about perspective, and why it's imperative to keep it, especially during the hardest of times. Plus, 10 stretches to open up your hips. And, of course, burpees. (Do we even need to write that?)
Mid-Morning: 20-Minute Bodyweight Workout
Luka Hocevar, the founder and owner of Vigor Ground Fitness in Seattle, presents a 20-minute bodyweight workout comprised of four phases. The first is the warm-up, followed by two density sets and an interval (20 seconds on, 40 seconds off). Follow the full instructions in the caption and mimic Luka's moves in the video.
Afternoon: Get Your Kids Moving
It's Day 9, Phase 2 of Spartans Kids Base Camp with three-time All-American wrestler and 2008 Olympian Andy Hrovat. Spartan Kids Catherine and Charlie join him for headstands and, if they're up for it, handstands. How's your inverted balance? Put it to the test.
Today's Must-Listen Podcast
Today's guest on the Spartan Up! Podcast is Mark Divine, the founder of SEALFIT and the author of Unbeatable Mind. An expert in mental toughness, leadership, and physical readiness, Divine talks about how to lead in VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) times. Listen to the podcast, in full, below.
Tune into Spartan Facebook tomorrow — and continue to visit Life.Spartan and our main Unbreakable page — for daily workouts, recipes, tips, videos, and more.