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Workout format
- 30 seconds per exercise
- Core-focused workout
- Uses gliders, mini ball and dumbbells
- Progressions for different ability levels
Glider core exercises
Glider rollout
- Forearm plank position
- Glide arms forwards
- Extend through the rib cage
- Return with control
- Short or full range option
Gliding tuck and pike
- Plank with feet on gliders
- Knee tuck
- Pike lift
- Alternate between tuck and pike
- Optional press-up between repetitions
Low forearm glider plank
- Forearm plank
- Knee tuck
- Leg abduction (feet glide apart)
- Return to centre
- Repeat
Mini ball core exercises
Side crunch with Thread the Needle
- Side-lying over the mini ball
- Two side crunches
- Thread the Needle rotation
- Return to start
- Repeat on both sides
Mini ball balance
- Tabletop leg position
- Pullover with dumbbell
- Alternate leg extension
- Return to tabletop
Chest press balance
- Tabletop position on the mini ball
- Alternating toe taps
- Single-arm chest press
- Repeat alternating sides
Standing or kneeling core exercise
Halo rotation
- Hold one dumbbell close to the head
- Rotate around the head
- Start at one hip
- Circle overhead
- Return to the opposite hip
- Repeat in both directions
Lower abdominal exercise
- Mini ball between the knees
- Lift into a supported hold on the toes
- Rotate knees side to side
- Maintain inner-thigh squeeze throughout
Main training focus
- Core strength
- Lower abdominal activation
- Oblique strength
- Rotational control
- Shoulder stability
- Core balance
- Upper-body integration
- Functional Pilates-inspired movement
Equipment used
- Gliders
- Mini Pilates ball
- Dumbbells
Music used
- HIIT Move 30 by Pure Energy Music
Light weight sculpt
Workout format
- Light-weight sculpt routine
- 2 kg dumbbells (or water bottles)
- Loosely choreographed strength sequence
- Slow, controlled tempo
Upper-body sequence
- Weights on shoulders
- Overhead press ×4
- Cross-body punches ×4
- Slight knee bend throughout
Lower-body sequence
- Wide squat
- Curtsy lunge (right)
- Lateral raise
- Repeat
Upper-body combination
- Upright row
- Front raise
- Repeat
Squat pulses
- Wide squat
- Pulse down for 3 counts
- Return to standing
Repeat on left side
- Overhead press ×4
- Cross-body punches ×4
- Wide squat
- Curtsy lunge (left)
- Lateral raise
- Upright row
- Front raise
Balance sequence
- Single-leg balance (left)
- Single-leg squat pulses
- Transfer to the opposite leg
- Single-leg balance (right)
- Single-leg squat pulses
Combined sequence
- Two overhead presses
- Two lateral raises
- Two cross-body punches
- Wide squat
- Curtsy lunge with lateral raise
- Upright row
- Front raise
Functional finisher
- Forward lean
- Reverse lunge
- Overhead reach
- Alternate sides
Main training focus
- Light-weight sculpting
- Muscular endurance
- Upper-body strength
- Lower-body strength
- Shoulder endurance
- Balance
- Coordination
- Functional movement
Equipment used
- Pair of 2 kg dumbbells (or light hand weights/water bottles)
Music used
- Heatwave by Pure Energy Music (118 BPM)
High impact aerobics
Warm-up
- Jog on the spot
- Single-arm reach
- Double-arm reach
- Hop backwards
Combination 1
- Jog forwards
- Double hops
- Hop backwards
- Scissor runs
- Pendulum
- Double pendulum
- Single pendulum
Combination 2
- Jog forwards
- Double hops
- Hop backwards
- Scissor runs
- Pendulum
- Repeat sequence
Combination 3
- Curly grapevine
- Step behind
- Step in front
- Travel across
- Four hamstring curls
- Double hamstring curls
Combination 4
- Chassé
- Turning hamstring curl
- Curly grapevine
- Repeat on both lead legs
Combination 5
- Chassé
- Turning hamstring curl
- Curly grapevine
- Three repeaters
- Repeat on both sides
Combination 6
- Chassé
- Turning hamstring curl
- Curly grapevine
- Three repeaters
- Shuffle forwards
- Shuffle backwards
Full routine
- Jog forwards
- Double hops
- Hop backwards
- Scissor runs
- Pendulum
- Curly grapevine
- Four hamstring curls
- Double hamstring curls
- Chassé
- Turning hamstring curl
- Three repeaters
- Shuffle forwards and backwards
- Repeat on both lead legs
Main training focus
- High-impact aerobics
- Cardiovascular fitness
- Coordination
- Agility
- Rhythm and timing
- Freestyle choreography
- Muscular endurance
Music
- Pure Energy Music
- Tempo approximately 135–140 BPM








