11 Fitness: Thanksgiving workout tips from Teddy Savage

BIG TRAVEL DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 50S. WELL, IT’S TIME FOR 11 FITNESS AND TATTY SAVAGE IS JOINING US FROM PLANET FITNESS THIS MORNING. AND TEDDY, YOU HAVE A SORT OF A PRE THANKSGIVING WORKOUT FOR FOLKS YOU GOT IT JEN. AND HERE’S THE THING WE LOVE TO WORK OUT. WE GOT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO GROCERY SHOPPING. WE GOT TO GO GET GIFTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE GOT TO KEEP OUR BODIES DYNAMICALLY STRETCHED OUT SO THAT WE CAN DO THEM WITHOUT IMPINGEMENT. AND DISCOMFORT. OKAY, SO THESE ARE SOME ACTIVE RECOVERY STRETCHES. YOU CAN DO BEFORE TURKEY DAY TO KEEP YOUR BODY NIMBLE AND READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST ONE IS KNEE HUGGERS. OKAY. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST STAND UP NICE AND TALL. OKAY. I’LL DO THIS PART. YES. PROUD POSTURE IS EVERYTHING. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR LEFT KNEE AND JUST BRING IT UP TOWARDS YOUR CHEST AND BRING IT IN AS A GOOD STRETCH FOR YOUR GLUTE? RIGHT. OKAY. AND THOSE GLUTES ARE OUR PRIMARY FORCE TO WALKING AND RUNNING AND STEPPING AND TWISTING. SO WE WANT TO PULL THAT KNEE IN AND YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THE COUNTER FOR BALANCE OR A CHAIR, RIGHT? OR YOU CAN HOLD ON TO YOUR LOVED ONE BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE LOVED ONES WITH YOU ALL DAY ON TURKEY DAY. RIGHT? SO GET A TOUCH ON THERE. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE HEEL SWEEPS. SO AGAIN, STANDING UP NICE AND TALL, LIKE YOU SAID, SHOULDERS BACK, LET THE CHEST PRONOUNCE RIGHT, RIGHT. THEN YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR LEFT HEEL TOE UP AND YOU’LL SWEEP DOWN TOWARDS THAT HEEL. REALLY STRETCHING OUT THE HAMSTRING. DID YOU FEEL THAT IN THE BACK SIDE OF YOU? DID I DID, YES. LET’S GO TO THE OPPOSITE LEG. YOU’LL REALLY STILL DOING THE SAME LEG BECAUSE IT FELT SO GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S ALL RIGHT. I’LL DO THE OTHER ONE. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STRETCHES BECAUSE THE HAMSTRING. YEAH, THAT CAN GET SO TIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF WE SIT FOR LONG PERIODS AND WE DO THAT AND WE’RE WATCHING THE FOOTBALL GAME EVERY QUARTER BREAK. I WANT YOU TO GET UP AND DO A COUPLE OF HEEL SWEEPS. OKAY? THIS NEXT ONE IS A REVERSE LUNGE TO AN OVERHEAD STRETCH. THIS ONE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THIS ONE. YOU CAN GRAB THE TURKEY IF YOU’VE ALREADY BROUGHT YOUR TURKEY. RIGHT. GO GRAB THAT TURKEY BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT AS AN EXERCISE. RIGHT? SO WE’RE GOING TO HOLD THAT TURKEY RIGHT HERE. WE’LL STEP BACK. I’LL SHOW YOU FROM THE SIDE. GOOD STEP BACK INTO A REVERSE LUNGE AND RAISE THOSE HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD LIKE THANKING THAT TURKEY FOR ALL IT’S GOING TO GIVE YOU RIGHT? FOR ALL OF THE PROTEIN, FOR ALL OF THE SWEET JUICES, FOR ALL OF THE DELICIOUS NESS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. TURKEY. IT’S THE CENTRAL PART OF A LOT OF THANKSGIVING DINNERS. AND IT CAN ALSO BE A CENTRAL PART OF YOUR ACTIVE RECOVERY ROUTINE. THIS LAST ONE IS CALLED THE WORLD’S GREATEST STRETCH. I LOVE THIS. OH, I DON’T KNOW. WORLD’S GREATEST STRETCH. DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS? I DIDN’T, BUT I WISH I DID. SO THE WORLD’S GREATEST STRETCH. YOU’VE GOT TO BE IN A NICE, ELONGATED, STAGGERED STANCE. GIVE YOU ROOM RIGHT HERE. AND SHE GAVE ME SOME ROOM. RIGHT. SO WE’RE HERE. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE OUR LEFT HAND RAISE IT UP NICE AND TALL, BRING IT INSIDE OF OUR LEFT KNEE, AND THEN EXTEND UP TOWARDS THE SKY, REALLY TWISTING AND ENGAGING AT THE THORACIC SPINE, WHICH IS THE LOWER THE MID PART OF YOUR SPINE. RIGHT. AND BECAUSE YOU’RE DIPPING YOUR HEAD DOWN AND OPENING YOUR CHEST, YOU’RE REALLY GETTING A GOOD STRETCH THROUGH YOUR OBLIQUES AS WELL. YEAH. SO YOU’RE WORKING OUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MUSCLE GROUPS WITH THAT ONE. YES. THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED THE WORLD’S GREATEST STRETCH. AND HERE’S THE THING. ACTIVE RECOVERY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WORKING OUT ITSELF. SO EVEN IF YOU’RE IN THE KITCHEN, YOU’RE COOKING UP THE YAMS, RIGHT? AND I DO SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE AND IT’S ONE OF THE BEST ONES AROUND. IF YOU CHALLENGE THAT, COME SEE ME, I’LL WHIP IT UP FOR YOU. BUT YOU CAN GET A COUPLE OF CANNED GOODS, RIGHT? DO YOUR CURLS, DO YOUR SHOULDER PRESS WITH THE TURKEY. YOU COULD DO YOUR BENT ROWS, BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOU DO THOSE STRETCHES TO KEEP YOUR BODY MOVING AND GROOVING. ALL RIGHT. AND ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT RIGHT NOW OR WHATEVER THEY’RE STRESSING OUT ABOUT THANKSGIVING AND ALL THE CALORIES THEY’RE GOING TO EAT. BUT THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER, IT’S ONE MEAL. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S ONE MEAL. AND THE STRESS AND ANXIETY THAT YOU PLACE ON YOURSELF DOESN’T HELP THE SITUATION AT ALL. WHAT YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF IS, IS THIS SMALL THINGS 1% EACH AND EVERY DAY. KEEP YOUR BODY MOVING AS A HABITUAL ROUTINE AND ONE DAY WON’T SHAKE YOU TOO BAD. AND THE LAST PART ABOUT IT IS ENJOY THE MOMENT. RIGHT? ENJOY THE DAY. DON’T WORRY ABOUT RAMIFICATIONS. DON’T WORRY ABOUT COUNTING CALORIES. DON’T WORRY ABOUT IF I’M OVER OVER MY MACROS OR UNDER MY MACROS. HEY, LOOK, I LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE, RIGHT? FILL YOUR SPIRIT WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS AND YOU CAN KEEP YOUR ROUTINE GOING ON THAT

It’s time for the 11-fitness segment with Teddy Savage, the National Lead Trainor with Planet Fitness joins us in studio. He has tips on how to reduce soreness with a workout and a few pre-Thanksgiving tips from whether to work out before you eat, or to walk after?

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