The Road to Costa Rica
By Nicole DeBoom, Founder of Skirt Sports, Women’s Quest GroupieWorkouts will be posted by Tue evening and we’ll do our best to video ourselves live on the Women Who Move Challenge Facebook group. Please join the group to view all of the workouts and join us!
I learned to surf last year. I was 45 years old, a former professional athlete who spent the last decade (plus!) trying to hang on to my fitness while I chased a career and later a kid. That career is now 14 years old; Skirt Sports is helping women find happiness in their bodies through beautiful, great-fitting athletic clothing. That kid is now in 1st grade and I’m still chasing her.
When I set the goal to Learn To Surf last year, I immediately contacted Colleen and said: “I’m in!” I had no idea what may lie ahead, so I went to Costa Rica with an open heart and open mind. What I found was so much more than I ever expected. I fell in love with surfing. I fell in love with the culture. I fell in love with the women on the retreat. I fell in love with the feeling of falling in love! I was so moved that on the flight home, I wrote an episode of my Run This World Podcast called “What I Didn’t Know I Needed,” chronicling what happens when you open yourself to an experience that is so completely full of unknowns. You allow yourself to feel.
In my past life, my body and my fitness were my number one priorities. Over the years, my body and my fitness have slid down into a solid 3rd or 4th place, which isn’t bad, but it could be better.
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T Minus 7 Weeks
CORE: 30 reps each (this rotates throughout the workout)
- Crunches of your choice
- Oblique core move of your choice (bicycles, russian twists, etc)
- Back move of your choice (supermans, flutters, etc)
Warmup
- 5min walk, jog, bike
- 5min dynamic moves
- 5 min shoulder warmup: rotator cuff exercises
CORE #1
Legs/Core (2 sets)
- Bosu/balance squats (10-20)
- Burpees
- Kneeling swiss ball press
- 10 with both legs up
- 5 with one leg only on each side
- DeBoom Quad Busters: 4 exercises (30 sec each)
- Squats
- Back Lunges
- Lunge Jumps
- Squat jumps
Arms/Core (2 sets)
- Weighted Thoracic openers on one knee (5 in each direction)
- Slamball rollbacks (or just slams or just rollbacks)
- Swiss ball oblique crunches
- Plank or Plank jacks with slider discs or mountain climbers 1 min
CORE 2
DECONSTRUCTED POPUP HIIT (5-10 MIN TOTAL)
- Swim with bands (30 sec)
- 20 Mermaid pushups (change sides)
- 10-20 jumps on bench of your height preference
- Balance 1 foot on smooshy surface 20 sec (holding weight optional)
- Repeat
CORE 3
SWIM!
T Minus 8 Weeks
CORE: 30 sec each (this rotates throughout the workout)
- Crunches
- Seated angle Vs
- Bicycle
- Supermans
- Russian twists with or without weight
Warmup
- 5min walk, jog, bike
- 5min dynamic moves
- 5 min shoulder warmup: rotator cuff exercises
CORE
DO THE ENTIRE THING – LEGS AND ARMS – THEN REPEAT FOR 2 SETS TOTAL
Legs/Core
- Bosu/balance squats (10-20)
- Kneeling swiss ball press (10-20)
- Swiss ball dumbbell rotations (5-10 each side)
- DeBoom Quad Busters: 4 exercises (30 sec each)
- Squats
- Back Lunges
- Lunge Jumps
- Squat jumps
Arms/Core
- Weighted Thoracic openers on one knee
- Slamball rollbacks (or just slams or just rollbacks)
- Plank or Plank jacks with slider discs or mountain climbers 1 min
CORE 2
DECONSTRUCTED POPUP HIIT (5 MIN TOTAL)
- Swim with bands (30 sec)
- 20 Mermaid pushups (change sides)
- 10-20 jumps on bench of your height preference
- Balance 1 foot on smooshy surface 20 sec (holding weight optional)
- Repeat for 5 min
CORE 3
T Minus 9 Weeks
CORE: 30 sec each (this rotates throughout the workout)
- Crunches
- Sideswipers
- Seated flutters
- Back flutters
- Russian twists with or without weight
Warmup
- 5min walk, jog, bike
- 5min dynamic moves
- 5 min shoulder warmup: rotator cuff exercises
CORE 1
Legs/Core (2-3 sets)
- Bosu/balance squats (10-20)
- Kneeling swiss ball press (10-20)
- Swiss ball dumbbell rotations (5-10 each side)
- DeBoom Quad Busters: 4 exercises (30 sec each)
- Squats
- Back Lunges
- Lunge Jumps
- Squat jumps
CORE 2
Arms/Core
- Pushups any variation including shoulder blade pushups
- Slamball rollbacks
- Plank or Plank jacks with slider discs or mountain climbers
CORE 3
HIIT (5 min total)
- Swim with bands (30 sec)
- 5-10 pop-ups
CORE 4
Road to Costa Rica Workout – T Minus 10 Weeks
CORE – this will be done after each set – 30sec each move (2:30 each round)
- Bicycle crunches
- Seated Angled Vs
- Bird Dogs
- Supermans
- Russian twists
Warmup 10min: suggest bike, walk, easy run, dynamic exercises, etc
CORE Round 1
Set 1: Quads & Balance 2-3 sets
4-way lunges with weight (1 min)
- Front lunge and lift weight overhead (each leg)
- Front lunge and twist with weight to bent leg side (each leg)
- Back lunge and lift weight overhead (each leg)
- Back lunge and twist with weight to bent leg side (each leg)
DeBoom Quad busters (1 min)
- 20 squats
- 10 lunge jumps
- 10 squat jumps
CORE Round 2
Set 2: Core & Shoulders 2-3 sets
- 12 outer & inner rotator cuffs both arms – lightweight (ie 5 lbs)
- 6 over/under rotator cuffs both arms – lightweight (ie 5 lbs)
- 20 pushups: Forearm, knees, mermaid, whatever. The key is to keep neutral wrists so use a dumbbell to keep shoulders safe and good form.
- 5-10 Plank dumbbell-ups both sides. Hold for 5. Light to moderate weight.
CORE Round 3
Set 3: Surf Sim HIIT – 5 times no stopping
- Armbands or ski machine or simulate pulling through water 30sec
- 5-10 surf jump ups
CORE Round 4
SWIM 15-30 minutes! Grab a kickboard for a few laps and pretend to “paddle out” on it just for fun. 🙂