5 Day Fitness Plan
New Content and Suggestions for January 12-18, 2026
*This Weekly plan provides an optional 60 minutes of balanced resistance training each day.
(Choose one or both selections for each day)
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Monday
Upper Body
1-12-26
NEW! @6:00AM EST Video 731 “Over 50 Supersets: Upper Body” (30 minutes)
Superset muscle building exercises using dumbbells and TheraBand to challenge muscles in the upper body without repeatedly loading the same joint structures back-to-back.
To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 713 "Mobility Reset: Upper Body" Improve upper body mobility using the 5-Step Isometric Method with a TheraBand and dumbbells.
Tuesday
HIPS, THIGHS
1-13-26
Video 554 “Knee-Friendly Leg Workout” (30 minutes)
Minimize repetitive knee bending and mechanical stress in this lower body strength training workout.
If you want an additional 30 minutes, try Video 234 "Thigh Band Glute Workout" to strengthen and tone the gluteals using a mini thigh band.
Wednesday
CORE, SHOULDERS, ARMS
1-14-26
Video 702 “ISO-Band Day 04” (30 minutes)
Core Isometrics in extension for spinal extensors to counteract slouching and back strain.
To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 509 "Biceps-Triceps Supersets" using complementary biceps and triceps combinations with dumbbells.
Thursday
GLUTES, HAMSTRINGS, CALVES
1-15-26
Video 436 "FIS Glutes and Calves" (30 minutes)
Strength training for gluteal and calf muscle groups using a thigh band, dumbbells and a support.
To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 677 "Refine Day 14" for targeted hamstrings & glute work using a chair as a prop and dumbbells for resistance.
Friday
REST/ACTIVE REST
1-16-26
Saturday
ABS, BACK, CHEST
1-17-26
Video 212 “Abs, Back, and Ball” (45 minutes)
Strengthening routine that targets the back and abdominal regions using the stability ball.
If you want another 15 minutes, try Video 365 "Chest and Back Express" with four chest and back superset resistance training exercises using dumbbells and TheraBand.
Sunday
REST DAY
1-18-26
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This Guide will give you direction in which exercise routines to do each week. Even if you are working on specific FIS TV Workouts that were assigned to you by your MAT Specialist, Personal Trainer, Physician, or Health Professional, the 5-Day Fitness plan can still be your guide! The education you get each week is designed to help you stay focused, inspire you, and assist you in reaching your individual health goals.
This collection of videos is comprised of the workouts that have been chosen from the in "Your Weekly Fitness and Wellness Coaching Guide" email, delivered every Sunday night at 6:00pm EST. The 5-Day plan is comprised of content that I choose for you to ensure that you work each body part sufficiently and have a chance to experience strength, flexibility, restoration, and intensity in a balanced fitness routine of five days of exercise and two days rest. I provide selections of 15, 30,45, and 60 minutes of exercise content each day so that you can chose what works for you. Come to this collection to be lead each week with adequate time allowed for rest and recovery.
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Video 713 | Mobility Reset: Upper Body (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Tightness is often a sign that muscles are weak. In this workout, we will improve mobility of the upper body using the FIS 5-Step Isometrics Blueprint (TM) using bodyweight, a TheraBand, and dumbbells to strengthen weak muscles. A Yoga Block (or pillow) will also be used in some of the exercis...
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Video 554 | Knee-Friendly Leg Workout (30 mins) with Lauren Eirk
This lower body workout is designed to strengthen the muscles of the hips, thighs, glutes, and lower leg without a lot of repetitive knee bending and mechanical stress. Learn how to feel more comfortable in many lower body exercises such as squats and lunges with this knee-friendly approach.
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Video 234 | Thigh Band Glute Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you are looking for an effective workout to target the booty, you are in the right place! This workout includes a standing warm-up followed by a core training section designed to strengthen the hips while activating the surrounding muscles of the trunk and spine. This section is followed by ...
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Video 702 | ISO-Band Day 04 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Day four of the ISO-Band Program is marked with integrated isometric training to target the muscles in the core. All of the positions that we will practice in this video center around the sagittal plane in extension.
After a short warm-up, we will perform some progressive forward bends to targe...
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Video 509 | Biceps-Triceps Supersets (30 mins) Lauren Eirk
In this superset workout, we are pairing antagonists biceps and triceps in back-to-back sets. Using dumbbells, experience a variety of repetition cadences and isometric holds to improve muscle responsiveness. As we place these elbow muscles through a strategic amount of stress, the goal is to l...
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Video 436 | FIS Glutes and Calves (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This workout includes a standing warm-up followed by standing glute and calf (gastrocnemius) section with dumbbells designed to strengthen the lower body for improved propulsion and power. We will incorporate a chair in several of the exercises.
This section is followed by some killer floor w...
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Video 677 | Refine Day 14 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
On the fourteenth day of the "Refine" Program, the focus is the muscles of the glutes and hamstrings, which often work together. Bodyweight and dumbbells will be leveraged as resistance, and a chair will help give us support as well as provide variety. The goal of this workout is to introduce mu...
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Video 212 | Abs, Back, and Ball (45 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
The stability ball is a versatile tool to better target the core. In this workout, feel how the shape, texture, and size of the ball can accommodate the spine and add more challenge to your muscles. In each exercise, the ball adds instability that must be controlled by your muscular system. Th...
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Video 365 | Chest and Back Express (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This express workout packs a punch in 15 minutes. We start with a warm-up, followed by four exercise combinations designed to complimentary in nature. You will be using dumbbells and a TheraBand to be able to create adequate resistance profiles in each with very little rest in between each exer...