5 Day Fitness Plan

5 Day Fitness Plan

New Content and Suggestions for November 10-16, 2025

*This Weekly plan provides an optional 60 minutes of balanced resistance training each day.
(Choose one or both selections for each day)

See the Online calendar here:
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Monday

HIPS, THIGHS, CORE
11-10-25

New! (@6:00am EST) Video 720 “Reset: Forward Bending” (45 minutes)
Learn to bend forward without hurting your back using the FIS 5-Step Process to improve strength and range of motion using dumbbells and a sponge ball.

To add an extra 15 minutes, try Video 510 "Hip and Knee Flexion Boost" for the strength and responsiveness of the hip and knee flexor muscles.

Tuesday

CORE
11-11-25

Video 269 “Spinal Solutions II” (30 minutes)
Assess range of motion and strengthen positional weaknesses for stronger abdominals and hips.

If you want an additional 30 minutes, try Video 422 "Absolutely Core" to target the abdominal region in this bodyweight core workout using a variety of positions.

Wednesday

BACK,SHOULDERS
11-12-25

Video 715 “Posture Reset” (30 minutes)
Reset your standing and seated posture using the FIS 5-Step process to strengthen weak muscles.

To add an extra 30 minutes, try Video 643 "Pilates for Mid-Back" for bodyweight core training exercises, including shoulder and mid back strengthening with a TheraBand.

Thursday

QUADS, HIPS, GLUTES
11-13-25

Video 700 “ISO-Band Day 02” (30 minutes)
Progress from the chair to standing with a variety of strength exercises using a TheraBand.

If you want another 30 minutes, try Video 285 "Quads and Core" using dumbbells to target muscles that flex the spine and hip.

Friday

REST/ ACTIVE REST
11-14-25

Saturday

CHEST, ARMS, SHOULDERS
11-15-25

Video 463 "Mobility Challenge: Day 2” (30 minutes)
Mobility workout for the foundational hip hinge movement, incorporating the hip, knee and ankle

If you want an additional 30 minutes, try Video 286 "Yoga with Weights: Upper Body" using dumbbells to strengthen the upper body in several classic Yoga asanas

Sunday

REST DAY
11-16-25

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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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5 Day Fitness Plan
  • Video 720 | Reset: Forward Bending (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    If bending forward causes you to frequently strain your lower back or hamstrings, this is an indicator that your muscles need attention. In this workout, we will use the FIS 5-Step Isometric Method to improve strength and range of motion using bodyweight, a sponge ball, and dumbbells. A chair wi...

  • Video 510 | Hip and Knee Flexion Boost (15 mins) with Lauren Eirk

    If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen the hip and knee flexor muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight and a sponge ball. Weakness in these areas can cause low back and hip tightness, and knee instability. These muscles deal with pron...

  • Video 269 | Spinal Solutions II (30 mins) with Lauren Eirk

    First, learn some great self assessments to detect any range of motion differences. Next, practice some positional isometric exercises, designed to activate weak muscles, particularly ones that are sitting in the front of the body that flex the spine.
    From here, we will use a mini ball and thi...

  • Video 422 | Absolutely Core (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout combines variations of the crunch to strengthen spinal muscles in a choreographed sequence with many modifications and progressions. No equipment is necessary, which allows you to focus on control. You will be amazed by how efficiently the core can be trained in record time!

    Pur...

  • Video 715 | Posture Reset (30 mins) with Lauren Eirk

    This video will address common postural issues when sitting and standing. As gravity pushes against us, shoulders can roll forward, the spine can round, the hips can tuck under, and the legs and feet collapse into pronation. This can often lead to lower back pain and tightness, which is often d...

  • Video 643 | Pilates for Mid-Back (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This creative take on many classic Pilates mat exercises incorporates an elastic band to strengthen muscles that attach to the shoulder and mid-back regions. Target the lats, rhomboids, upper and middle trapezius, deltoids, pecs, and arm muscles while performing roll-ups, crunches, spine twists...

  • Video 700 | ISO-Band Day 02 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Day of the ISO-Band Program is marked with multi-joint integrated isometric training to target the hips and knees. All of the positions that we will practice in this video center around the sagittal plane in "flexion" and "extension".
    After a short mobility warm-up, we will practice several s...

  • Video 285 | Quads and Core (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    We commonly refer to "abs" when we think of core training, but many muscles in the front of the body can flex the spine. In this routine, strengthen the quadriceps, which affect both the hip and spine, and the abdominals.

    Starting on the floor, enjoy some great trunk and spine exercises to ton...

  • Video 463 | Mobility Challenge: Day 2 (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    On Day 2 of the mobility series, we will look to strengthen hip flexion, knee extension, ankle dorsiflexion on the way down into the hip hinge, then hip extension, knee extension, and ankle plantar flexion on the way up. Within this, we also look at the spine's involvement in the hip hinge.

    We b...

  • Video 286 | Yoga with Weights: Upper Body (30 minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    Experience several standing, seated, and flowing sequences using dumbbells to target the upper body while performing isometric resistance training in several classic Yoga poses. This practice begins with some floor sequences, then adds dumbbells to the classic Sun Salutation. Next, experience a...