Day 19: Bodyweight Active Recovery with Extended Warm-up + Cool-down
18/1828 – Day 19 - Bodyweight Active Recovery with Extended Warm-up + Cool-down
This workout serves as Day 19 of the FB Kickstart 30 Day Program but can also be completed as a standalone workout. Days 20 and 21 are rest days.
Recharge your body with this active recovery workout to finish off week 3 of the program. This joint-friendly routine blends low-impact cardio, strengthening moves, and mobility exercises to boost flexibility, stability, and endurance.
Workout Overview
This total-body workout combines low-impact cardio and mobility-focused movements to challenge your muscles, elevate your heart rate, and enhance flexibility — all without high-impact stress. Featuring a mix of dynamic mobility flows, gentle cardio activation, and restorative core exercises, this routine promotes active recovery and functional movement in a joint-friendly format.
Focus and Benefits
The workout emphasizes mobility, core stability, and total-body strength, helping you improve balance, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance. Alternating between flowing movements and gentle activation ensures you stay engaged while providing restorative benefits to your body.
Equipment
- Mat
Tips & Helpful Information
- Focus on Form: Pay attention to alignment, especially during mobility exercises, for maximum benefit.
- Take It Slow: Move at a controlled pace to enhance the restorative focus.
- Listen to Your Body: Adjust intensity if needed, prioritizing comfort over speed or range of motion.
Difficulty & Modifications
Rated Level 3 out of 5, this workout balances challenge with active recovery. Beginners can reduce the range of motion or take longer breaks, while advanced participants can deepen stretches or maintain continuous movement for an added challenge.
Extended Warm-up (7 minutes)
- Deep Breathing
- Cat Cow
- Arm Circles
- Forward Leg Swings Alternating
- World’s Greatest Stretch Alternating
- Marching with Arm Circles
- Alternating Lateral Lunge
Workout (~32 minutes) Each exercise is 45 Seconds on, 15 Seconds off, 2 Rounds of Each Circuit.
Circuit 1: Mobility Flow
- Deep Squat to Hamstring Stretch
- T‑Spine Plank Rotation
- Plank to Down Dog
- Standing Figure 4 Stretch with Balance R
- Standing Figure 4 Stretch w/Balance L
Water Break
Circuit 2: Gentle Total Body Activation
- Split Squat Hold w/Pulse R
- Split Squat Hold w/Pulse L
- Yogi Push-Up
- Side-Lying Leg Lifts R
- Side Lying Leg Lift L
Circuit 3: Low Impact Cardio
- High Knees to Forward Lunge
- Lateral Lunge with Overhead Reach in Middle
- Low Squat Walk
- 3 Knee Drives and Alternate
- Standing Side Crunch
Extended Cool-down (5 minutes)
- Standing Forward Fold
- Seated Forward Fold
- Thread the Needle Stretch Alternating
- Child’s Pose to Tabletop Stretch
- Breathwork + Relaxation