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Mobility is is one of those really cool workouts from Jessica Smith that is a little bit of everything. It doesn't fit into any one niche. This workout will give you mobility work, body weight strength work and dynamic flexibility. There is even a little bit (not a lot) of balance work. Jessica leads you … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: MOBILITY: Mind | Body | Muscle CONNECT Workout No Equipment Gentle, Total Body Mindfulness Training
It's been a rough week. On Saturday morning my back went out and I've been in pain ever since. I've been reduced to yoga for back pain workouts. I found 4 workouts by Jessica Smith for people with back pain and every morning for the past few days I have attempted this one but could … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 20-Minute Total Body Strength [Back Friendly] Workout
Good Resistance Training Exercises for Bad Backs: 7 Minute Workout is a short little resistance band workout from Jessica Smith to use when your back is hurting. The focus is upper body strength. Jessica suggests repeating it several times. I just used it in conjunction with several of her other workouts for back pain (see … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Good Resistance Training Exercises for Bad Backs: 7-Minute Workout
10 Minute Abs Workout for Bad Backs is a core workout from Jessica Smith for people with back problems. She incorporates some standing core exercises that will give your upper body a little bit of work, some core exercises using a chair and a few mat based exercises--but none that include crunching the upper body … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: The Best Abs Exercises (That Won’t Hurt Your Back) | Full 10 Minute Abs Workout for Bad Backs
The Best Cardio Exercises for Losing Weight with a Bad Back is a low impact cardio workout from Jessica Smith that is geared toward people with back pain. It is super short so if it is your cardio day, you probably want to repeat this a few times. Some of the exercises are done on … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: The Best Cardio Exercises for Losing Weight with a Bad Back
It's been a while since Jessica Smith has uploaded a new workout to YouTube--but she uploaded one yesterday. Since it is a recovery level workout and today is my recovery/rest day, I decided to work it in. Mobility Exercises is exactly what the title indicates--a mobility workout. But unlike mobility workouts I have done by … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: MOBILITY EXERCISES: The Cozy Sweater Weather Warm Up or Under The Weather and Sore Muscles Session
Feel Good Fusion is another one of Jessica Smith's awesome flowing workouts that creep up on you. It seems easy at first, but then some of your muscles start burning and you start perspiring a little. Jessica creates a lot of workouts that surprise you. This one uses elements of barre, pilates and yoga. You … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Feel Good Fusion
Wake Up & Walk is a 20 minute low impact cardio walk from Jessica Smith. I started with Jessica's 1 Mile Turkey Trot and finished off my 30 minutes with this walk. I wore my 10 pound weighted belt and weighted gloves to increase the intensity. I really enjoyed this combo and they worked really … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Wake Up & Walk
This is a quick little cardio walk from Jessica Smith. It's called a Turkey Trot because it was filmed around Thanksgiving and Jessica devised it as a way to squeeze in some steps between the turkey binge. I did this as a doubles workout and followed it up with another short cardio walk from Jessica … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 1 Mile Turkey Trop
1 Mile Power Walk is a low impact cardio walk from Jessica Smith. Today I did it as my doubles workout. I did Jessica's 1 Mile Fast Interval Walk first then followed it up with this one. Since this walk is less intense than 1 Mile Fast Interval Walk, I wore my 10 pound weighted … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 1 Mile Power Walk