Lockdown Protocol 6-Week Plan
Lockdown Protocol 6-Week Plan
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LOCKDOWN PROTOCOL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRO ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... … 3
Calendar ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
Training & scaling options ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5
Warm-up ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
Exercise Explanations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7-8
Phase 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9-10
(weeks 1-2)
Phase II ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11-12
(weeks 3-4)
Phase III ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13-14
(weeks 5-6)
Conclusion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
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determine if it is right for your needs. This is particularly true if you (or your family) have a history of high blood
pressure or heart disease, or if you have ever experience chest pain when exercising or have experienced chest
pain in the past month when not engaged in physical activity. Also if you smoke, have high cholesterol, are obese,
or have a bone or joint problem that could be made worse by a change in physical activity. Do not start this train-
ing plan if your physician or health care provider advises against it.
If you experience faintness, dizziness, pain or shortness of breath at any time while exercising you should stop im- 2
mediately. If you encounter an injury while performing this plan please seek medical advice before continuing.
The use of any information in this program in solely at your own risk.
This plan was designed to use completely no weights while still giving you an
intense workout. Many of us around the world are now locked down and for those
without home gyms this can feel daunting. That is why it is important to plan and
focus on your physical and mental health.
Bodyweight style training has been proven to be more than effective and is the
best way to help you build and maintain your physique, strength, endurance
and mobility.
This training uses No fancy exercises, No equipment, limited space, and even
limits jumping exercises ( for those in apartments, thank us later). There are options
for every level with scaling and adding weight depending on your fitness level and
situation.
It isn’t the time to pack it in! Now is the perfect time to knuckle down and
continue to challenge yourself. Its important that you read over the following
pages for your full brief on how to perform and get the most out of this training.
P.S. This protocol was created for the current situation but it can be used
anytime you are stuck inside, travelling for work, or if you find yourself locked
down in solitary confinement (fingers crossed this isn’t any of you).
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CALENDAR
This program is to be performed 4 days per week, with 3 days off. Due to being
locked down and likely not being very active, I highly recommend not going more than
one day without some form of exercise or low intensity cardio.
Off days:
Take this time to stay active and work on taking your mind off what's going on around
you. If you can, get outside and take a walk, run or cycle. If you're stuck inside the house,
focus on your mobility and get stuck into some stretching / foam rolling. Other ways to
stay active is while you're playing games whether on a console or board games with your
family is have punishments. Every time you lose or make a bad move, you must do 10
push-ups.
PHASE 1
& CORE
& CORE
YOUR TRAINING.
During this program, each day will have a specific goal and focus. You will be
focused on either total body, lower body and core, or upper body.
Your training day will be split up into blocks. Each block will take around 6-8 minutes
with a 2-minute rest between each one. This is to keep you disciplined and laser
focused on the task at hand. Note* Circuits are the exception.
As you move through the program, it will get progressively harder by changing the
exercises to more difficult variations and increasing the volume.
HIIT Splits
During these you will be performing the exercises for a specified time followed by
rest for a specified time. At the beginning of the program you will be using a 20/40
ratio meaning 20 seconds of work, followed by 40 seconds of rest. As you progress
through the weeks things will ramp up to 30/30s and finally 40/20s.
AMRAPs
The above stands for “as many rounds as possible” and is exactly what you will be
doing. You will complete all the repetitions of the 1st exercise, followed by all reps
of the 2nd exercise This is 1 round. Rest as necessary and repeat as many times as
possible within the time frame.
SCALING / Alternative
Exercises
This training protocol has been specifically built for those
with zero equipment and limited space. It has been
designed to be performed from any level from beginner to
advanced. Depending on what level you are at right now, we have options to help
you change the training to suit you.
BEGINNER
If you are finding the program too difficult, here are some example alternative
movements to make life easier.
WARM UP.
Due to the lockdown, the best way to warm-up and let some tension out to
get things rolling is shadow boxing. Leave the warm gears on at this stage, put
some music on and let those punches fly. A good amount of time for the
warm-up is 1-2 songs or 4-6 minutes.
Once you have completed this, spend 3-5 minutes on Dynamic stretching.
Below is a routine that I recommend to make sure your muscles are
completely prepared for the workout ahead.
Start with a wide stance and hold each stretch for 2-3 seconds. Repeat
until you complete the required amount
5X TOE REACHES
(EACH SIDE)
5X Ground Touches
Stand up straight each time
NOTE:
5x Torso bend and stretch You hear this all the time, but
warming up properly is really
one arm up overhead and reach important to your workout. Its
not just a way to prevent injury
5x Lunge Stretch but it will really help activate your
muscles so you get more out of
your workout. It only takes 5-10
5x Standing knee hold minutes so get after it!
(each side)
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EXERCISE EXPLANATIONS
Upper Body – Pull: Upper Body – Push:
CHAIN BREAKERS DECLINE PUSH-UPS
To start, think of face pulls. Begin with arms These are the same as regular push-ups but
straight out both fists touching. Squeeze using a chair/bench or any elevated
your mid upper back muscles tightly as you platform to put your feet on. This makes the
pull your elbows back to be inline with your exercise more difficult and mimics an
shoulders. incline bench press.
This is the same as a regular sit-up, however Keeping your torso upright and your weight
at the top of each rep you will throw a 1-2 on the balls of your feet, scissor your legs
boxing combo (left punch, right punch) front and back. This is quick footwork, and
before lowering your body down and repeat. it should be light and fast. Pump your arms
to keep the speed of the feet up.
PHASE I : INITIATION
WEEK ONE. During this phase we are starting off
light with basic exercises and more rest.
This will set the foundation for you as
you build your capacity to handle more
Day 1: Total Body HIIT - 20/40s and more volume.
Perform each exercise for the required 20s
on 40s off. For example 20s push-ups,
40s rest. 20s chain breakers, 40s rest.
Repeat for all of the required sets.
Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks.
Day 2: Total Body circuits
(700 Repetitions)
1ST BLOCK Regular Push-ups 4 Rounds: No rest between rounds.
3 sets Chain Breakers ** 15 x Diamond push-ups
** See page 7
DAY 5: UPPER BODY AMRAPS
Each Block is 6 minutes. Perform as many
rounds as possible of both exercises in the
Day 4: Lower Body / Core AMRAPs 6-minute time frame.
Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks.
Each Block is 6 minutes. Perform as many
rounds as possible, of both exercises, in
the 6-minute time frame. 1ST BLOCK 15x Decline Push-ups
Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks 6MINS
30x Chain Breakers
1ST BLOCK 20x Air squats 2ND BLOCK 15x Wide Push-ups
6MINS 20x Single-leg Calf Raises 6MINS
(each side) 15secs Back Static Hold
ND
3RD BLOCK 15x Knuckle Push-ups
2 BLOCK 20x Sideways Lunges 6MINS
15x Arm Haulers
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Day 11: Lower Body / Core DAY 12: UPPER BODY AMRAPS
Each Block is 7 minutes. Perform as many
AMRAPs rounds as possible of both exercises in the
Each Block is 7 minutes. Perform as many 7-minute time frame.
rounds as possible, of both exercises, in Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks.
the 7-minute time frame.
Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks
1ST BLOCK 15x Decline Push-ups
1ST BLOCK 20x Air squats 7 MINS
30x Chain Breakers
7 MINS
20x Single-leg calf raises
(each side) 2ND BLOCK 15x Wide Push-ups
7 MINS
15secs Back Static Hold
2ND BLOCK 20x Sideways lunges
7 MINS (each side)
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1ST BLOCK 25x Squat jumps 1ST BLOCK 20x Decline push-ups
7 MINS 7 MINS 40x Chain breakers
25x Single-leg calf raises
(each side)
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Day 11: Lower Body / Core DAY 12: UPPER BODY AMRAPS
AMRAPs Each Block is 8-minutes. Perform as many
rounds as possible of both exercises in the
Each Block is 8-minutes. Perform as many 8-minute time frame.
rounds as possible, of both exercises, in Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks.
the 8-minute time frame.
Rest 1-2 minutes between blocks 1ST BLOCK 20x Decline push-ups
8MINS 40x Chain breakers
1ST BLOCK 25x Squat jumps
8MINS 25x Single-leg calf raises
(each side) 2ND BLOCK 20x Wide push-ups
8MINS
2ND BLOCK 25x Sideways lunges 20sec Back static hold
8MINS (each side)
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WHERE TO NOW?
Yes of course you can repeat this training plan again. If
you do, then I challenge you to kick it up a notch. This
time, try adding weight by wearing a vest / plate carrier
or loaded backpack.