Baseline Foundations is not for complete beginners and it is not advanced athletic training
It is the bridge between general gym work and proper physical development
If you lift weights, take classes, play sport or stay active but feel like your training lacks structure, this block gives you the missing foundation: strength, aerobic fitness, mobility, power, movement quality, and measurable progress.
It is built for people who want to get stronger, improve body composition, lower their resting heart rate and build a body that supports long-term HEALTHSPAN — but who also need a plan that can fit around a demanding life
Baseline Foundations aim to leave you with a more strategic starting point. It is a capacity-driven approach to training: building movement efficiency, relative streangth and improved heart health
You will follow a high-low weekly structure: movement and aerobic work on lower-stress days, strength training on higher-stress days and flexible options at the weekend.
Across the block, you will explore your preferred squat or lunge pattern, build your horizontal press, practise hinge mechanics, introduce low-level athletic work and establish clean strength benchmarks that become your KPIs for future progress. The goal is not to crush yourself for five weeks
The goal is to build the physical and behavioural foundation that makes the next phase of training more effective
Baseline Foundations is for the person who is ready to move beyond random workouts, fitness classes and stop-start gym phases and start building a body that is strong, fit and capable for the long run
A1
T-Spine Extension
1 x 8
A2
SPINAL LATERAL FLEXION WITH ARM REACH
1 x 4
A3
SIDELYING T-SPINE ROTATION
1 x 5
A4
Serratus Activation - Wall Slide
1 x 8
A5
Shoulder Cars
1 x 8
A6
SHOULDER PERPETATIONS
B1
Hamstring Stretch
1 x 20
B2
HIP EXTERNAL ROTATION STRETCH WITH BAND
B3
Quad Rockback
1 x 8
B4
Side Lying HIP CARs
1 x 6
B5
Curtsy Lunge to Hip Abduction
B6
WALL PUSH HIP HINGE
1 x 8
C1
ANKLE ROCKER - ANKLE MOBILITY
2 x 6
C2
HIP FLOW
C3
1 LEG RDL MED BALL DROPP CATCH
2 x 6
D
Assault Bike
3 x 4:00
A
CARDIO ZONE 1-2 (100-140bpm)
5 x 0:10
B1
WALL SUPPORTED LIGHT POGO
2 x 8
B2
DEEP TIER PLYO SQUAT W? MEDBALL
2 x 8
B3
Seated Low Box Jump
2 x 4
C1
ESTABLISH YOUR PREFERRED SPLIT SQUAT VARIATION
2 x 8
C2
1-ARM DB ROW 3 POINS OF CONTACT
2 x 8
C3
1/2 Kneel Cable Rotation
2 x 8
D1
Lying Leg Curl
2 x 10
D2
1/2 Kneel Overhead Press
D3
BAND PULL APART
E1
BICEP CURL (PICK FAVOURITE EXERCISE)
2 x 8
E2
CABLE SIDE LATERAL RAISE
2 x 8
E3
MJ CALF RAISE
2 x 6
A1
Hanging Lat Stretch
A2
Elephant Walk - Progression
A3
BENCH T-SPINE EXTENSION
A4
1/2 Kneeling T SPINE ROTATION
A5
SHOULDER SWIMMERS
A6
SPINAL COMPLEX
B1
FROG STRETCH with PELVIC TILT PRACTICE
B2
SIDE LYING HIP CAR
B3
CURTSY LUNGE TO HIP ABDUCTION DEMO
B4
HAMSTRING FLEXIBILITY - 1 LEG HINGE PRACTICE
B5
HIP FLEXOR MOBILITY
C
Assault Bike
3 x 4:00
A
Assault Bike
5 x 0:10
B1
1 ARM CABLE T-SPINE ROW
2 x 8
B2
1 LEG OVERHEAD MEDBALL
2 x 8
B3
MED BALL SIDE TO SIDE OVERHEAD SLAM
2 x 8
B4
MED BALL ROTATIONAL SHOTPUT
2 x 4
C1
BENCH PRESS
2 x 8
C2
ISO GLUTE BRIDGE w/ TSPINE ROTATION
2 x 4
C3
TALL KNEELING STRAIGHT ARM BANDED PULLDOWN
2 x 8
D1
HIGH HIP HINGE (ROMANIAN DEADLIFT RDL)
2 x 8
D2
CABLE FACE PULL
2 x 8
D3
SHOULDER DISLOCATES
2 x 8
E1
NEUTRAL GRIP PUSHDOWN
2 x 8
E2
TRICEP PUSHDOWN
2 x 8
E3
KNEE MOBILITY
2 x 4
A
Assault Bike
2 x 3:00
B
Assault Bike
4 x 0:20
C
Assault Bike
1 x 3:00
THEODORE DAVIS
7+ years · 6,000+ hours of 1:1 coaching health conscious, ambitious professionals THIRD SPACE LONDON - SENIOR TRAINER 2021–25 · NIKE AMBASSADOR 2025–26 EXOS PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST BJJ BLUE BELT DIGITAL NOMAD
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