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VOL. 3, ISS. 11 | NOVEMBER 2017

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Movement
Transform Your Workout

FIVE MAXIMIZER MOVES FROM SHAUN T

Trust and believe these moves will transform your workout.

By 
Shaun T
You probably know him as the creator of the at-home fitness workouts Insanity and T25. Now, Shaun T wants to inspire you to go further in your own workouts and to use your fitness journey to transform your life. 
Do these five total-body, calorie-torching moves at the beginning or at the end of any workout and maximize your results. Perform each move for one minute, and as Shaun T always says, trust and believe that you can dig deeper. (Read more about Shaun T in 24Life!)

Shaun T's Five Maximizer Moves

Give Shaun T five minutes and he'll give you so much more from your workout.

Knee Tap, Toe Touch

  • Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. 
  • Lift your left knee above your waist and tap your right hand to your knee as you do, engaging your core. Return to standing. 
  • Kick your left foot out and reach with your right hand to touch your left toes, engaging your core. Return to standing.
  • Repeat the knee tap and toe touch with your right knee and left hand.
  • Continue the knee tap and toe touch combination, alternating sides, for one minute.

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Adductor Squat Pulse

  • Step your feet out wider than shoulder-width apart and sit in a deep squat position with your arms extended out for balance, engaging your core and shoulders. 
  • Step your left foot in next to your right foot, and sit in an adductor squat. 
  • Step your left foot back out to sit in a full squat position.
  • Step your right foot in next to your left foot, and sit in an adductor squat. 
  • Step your right foot back out to your full squat, and do two pulses.  
  • Continue to step in from a wide squat and sit in an adductor squat for each side, then step out and pulse twice, for one minute. ​

Split-Step Jack

  • Stand with feet hip-width apart.
  • Jump both feet out into a jack position while raising both arms above your head.  
  • Jump back in, lowering your arms, and split your feet with your right foot forward and left foot back. 
  • Jump back in, then jump out into a jack position with your arms in the air; jump back in and split your feet again with your left foot forward and right foot back. 
  • Repeat the sequence for one minute.​
     

Squat Scissor Plyo Jump

  • Start in a deep squat position with your back flat and both hands touching the floor in between your feet. 
  • Jump up in the air and return to a squat position with both hands touching the floor.  
  • Jump in the air and scissor your left foot in front of your right foot, then land in a squat position with both hands touching the floor.  
  • Repeat the squat jump; repeat the scissor jump with your left foot in front of your right. 
  • Continue the squat and scissor jump combination, alternating sides, for one minute.​
     

Dynamic Lunge Stretch

  • Stand with your feet more than shoulder-width apart, turn to your right and drop into a deep lunge, touching the floor with your right hand and engaging your core and obliques.  
  • Engage your quad and glutes by driving your heel into the floor and slightly lifting your toes.  
  • Return to starting position and repeat on the other side. Continue, alternating, for one minute.​
     
Photography, videography: Tom Casey, 
box24studio.com
Grooming: Katie Nash, 
katienashbeauty.com

About Shaun T

Shaun T is a world-renowned health and fitness expert, TV host, motivator and creator of the best-selling fitness programs INSANITY, HIP HOP ABS, FOCUS T25, INSANITY MAX:30, CIZE and newly released SHAUN WEEK. A native of New Jersey, Shaun T received a BS in Sports Science and a minor in Theater and Dance from Rowan University. He’s danced with Mariah Carey as well as Aaron and Nick Carter, and choreographed for USTA’s Arthur Ashe Kids Day, the NCAA Final Four Halftime Show and the movie Bring it on: All or Nothing.
Shaun T’s self-help memoir, T IS FOR TRANSFORMATION, is available at 
shauntfitness.com/book
 and will be in bookstores on November 7, 2017.

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— Mark Twain

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