HORIZON CORE | Week 11: Stay Ready

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Amy Petersen
ACE-CPT, Sports Performance, PN-1, PATHFINDER Founder & Director of Programming
October 31, 2025

This taper session is for precision, not power. You’re reinforcing clean patterns, core activation, and posture without draining your system. Just enough to stay warm, loose, and locked in without carrying fatigue into your next event.

Move well. Stay ready. That’s the goal.

Why this matters: Maintain neural readiness without fatigue. Movement quality only.

NOTES

  • RPE (rate of perceived exertion) should be 5-6.
  • If needed, adjust the number of reps, time, or rounds to fit your fitness level.
  • If needed, rest 1-2 minutes between rounds.
  • Always do your warm-up to help prevent injuries.
  • Some video demonstrations may depict exercise tools other than a ruck - the same cues and form will still apply unless otherwise noted.

REMINDER:

  • Soft count: 1, 2, 3, 4 ... this is when both (or all) limbs perform the exercise at the same time.
  • Hard count: 1,1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4...this is when only one limb does work at a time.
  • Each Side: Do all reps on one side before switching to complete all reps on the other side.

WARM UP

 REPS EXERCISE COUNT
5 x 360° breathing
8 x Cat/Cows

WORKOUT x 2 ROUNDS

 REPS EXERCISE COUNT
8 x Dead Bug HARD COUNT
1:00 x Forearm Plank
:20 sec x KB Press Out Hold EACH SIDE
10 x  Glute Bridge (2 sec pause @ top)