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Ridgewood YMCA Breakers Training

At-Home Dryland

13 exercises from the GoMotion library, 12 currently playable here.

Train safely

Use an open space, keep a parent or guardian informed, move at your own pace, and never push through pain. Stop and speak with a medical professional when something hurts.

The original Breakers guidance primarily recommends the mobility and core work for Age Group 1, White, and Blue with adult supervision. Age Group 2 and 8 & Under swimmers should speak with their coach first. The strong-legs series is for ages 13 and older.

Move slowly and stay inside a comfortable range of motion.

Kneeling Thoracic Rotation

2–3 × 30 seconds per side, slow and controlled

Kneeling Thoracic Rotation #2

2–3 × 30 seconds per side, slow and controlled

90-90 Hip Switches with Hip Extension

3–4 repetitions per side

Use this before strength work or as a stand-alone shoulder routine.

Swimming Shoulder Warm-up

Keep every repetition controlled and stop before form breaks down.

Streamline Hollow Hold

3–4 × 20 seconds

Original source video currently unavailable

Streamline Flutter Kick

3–4 × 20 seconds

Hardstyle Plank

3 × 30 seconds

Split Stance Side Plank

3 × 30 seconds per side

Plank Shoulder CARS

2–3 × 20 seconds per side

Ages 13+

Four roughly 12-minute IDPT sessions. Begin with body weight or light resistance and reduce repetitions while learning the movements.

Happy Hips Mobility

Use as the warm-up

Happy Hips 1

Happy Hips 2

Happy Hips 3

Yoga for swimmers

Read the supplemental SwimSwam guide to four foundational yoga poses for swimmers.

Read the yoga guide

These third-party videos were not produced by the Ridgewood YMCA or the Breakers, and are provided for demonstration only. View the original GoMotion resource.