Chris Paul's workout plan
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Yahoo! Sports gained exclusive access to the workout of NBA star Chris Paul(notes). His personal trainer Steve Kostorowski of Waterstreet Gym listed the upper and lower body weight room routines he put together for Paul.
Lower Body
Warm-up
• Walking Knee to Chest, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Walking Warrior Lunge, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Hip Swings (on Wall) , 2 sets x 15 reps
• Lateral Shift Lunge, 2 sets x 10 reps
• SL balance ball toss, 3 sets x 15 reps
Ankle band workout
• Eversion, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Inversion, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Anterior Tib., 2 sets x 10 reps
Main Set
• Side band walk, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Step back Lunge, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Bulgarian split squat, 3 sets x 5 reps
• Split squat jump, 3 sets x 5 reps
• TKE, 3 sets x 10 reps
• Heel Raise, 3 sets x 5 reps
• RDL, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Swiss ball Ham Curls, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Swiss ball Glut/Ham, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Swiss ball adductor twist, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Cable reverse chop/squat, 2 sets x 10 reps
Upper Body
Warm-up
• Infraspinatus (Thumbs up), 2 sets x 10 reps
• Supraspinatus (Thumbs down), 2 sets x 10 reps
• Scapular squeeze (Bow/arrow) , 2 sets x 10 reps
Main Set
• Side plank rev fly, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Dynamic side plank, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Turkish stand-up, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Supine pull-up, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Alternate leg drop, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Supine DB press, 2 sets x 10 reps
ABC workout (Abs, back,core)
• SB Plank-rollout, 2 sets x 15 reps
• SB Prone v-ups, 2 sets x 15 reps
• Prone swimmers, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Resisted birddog, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Contra lateral high leg crunch, 2 sets x 10 reps
• Contra lateral 2 count push, 2 sets x 10 rep
Stretch