Pro Athlete Training - Glute Stretching Exercises

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Donna Wilkinson
D.C. Divas Women’s Professional Football Team
www.donnawilkinson.net  

Donna Wilkinson is a Professional Football Player, successful Entrepreneur and a Leading Edge Wellness Consultant. Known as “The Animal,” Donna has been a dominant force on the D.C. Divas Women’s Professional Football Team for the past seven years. Over these seven years Donna has played Defensive End, Fullback, Running Back, Linebacker, Tight End, and Punter. Donna is the 1st woman in league history to rush for over 1000 yards in a season, and led the NWFA in rushing in 2003 with 1,267 yards in 10 games and was the Divas offensive MVP. Donna has led the Divas to 5 straight Division Titles, 4 straight Undefeated Regular Seasons and 1 World Championship! She has been an NWFA All-Star and a Divas Team Captain. In 2003 Donna became the 1st Female in history to win the Washington Pig Skin Club “John W. Posey” Award - professional athlete of the year - also awarded to Jeremiah Trotter, Lavernues Coles, Todd Heap and Ed Reed. Donna engages in earning multiple streams of income. She works with people who are attracting greater prosperity into their lives, and those who want to achieve balance in the Five Pillars of Health (mind, body, family, society & finances). Donna has B.S. degrees in Business Administration and Health Fitness Management from Columbia Union College, and uses a variety of tools including the “Certified Wellness Home” program, the Nightingale/Conant “Lead the Field” program, Breakthrough Wellness Technologies, and her Personal Training background to help people achieve life success.

Pro Athlete Training - Glute Stretching Exercises

In this video, professional football player Donna “The Animal” Wilkinson of the D.C. Divas demonstrates how to train like a pro at home, and the mechanics required for a great workout - without big equipment. All exercises are designed to be done between 10-30 yards. This video is designed for healthy individuals who want a change of pace workout who would like to improve their balance, core strength, flexibility and abdominals, and for athletes who are looking for a great warm-up routine. This is how Donna begins every work-out routine, and gets you up close and personal with the Animal. This video series includes a variety of tips and techniques that will help you feel great and get your body to respond!

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Donna Wilkinson: This next exercise is going to be a glute exercise to really stretch out and work your hip area. So, very simply exercise. We are pulling upon the hand, quads and on the ankles. So, we are just squad pull that ankle up, really feel the stretch coming through the side of your glute. Get that ankle up, pull it all the way to you keep that standing leg nice and straight. Really get that to stretch across. Dont be shy in pulling. Really pull that leg up nice and tight.

Keep that core nice and tight, you dont want to be moving all over the place. To get that pull, you should feel going all the way down the side of your legs. Good. So, now weve gotten front, back, hips loosened up. Lets finish this workout up.

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