1/2 Hour Strong!

About This Class

Bryan Kest's "½ Hour Strong!" is a dense, dynamic flow designed to deliver a complete practice in just 35 minutes. After a brief centering breath, the class moves quickly through Downward Dog, Cobra, and Sun Salutation-style vinyasas to build heat. The bulk of the practice is structured around two full sides of a complex standing sequence: from Crescent Lunge, students move through twisting lunge, airplane pose on the front thigh, and a deep low lunge with forearm variations targeting the hips and inner groin. Side-lying arm-balance work, bird-dog extensions, knee-to-elbow core drills, and a challenging resting-knee-on-tricep arm balance add upper-body and core intensity. A prone camel (Ustrasana variation on the knees) opens the chest and quads before the floor sequence: leg lifts, scissor-core work, plow-like leg-over-head, and shoulderstand. The class closes with supine spinal twists and Savasana. Throughout, Bryan frames every pose as personal and modifiable, explicitly noting knee fragility and offering fist-on-floor wrist modifications, making this class accessible to intermediate practitioners while remaining genuinely challenging.