Monday Workout: Last One For the Year!!!!

We’re finishing out the year with a short circuit full of fun stuff.  (Maybe not YOUR definition of fun, but whatever.)  Four rounds.

 

1 min cardio
jacks	30
bench press	20
1 leg deadlift	10
suitcase swings	30
(lunge to) curl	20
brains	10

The Amazing Stickie and Push Pull

Today the Amazing Stickie is doing Push Pull for her abdominals and upper body.  She begins in a V sit position.  She bends one knee toward her chest and pushes the opposite arm toward her toes while pulling the other arm back.  Her torso twists toward the bending leg.

Then she reverses it and pushes and pulls the other way.

 

A set of ten is good.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! 

Celebration is good for us.  Humans, to be healthy, need other humans.  So today is a good day to love the folks you love and to enjoy whatever good things are around.

 

Go play.

Squeeze!

For those of us who celebrate, it’s Christmas Eve.  That can be both joyful and chaotic.  We may find that we have way too much to do.  We may be traveling or have guests.  We may have been living on egg nog and Christmas cookies for weeks now.

May I suggest:  squeeze in a workout.

 

It doesn’t have to be a big workout.  It doesn’t have to take long.  A quick walk around the block, weather permitting, can do the trick.  Five minutes of stretching before we get out of bed might be what we can manage.

 

When things are hectic, we need to get back into our bodies, just for a little while.

Monday Workout: Sneaky

This workout is a little sneaky about the core.  We’re going to be using it for pretty much everything.  Bonus points!  Three rounds.

 

leg kicks	30
Arnold press	20
truck driver	10
squat raise	30
rows	20
kickbacks	10
mountain climbers	30
hammer curls	20
windscreen wipers	10

The Amazing Stickie and Reverse Burpees

Variation, the Amazing Stickie knows, is good for the soul.  She is doing Reverse Burpees today to experience this.

She begins lying on her back on the floor with her arms over her head.  From there, she rocks herself forward to a squatting position and then jumps up in the air.  She reverses the process, going  back through the squat to lying down.

 

Ten is a great number of reps.

Captain Obvious would not say no to a kayak, though...

It is time for a bulletin from Captain Obvious.  The captain would like to remind everyone that, in this season of giving, we do NOT give fitness gifts to other people unless they specifically request them.  Even if we have the very best intentions, this is not helpful, useful, or kind.  Do not do it.

Minding our own business is a pretty good principle generally and it is essential when it comes to fitness.  We can only do our own work.  Frankly, most of us have plenty of our own work to do, so we really should not be looking around at what everyone else is doing or not doing.

 

Committing to fitness is not always an easy process.  It is not going to happen from the outside.  We have to want it ourselves.  It is certainly helpful to have supportive family and friends, but the big desire has to come from within.