Archive for the ‘Fitness’ Category
Dumbbell Squat to Overhead Swing – Start at standing position with legs shoulder width apart and hold a dumbbell in both hands in front of you. Squat down bringing dumbbell down to ground and when you come back up swing dumbbell up to overhead and then back to start position. Continue doing squats and overhead swings with dumbbell in this position. || Read more
One Leg Clap Under Crunches – Lie on ground and crunch up torso while raising one leg and bring arms together in front and clap underneath raised leg and then return to star position. For the next rep lift the other leg and do the same crunching up and clapping under raised leg. Continue in this manner alternating legs being lifted for each rep. || Read more
3 Point Ab Choppers – Lying with back flat on ground, with knees bent and feet on ground and with arms outstretched behind head and hands held or close together, sit up and bring hands high in a circular motion overhead and down to the right side to ground, keeping arms outstretched throughout movement. Then reverse movement bringing torso back to ground and arms and hands back overhead. This is one rep. On the next rep bring hands between legs towards ground and for the third rep bring down hands to the left side, continue alternating bringing hands down to these 3 points. || Read more
Wall March – Hold plank position with your feet up on a wall, feet can be elevated more, use arms and core to stabilize, then bring knee of one leg in towards chest and back to wall, then do the same with other leg and continue alternating legs. || Read more
123 Push ups – Jump one leg up towards the same side hand, then simultaneously jump that leg back and your other leg up by other hand, jump a 3rd time bringing leg that is up back and back leg up and then do a push up with one leg bent and foot on ground near hand. This is one rep. Repeat jumping 3 times in a similar manner and this time ending with the opposite leg up towards hand and do a push up. Continue doing these push ups so that every push up is done with the opposite foot up higher on the ground.
One Leg Toe Touch – Lying on mat with legs flat on ground and arms outstretched overhead near ground, lift one leg and both arms simultaneously, touch toe and then return arms and leg back down to ground and repeat lifting the opposite leg and alternate legs for each rep. || Read more
Side Plank Dip and Leg Raise – Get into side plank position with foot of top leg just in front of foot of bottom leg, bend elbow of top arm and place hand behind head, drop hip down so that it touches the ground and bring back up so body is in a straight line again and then lift top leg up as much as possible while holding steady in side plank position, bring leg back down returning to start position. Each dip and leg raise is one rep. || Read more
