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Alternating Sit Up and Leg Lift Toe Touches – Lie on ground with legs straight and wide apart and sit up while raising one hand up towards the ceiling and then reach over with that hand and touch your toes of the opposite side foot, or as close as you can reach towards them. Then lay back down bringing hands back to ground by or above your head and repeat on the other side, sit up and reach your other arm up and then reach over and touch the opposite side toe with fingers and release coming back to start position. Continue with these sit ups alternating reaching up and touching toes, on different sides for each rep. || Read more
Ninja Jump Tucks – Get on your knees, and sit back slightly, then jump legs up so that bottoms of feet are on ground and your body is still low, in a half squat position. Then jump up as high as you can and bring knees up close into torso and touch knees at the highest position. This is one rep. || Read more
Hop Over One Leg Reptile Push Up Burpees – Standing with feet hip width apart, lift one foot off ground, squat down and place hands on ground in front of you, jump your one standing leg back into plank position, keeping other leg off the ground do a reptile push up. That is, as you start to lower to do push up one leg is brought out and up to side, bending knee and bringing it toward elbow with leg held up off the ground, as you come up from push up, bring leg back but not touching ground and jump the one supporting leg back in. Then jump to the side in the direction of the lifted leg, landing on the leg that had been off the ground. This time raise the leg on the other side and repeat movements with the other leg raised. After this burpee, jump back to start position and continue doing burpees in this manner, alternating sides for each rep || Read more
2 Dip Side Burpees, without Push up – Squat down and put hands together on ground in diamond position a little off to one side, then jump both legs out sideways in the other direction, go into side plank and put top hand behind head and then do 2 dips, bringing hips down towards ground and back up twice, bring hand back down to ground and jump your legs back in and jump up. This is one rep. For the next rep jump out to the other side and do dips on opposite side. Alternate sides for each rep. || Read more
Plank Walk Down – Start in plank position and one arm at a time extend so arm is straight and you are in high plank (push up) position, go back onto elbows one arm at a time and repeat changing start arm each time. || Read more
Side to Side Sandbag Deadlift with Upright Row – Start standing with feet shoulder width apart and with sandbag on ground just on the outside of one of your feet. Reach down, hinging at the waist and keeping your back straight, lift up sandbag and bring it to the front of you at waist level and then continue the movements doing an upright row, bringing sandbag up to collarbone area. Then reverse the movements but bring sandbag down to the opposite side so it ends up beside the opposite foot. For the next rep repeat the movements doing a diagonal deadlift and then upright row and bring sandbag back to its starting position, on ground beside foot. Continue reps in this manner bringing sandbag from one side to the other for each rep. || Read more
360 Degree Sandbag Lunges – From standing, roll sandbag up and over backs of hands with the 2 lateral handles and hold sandbag in close to chest during all movements. First take a step forward with one leg and do a forward lunge, bending your front knee and going down until thigh is parallel with floor, come back to standing and then take a step with the same leg out to the side do a side lunge, step back in and next step backwards and do a backwards lunge, bending front leg bringing thigh parallel to ground and then step back in. Now follow the movements with the other leg starting with a backwards lunge then doing a side lunge and then a front lunge. Continue doing 3 lunges on each leg and doing lunges in a circle pattern around you for set number of reps or for time. || Read more
