Ok we are a full week in! Keep up the good work 🙂
Here’s your Core Challenge Workout for today:
- Plank – 45 seconds
- Standing Alt Knee to Elbow – 10 each side
- Wide Step Plank – 30 seconds
Perform the sequence 2 times through
How To Do the Exercises
Plank
- Hold yourself in the “up” position of a pushup, hands under our slightly in front of your shoulders, fingers spread, apart, pointing forward
- Press your feet, knees and thighs together
- Draw your shoulders down away from your ears and engage your shoulder blades so they are slightly pulling toward each other
- Lift your belly up nice and tight, pulling your belly button toward your spine
- Drop your tush a bit keeping a nice long spine
- Focus on your belly button, pulling it up towards your spine
- Breathe – Hold position for 40 seconds
Standing Alt Knee to Elbow
- Stand with your feet hip width apart
- Raise your arms and bend your elbows at a 90 degree angle
- Lift your right knee up above your belly button and across your body as you bring your left elbow down and across your body – your knee and elbow will ideally meet in the middle – exhale as you bring these two parts together. Release back to start and repeat 10 times.
- Switch sides and repeat the exercise with the opposite knee and elbow 10 times.
Wide Plank
- Hold yourself in the “up” position of a pushup, hands under our slightly in front of your shoulders, fingers spread, apart, pointing forward
- Step your apart wider than hip-width apart
- Draw your shoulders down away from your ears and engage your shoulder blades so they are slightly pulling toward each other
- Lift your belly up nice and tight, pulling your belly button toward your spine
- Drop your tush a bit keeping a nice long spine
- Focus on your belly button, pulling it up towards your spine
- Breathe and hold position for 30 seconds
Now go run!
Keli 🙂