Congrats! You’re Halfway to 12!

Here's your 6th day of fitness!  Remember, start with the 6th day and then work your way down to 1. How to do a jump squat: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, arms hanging at your sides. Squat down until your knees are bent about 90 degrees. Immediately  jump upward as high as you can. …

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It’s December 4th :)

It's the 4th day of Fitness!  Yippee!     ***************************************************************************** Happy Feet Stand in an athletic position, feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent, butt back, ankles bent, shoulders slightly forward and head up. Rapidly alternate your feet as if you are running in place without lifting your feet higher than three inches off the …

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…and on your 3rd day of Fitness

  Now go run! Keli 🙂         ********************************************************************************************************************************** Explosive Lunges: Stand with your feet apart in a split squat position, left knee bent in a lunge (at a 90 degree angle) and rear leg relaxed and slightly bent behind you Push off the floor with both feet and jump up, switching your …

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12 Days of Fitness Challenge

Happy December!  I was looking at a 12 Days of Fitness Challenge but then one of the gals in my boot-camp class gave me the brilliant idea of doubling it.  Brilliant! So follow along, stay on track and when Christmas rolls around you won't have to worry about anything jiggling like a bowl full of jelly.  Here …

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Happy Planksgiving!

After our AMRAP Thanksgiving circuit I had my boot-camp class do a 3 minute plank. Doing a long plank at the end of a tough workout requires focus.  You need to squeeze your abdominals  to support your back while you maintain a lift in your hips (but not too much) so that your spine stays …

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Maintenance Running

Boot-camp on Saturdays and soccer games on Sundays had cut my weekend running for the past 2 1/2 months.  Soccer is a running game but it's not a steady consistent run.  It's stop, start, run fast, jog, stop, start, etc. for 90 minutes.  Sure my fast-twitch improved but I'm a distance runner and to be able …

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