Monday, December 24, 2012

Workout #4: Try My Hardest



Adult  Fitness Workout # 4:   
50 seconds on & 30 seconds rest for 3 rounds

Don’t forget to stretch and warm up before and after. Drink lots of water.

Prisoner Jacks (jumping jacks with hands behind your head, in low squat)
Simplified:  Lower arms to sides, light on jump            
Advanced: Stay as low as possible
Pendulums (hands to the floor, butt in the air, kick legs side to side, like a pendulum)
Simplified: Go to elbows if necessary, raise & lower legs
Advanced: Maximum effort, no pauses
Sleeping Crabs (laying flat on the floor, arms to sides, push up to all 4s, lifting butt off the floor, reach opposite arm to opposite leg, lower and repeat other side)
Simplified: Go slow, leave out arm lift if necessary
Advanced: Go from laying flat to lift, reach for toes
Run High Knees w Get Down (run with high knees 5 seconds, drop to the floor, full body, get up as quickly as you can, repeat)
Simplified: Lift alternating legs, lower to floor, get up, repeat
Advanced: Run with knees moving in and out
4 Point Plank Taps (hold a plank, tap R arm to the side, then L arm to the side, tap R leg to side then L leg)
Simplified: Don’t tap, go to elbows, hold and break
Advanced: Add shoulder or bum tap before side tap

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