Thursday, October 20 2012

15 minute Partner Core Training Lessons

Highlights:

1. push-up position with leg side jumps
2. squats with free weights
3. ski squats with legs lifts, and Ninja

This was a great workout and fun effective core training class!

Tuesday, October 16 2012

Prepare with partner for lesson.

Exercises with medicine balls.

Most effective:
Hold medicine ball while you lunge forward with right foot. When in lunge position, throw medicine ball to partner. As you catch medicine ball, lunge back with right foot. Repeat with left.
X20

Thursday, October 11 2012

5 min jogging
Weights!
Highlights:
-holding weight behind back and lifting it up and down
-squats with weights
Low points:
-pushups with weights: hold weights instead of putting hands on the floor while doing pushups. this hurt my hands more than I had expected.

Thursday, Oct 4 2012

MTV Pilates

Amazing. Super fun workout.
Highlights:
-the MTV instructor's enthusiasm
-walk hands up to one leg, which is straight, in a crunch-like fashion, while the other leg is bent with foot on floor. then walk back down.

Low Points:
-lying on back, legs straight, hands to sides. lift legs up and over head, open, then bring legs back down to floor.

Tuesday, Oct 2 2012

Partner Workout
Band and Medicine Ball
Highlights:
-face your partner with the end of a band in each hand, hands by side. pull back with band at same time 2X 20 reps
-stand next to partner. hold band in front. lunge forward and twist band to outer side.

Low Point:
-shuffle to the left and right while throwing the medicine ball back and forth. not enough room.
-each partner balances on blue half-ball. push off of eachothers's hands as each partner lifts one foot off of blue half-ball.

Thursday, Sept. 27 2012

Band Exercises
5 min jogging

Highlights:

 -lie on back with band under feet, toes pointing up. hold band with hands and keep legs straight as you engage core and lift up upper body into crunch
-knees on band, pull band up to the right side with right arm, palm down
-same with left

Low points:
-wrap band around ankles and try to walk sideways and regularly. my band was too long, so I kept tripping. also,  the band was uncomfortable as it would become rope-like as I walked.

Tuesday, Sept 25 2012

Band Exercises

Missed Class
Make-up Day To Be Blogged in the near future.

Thursday, Sept 20

Workout Balls and Medicine Balls

5 min jog.
-bend to the right with workout ball in hands, center, bend to the left
-lift medicine ball behind you
-squats with medicine ball in front

Highlight:
-throwing medicine ball down in front

Tuesday, Sept 18

Workout Balls

5min jogging
No medicine balls:
-lift invisible medicine ball behind and then from side to side
-squats with invisible medicine ball in front

I'm glad to be working on legs.

Thursday, Sept 13 2012

5min jog
Stations:
-balls
-push-ups
-lower abs
-planks, side planks
-arm raises w/shoes

Highlights: side planks are getting easier

Low points: supermans are still hard, especially the leg raises

Tuesday, Sept 11 2012

Slept past alarm clock. Missed Class.
On my own:
30 min biking
10-count-down push-ups
30 min crunches, plank, side plank, leg raises, scissors, toe touches
10 min stretch

Thursday, September 6 2012

Ab work: focus on lower abs

-5 min jog
-muffins (side to side reach for ankles)
-scissors up and down
-superman variations
-butterfly to legs straight out
-pilates 100

low points:

-side crunches, side planks and dips are still difficult
-planks were difficult after upper body two days ago

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

All Upper Body
5min jogging
50 real push-ups, 5 sets of 10.
1 hour of planks and upper body work.
Highlights: Lifting 2 pound weights to the side and front
Low Points: Push-up-flip to back-crab walk back-crab walk forward-flip to push-up position-push-up X5     right side      
                     X2 left side.
                    Plank: Right leg up 15 foot circles-switch direction-15 in other direction
                         X2 Left leg

Note: Side planks are getting better

                 

Thursday, August 30 2012

8:00-9:15AM
5min jogging
1hr of variations of crunches and planks.
5min stretching
Highlights: fire hydrants, count-down push-ups
Low points: side plank, side plank dips