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.