Last night, I kept it simple with a 4.5 mile run around the block and then a series the doc found on fitness magazine online: resistance tube abs workout. The last exercise in that series was alternating side planks, and the tube kept slipping off my feet and threatening to slap me hard, so I did 50 lower/upper crunches instead.
Today I issued this challenge to Josh of Seagulls, but I got it done in 27 minutes so I added on for an additional 11 minutes:
40 reps, then 30, then 20, and then 10, of the following series, using our new matching 8 pound medicine balls:
- offset pushes, rolling the ball from one hand to the other (40/30/20/10 total)
- soccer drill (toes touch the ball, 40/30/20/10 per foot)
- with both hands on the ball, burpees from pushup position through squat jump
- v-sit with rotation
-overhead triceps, holding the ball
- high knees with ball
- woodchoppers (Peggy style)
- suitcase crunches
And here's the stuff I added:
- on all fours, 50 leg lifts per leg
- "circles" standing with ball, 25 in each direction
- 50 woodchoppers (Men's Health magazine style) tossing the ball in the air
- on all fours, 50 fire hydrants per leg
- 25 figure 8s, standing with the ball
- 50 penguins (per side)
I did this out in the woods. I hope josh had as much fun as I did.
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