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Packing Up

My shoulders are burning from today’s 43 – get a pair of dumbbells and try it yourself!!!  The move was fairly simple – hold both arms up at 90 degrees (with a dumbbell if you want to really up the challenge!).  Keep the left arm stationary, press the right arm up and twist your body to the left – hold for a 2 count.  Return to start.

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In the demo I only did 3 reps per side.  You know I really did 43 with my right side and then another 43 with my left.  I used 10 pound dumbbells and even just holding my arm at 90 was brutal – the press was a total killer!  Now I know y’all want to bust out a few!!!

Day 11 of the 12 Days of Fitness today.  The new move  – weighted squats.  I used 25 pounds and held each squat for a 3-count.  Only 1 more exercise to add to complete the series!

Today I also did an amazing ab/core that I got from Tamara at Fitknitchick.  It is just 6 abdominal exercises and you do each one for a minute – as many reps as possible.  I set my Gymboss timer for 2 intervals – a 1 minute one and a 10 second one.

Gymboss Timer
Gymboss Timer

I love this handy timer!!!  After 1 minute, it immediately starts on the 10 second rest count-down and then BOOM – you start on the next 1 minute exercise.

The AB plan:

  • standing oblique crunches
  • walking plank
  • feet elevated crunches
  • V-sit with alternating side rotations
  • side plank with hip drop
  • reverse curls

Tamara suggested 30 seconds per side for the side plank.  I changed it a little – I did the entire series 2x and did a left side plank the first time and a right side plank the second set.  This was a great work-out!!!

Today is going to be a work day here – time to pack up all of the Christmas decorations and trees for another year!!!  It will be a chore – good thing the boys are volunteering willing gladly going to help!!!!  There will be 100s of trips up & down the stairs hauling crap all of our decorations and my cookbooks!!!  Chris gets to miss the fun – drill weekend for him.  I guess I will let it slide since technically he is working, too!! (plus he had to get up at 5:00 again this morning and I slept till 7:00!!!)

Santa Tree
Santa Tree

Good-bye trees!!!  I’m ready to put the stuff up but  I really like  having the tree lights in all of the rooms.  Maybe I should string lights up all  around the inside of the house…hmmm.

Happy Saturday!!!

Kim