Get Ready For Summer Countdown!!!
Hi Everyone,
I thought I would make some suggestions for exercises that will help us get ready for SUMMER!!!! 
I know they are calling for snow this weekend for a lot of us, but hey...it will be here before you know it....
Make sure you check with your doctor before doing any exercise. These are just suggestions and hey have fun. If you can only do one then it 's one more than you did yesterday 
Let's tackle the ABS!!!!
Crunches with bent knees and legs up
Lay on the floor with your legs up at a 90 degree angle, cross your arms on your chest (or behind your head if your neck bothers you) crunch up and down slowly. Try to do 3 sets of 8-12 if you can.
Ab Plank
Lay on your tummy, come up on your forearms just under your shoulders and on your toes. Now look in the mirror if you can and make sure your butt is down not up. You want to have your body flat as if you were a table top. Suck in your abs and hold them tight. Hold this position as long as you can. You will be shaking but that is good. Increase your time with every time you do this.
Obliques
Lay down and put your hands behind your head as if you were going to do a regular crunch situp. Once you come up the middle then turn and take your right elbow to your left knee. Make sure you lift your right shoulder off the mat, keeping your left arm down on the floor. You want to twist gently. Now back to the middle and down and then up and take your left elbow to your right knee. Do 3 sets of 8-12 if you can.
Bicyle
Put your hands behind your head and lift your head up as if to do a crunch. Lit both legs up off the floor at a 90 degree angle. Now lower your right leg (as low as you can without your lower back coming off the floor) and take your right elbow to your left knee, crunching up to touch. Do the same for the other side. Lower your left leg and take your left elbow to your right knee. Doing these slowly will get you a better ab workout. Do 3 sets of 8-12 if you can.
Have fun and YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!
Take care,
Kathy
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I know they are calling for snow this weekend for a lot of us, but hey...it will be here before you know it....
Make sure you check with your doctor before doing any exercise. These are just suggestions and hey have fun. If you can only do one then it 's one more than you did yesterday
Let's tackle the ABS!!!!
Crunches with bent knees and legs up
Lay on the floor with your legs up at a 90 degree angle, cross your arms on your chest (or behind your head if your neck bothers you) crunch up and down slowly. Try to do 3 sets of 8-12 if you can.
Ab Plank
Lay on your tummy, come up on your forearms just under your shoulders and on your toes. Now look in the mirror if you can and make sure your butt is down not up. You want to have your body flat as if you were a table top. Suck in your abs and hold them tight. Hold this position as long as you can. You will be shaking but that is good. Increase your time with every time you do this.
Obliques
Lay down and put your hands behind your head as if you were going to do a regular crunch situp. Once you come up the middle then turn and take your right elbow to your left knee. Make sure you lift your right shoulder off the mat, keeping your left arm down on the floor. You want to twist gently. Now back to the middle and down and then up and take your left elbow to your right knee. Do 3 sets of 8-12 if you can.
Bicyle
Put your hands behind your head and lift your head up as if to do a crunch. Lit both legs up off the floor at a 90 degree angle. Now lower your right leg (as low as you can without your lower back coming off the floor) and take your right elbow to your left knee, crunching up to touch. Do the same for the other side. Lower your left leg and take your left elbow to your right knee. Doing these slowly will get you a better ab workout. Do 3 sets of 8-12 if you can.
Have fun and YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!
Take care,
Kathy
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