@torvillanddean My goodness Chris! I remember them being there when I was on DOI. That was in 2012 and they were just young boys!! You must be so
Proud of them! Congratulations to you and Jayne on your truly deserved honour! Xx
Tonight’s fitness challenge: place hands across your chest, sit on front half of your chair and stand up swiftly, squeezing butt each time, then slowly sit again. Repeat x 20. Rest and repeat. Fab for strong legs and toned butt.
No challenge tomorrow as I’ll be teaching.
Tonight’s fitness challenge: walk up and down stairs x 5 consecutively! No stairs?March on the spot, knees high, x 120. Great for legs, butt, heart and lungs.
Tonight’s fitness challenge: sit up on the floor with knees bent, arms stretched out in front. Holding core tight, uncurl spine toward the floor as far as possible. When reaching your limit, slowly curl up again. Repeat x 8. Rest and repeat twice more. Fab for abs.
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Tonight’s fitness challenge: lie on the floor face down, legs outstretched and keep straight. Arms by your sides. Hold core tight throughout as you lift upper body and do the breaststroke, core tight
X 3. Relax. Repeat x 4.
Amazing for core, upper body and general strength.
Tonight’s fitness challenge: sit on the front half of a sofa or chair and lift R leg and draw the alphabet with leg/foot. Repeat with other leg/foot.
Fab for strengthening those little muscles around your feet and ankles.
Tonight’s fitness challenge:
Place your hands across your chest. With core tight stand up and sit down from your sofa or chair x 30 consecutively. Amazing for our quads. To make it work your butt extra hard, squeeze it each time you stand up! Brilliant!
Tonight’s fitness challenge: lie on floor, legs up and hands up. Keep back flat on the floor throughout, and core tight. Bend legs, lower L leg to floor and R arm over head. Repeat with alternate opp leg/arm x 8.
Rest and repeat. Fab for abs , arms and legs.
Tonight’s fitness challenge:
Take a bottle of water in each hand. Stand tall, core tight, do bicep curls x 12. Then do 10 more but at top, twist wrists & take bottles straight up above your head. Return to shoulders, twist wrists, then return to sides. Do 10 rest rep. Do 2 sets.
Tonight’s fitness challenge:
Walk up the stairs x 5 consecutively! Take it steady and don’t rush up or down. Hold the rail as you descend. Later, do it all again. Fantastic for leg and butt strength!
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Tonight’s fitness challenge: press ups!
Easy: against a worktop, feet well back. Core tight. X 10.
Medium: on all 4s, knees further back from hips, core tight. x 10
Hard: full press ups, core super tight, back flat, x 15
Rest and repeat! Fab for upper body and core strength
Tonight’s fitness challenge:
Stand behind a sturdy dining chair.
Keeping hips facing forward, stand upright, core tight, lift and lower extended R leg straight behind you x 8. Repeat with L leg. Repeat each set with L and R leg again x 3.
Fab for legs and butt!
Tonight’s fitness challenge:
It’s too hot to do anything too energetic so let’s sit far back in a chair, breathe in and hold core tight, and press your back into the back of the chair as you exhale. Do it 10 times. It is a great exercise for our abs without anyone noticing!
Tonight’s fitness challenge:
Sit on the front half of your sofa or chair. Core tight, sitting up straight, draw the alphabet with one leg/foot then repeat with other leg/foot. Brilliant for working a multitude of little muscles in feet, ankles and knees!
Tonight’s fitness challenge: lie on your back, knees bent, core tight. Feet hip width apart, palms facing upwards by your side, slowly raise hips into a bridge, squeeze butt and hold for 3 seconds, then lower to floor. Repeat x 8. Rest and repeat x 8. Fab for core, back & butt.
Tonight’s fitness challenge: press ups against a worktop, feet a good step back. Core tight, back flat. Do10.
Or
Fcon all fours on floor, core tight, knees behind hips. Do 10.
Or
on all fours. Do full press ups x 8.
Rest and repeat.
Fab for u/body strength and core.
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