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The 12 Days Of Fitness
On the first day of fitness, my trainer gave to me an exercise called a burpee! Got it? Go!
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #1 – BURPEE
Burpees are also called “squat thrusts”. Squat low in a “frog” position. Kick your feet out behind you so that you are in the top of a push-up position. Jump…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #2 – TURKISH GET-UP
A Turkish Get-up is my favorite exercise of all time. Lay down flat and extend one arm overhead. If you are new to this exercise, just try it with no…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #3 – PULL-UPS
Pull-ups are an upper body compound pulling exercise where the body is suspended by extended arms, gripping a fixed bar, then pulled up until the elbows are bent and the…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #4 – PISTOLS
Pistols (Assisted) are basically a single-leg squat while holding on and lightly assisting with the upper body. The focus is extreme range of motion (notice how low Kirsten is getting…sit…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #5 – PUSH-UPS
If you are still singing the song then you are at the, “5 golden rings” part of this exercise. Be sure to do 5 push-ups every time. Push-ups are a…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #6 – LUNGE
For this part of your holiday training do 3 lunges with each leg. Take a long stride step and focus on lowering “through” the front heel. Your back leg is…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #7 – SHOULDER PRESS
The shoulder press can be done with any implement. I have pictures of a thick band and a set of kettlebells. The way I teach this now is different from…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #8 – KETTLEBELL SWING
For the kettlebell Swing I realize you may not have access to a kettlebell. If that is the case, you can do this same exercise with dumbbells (even a filled…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #9 – JUMPING JACK
The good news about doing jumping jacks in this holiday training regimen is that this is a rest set before your last 3 big sets. Hopefully, you have been doing…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #10 – ONE-ARM ROW
To do the one-arm Row as your tenth exercise do 5 on each side (each arm). – I like to tweak this great strength move a bit so that you…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #11 – ROMANIAN DEADLIFT
The Romanian deadlift is quite a mouthful. Call it RDL for short. Stand with a barbell, dumbbells, sandbag, or other implement in front of you with arms extended (Picture 1).…