Five More Minutes of Fun!

The key to the challenges is to do whatever you can, whenever you can.

So, here are five more minutes of fun for you. Add them to the other moves, do them separately, or pick and choose from both sets to create your own circuit.

Marching Canoe

Start

1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and your hands clasped in front of you at about chest level.

Movement

1. Begin marching in place, stepping high. (If you don’t want to march, stand with your feet apart like in the graphic.)

2. Keep your body facing forward and bring your hands down to your left hip and then over to your right hip like you are "paddling." After each “stroke,” your hands should be back in front of your chest.

3. Continue for one minute.

Double Arm Reach

Start

1. Stand with your feet 3 feet apart and hands clasped.

Movement

1. Contract your abs and perform a plie keeping your hands toward the floor.

2. As you push up, raise your arms to the right.

3. Next, lower your hands with another plié.

4. Push up again, lifting your hands to the left.

5. Continue to alternate sides for one minute.

Side Imprint

Start

1. Stand with your shoulders in line with your hips and raise your right arm.

Movement

1. Shift onto your left leg and rotate your right leg at the hip, turning your toes out.

2. Crunch your right elbow and right knee together, pinching your waist.

3. Return to start and continue doing your right side for one minute.

4. Repeat on the left side for one minute.

Wall Sit

Start

1. Stand in front of a wall (about 2 feet in front of it) and lean against it.

Movement
1. Slide down until your knees are at a 90-degree angle and hold, keeping the abs contracted for 30 seconds.
2. Come back to start and repeat one more time.

Have fun and be healthy,

Carol