12 Days of Fitness

[Baltoscott]

OK, Fitbitters, lets close out 2018 with a 12 Days of Fitness Challenge.  

Every Day from December 13 to 23 I will post a new exercise (all stolen from the challenge of the same name run by my gym).  Start with Day 1 and complete the exercise.  On subsequent days, complete that day's exercise as well as all previous days exercises, just like the song. 

If you find this after December 13 just do a few multiple days (day 1 and day 2 or more on your first day for example) until you catch up, or just complete it after Christmas.

[Baltoscott]

On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists.  Oh this challenge is going to be sooo easy, right?  ; -)

(To the twists a little harder hold your arms out straight.  Harder still, hold an exercise ball or a weight plate).

[Ennay]

hmmmm.....maybe

[CatLover74]

I'll give this a go a bit later today, when I completely wake up.  It's just after 5 in the morning here, and I'm functioning on minimal power at the moment.

[WendyB]

Russian Twists done

[CatLover74]

12 Days of Fitmas  -  Day 1

Russian twists attempted.

[NellyG]

Day 1 done (though here it is the 14th, not the 13th so I am going to end Up confused! 

[Baltoscott]

Dec. 14

On the 2nd Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists.  

2 Minutes Total of Plank Pushups 

On these, I alternated the pattern of which arm went up and down -- left side and then right side.  I also held the up and down positions for about 10 seconds each before moving from one to the other.  If you cannot do 2 minutes in single go, try to do chunks of 30 seconds or a minute with rest in between.  The exercise is easier if you move feet apart and easier still if you put your knees down.

@NellyG  - Time travel is so confusing.  🙂

Going forward, I will plan to post my 'next day' in the evening so that you will see it the same day as the listed date.  So look for the next post/exercise in about 10 or 12 hours.

[WendyB]

Sorry @Baltoscott I can not do Plank pushups because of my hips

So I did Wall Pushups

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists Done

2 Minutes Total of Wall Pushups Done

[Baltoscott]

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@WendyB wrote:

Sorry @Baltoscott I can not do Plank pushups because of my hips

So I did Wall Pushups

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Good idea for a substitution @WendyB.

[Baltoscott]

Dec. 15

On the 3rd Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists.  

2 Minutes Total of Plank Pushups 

3 Minutes Total of Bodyweight Squats or Wall Squats.  (If you can't do them straight through break it up in chunks).

[Baltoscott]

Dec. 16

On the 4th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists.  

2 Minutes Total of Plank Pushups 

3 Minutes Total of Bodyweight Squats or Wall Squats.  

4 Minutes Total of Jumping Jacks.  (At 60 jacks/min that's 240 jumping jacks ... YIKES!  My 'true love' is starting to sound kind of mean ...)

[WendyB]

Dec 15

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists Done

2 Minutes Total of Wall Pushups Done

3 minutes Wall Squats Done

I love Wall squats 

[WendyB]

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists Done
2 Minutes Total of Wall Pushups Done
3 minutes Wall Squats Done
4 Minutes Total of Jumping Jacks Done

I think you are trying to kill me @Baltoscott

[Baltoscott]

Dec. 17

On the 5th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists.  

2 Minutes Total of Plank Pushups 

3 Minutes Total of Bodyweight Squats or Wall Squats.  

4 Minutes Total of Jumping Jacks.  

5 Reverse Lunges. ... Just 5 reps for each leg, not 5 minutes thank goodness 😉

[WendyB]

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists Done
2 Minutes Total of Wall Pushups Done
3 minutes Wall Squats Done
4 Minutes Total of Jumping Jacks Done
5 Reverse Lunges reps each leg Done

I do the lunges every day already so it was easy today

[Baltoscott]

Dec. 18

On the 6th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

1 Minute Total of Russian Twists.  

2 Minutes Total of Plank Pushups 

3 Minutes Total of Bodyweight Squats or Wall Squats.  

4 Minutes Total of Jumping Jacks.  

5 Reverse Lunges. 

6 V-Passes. 

After 10 minutes for the first 4 exercises, a few lunges and v-passes almost feels like taking a nap

[Baltoscott]

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@WendyB wrote:

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I do the lunges every day already so it was easy today

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@WendyB -- Jumping jacks is one of the exercises I do every day, but only 30 of 'em, not 4 minutes worth (maybe I should 'jack' slower LOL) ... I am thankful that we've gotten to the part of the challenge where we just count repetition instead of minutes!  

[WendyB]

That's good to hear it just reps now.

Will try tomorrow's might be to much but we shall see

[NellyG]

Crikey, I have been a big failure at this! I have had swollen, sore, itchy eyes and didnt do anything much for three days as I couldnt concentrate on anything.

I'll  try to get back tomit tomorrow!