Keep your Monday In Motion!

Mondays can be such a drag. People are back at work and you are back to their grinding schedule. They can get so caught up with everything that they forget about themself. Here is one of my favorite exercises and it is great for Mondays when you "just don't feel like it". This is an exercise that works the whole body. I love it, it's great, and it makes you feel accomplished when finished. It can be a little challenging so I am posting pics at all different levels of fitness. This exercise is call knee tuck push ups or push ups with knee tuck. It is a whole body workout because you are in a plank position the entire time.

So start in plank position with arms fully extended, do a push up, tuck one knee in then back to plank, then the same with the next knee, and start all over again. Give it a try and see if you like them as much as I do (you may not at first and you may just develop a love/hate relationship with them, lol. Either way try it).

2)This option is the one I described above. She is
bringing her knee to her elbow but I bring it up
to my chest. It's up to you.  

     

1)This option is for beginners. If doing a tuck
with your foot off the ground is too hard
then tap your foot and bring it back.

4)If you are wanting to take it up a notch this will do it.
Find an elevated object. I often use my couch. Do the
same exercise just keep your feet on the object. 

3)This is the one I usually do the most.
When bringing her leg up she takes it
across her body. Really targets the obliques.

5) This is the mother of all push up knee tucks. Haha!
This one will require balance which will increase the
intensity of the exercise! I love this because
it's a challenge. Give it a try but don't get hurt.

So there you have it, 5 different options when doing this exercise. It doesn't show them doing a push up in every picture but you are suppose to. These pictures are many to show the different ways to do the tuck part of the exercise. If you are a beginner start with #1 and work your way to #5. It doesn't have to happen over night, so master one at a time and move on. If you want make it your Monday routine then start the first Monday of the month. Each Monday take the time to master one option of this exercise. The next month do the next step up. That's only 4 days out of the month and it will be a series of goals. Each month you have a goal of mastering the next level of this exercise and the duration of the long term goal is 5 months. Always have a goal, small and big goals, the world of fitness is never ending and full of challenges. As soon as you complete one goal there is always another to be met. 

More to come,

     Stay Fabulous!