Current Workout

When I started this blog, I changed my workout from 3 times a week to 5 times. I am doing two days of exercise and 1 day of rest, and then repeat! Here is my current list of exercises. The workout takes me 15 to 20 minutes.

Warm-up:
Jumping Jacks for 1 minute 30 seconds
Rest 30 seconds
Jumping Jacks for 1 minute

Stretch:
Four-Way neck Twist and Tilt
Shoulder Shrugs
Arm Circles
Calf Stretch
Hamstring Stretch (left, right, and middle)
Butterfly Stretch

Workout:
20 Crunches
20 Twisting Crunches to the left
20 Twisting Crunches to the right
20 Lying Leg Raises
20 Supermans
10 Push-ups with my feet elevated on a 1 ½ inch box
Rest 30 seconds
10 Push-ups with my feet elevated on a 1 ½ inch box
5 cheating chin-ups

In case you are wonder what a cheating chin-up is, here’s the skinny: Because I am not strong enough to do a regular chin-up, I move a chair behind me when I am about to do my chin-ups. I hang from the bar and then bend my knees and put my toes on the seat of the chair. This way I can use my legs to give myself a little push to help me do five chin-ups. In a few weeks I should be able to remove the chair and do normal chin-ups, but you have to start some where!!!

The cheating rule helps in other places too. When you start working out you might not be able to do a push-up, try doing them on your knees. Once you get good then switch to normal push-ups. Once you get good at normal push-ups then elevate your feet to make it harder...

Good Luck! I have to go workout now, its day 4 for this workout!!!