I hope you were able to spend this Thanksgiving weekend enjoying good food, friends and family. We had a fantastic weekend visiting family north of Toronto. We enjoyed celebrating my mom's 70th birthday and had a wonderful family turkey dinner, rounded out by my mom's homemade pumpkin pie (yes, homemade pastry and made from real pumpkins! It doesn't get better than that!).
FITNESS CHALLENGE!
This week I have a fitness challenge for you! All you need is a park bench and access to a track or soccer field that is approximately 400m (the size of a track) and a stopwatch. This workout is suitable for all fitness levels and is a great way to boost your metabolism, especially if you feel as though you have been experiencing a plateau. For those of you in Old Ottawa South/Old Ottawa East, the track at Immaculata HS is great.
Try to do this workout twice over the course of the week to see if you can improve your time.
Warm up:
Run 2 laps of the 400 m track/field followed by full body dynamic stretch (leg swings, arm circles, etc)
When you are ready to begin, grab your stopwatch and start the timer. The time will run until you have finished 3 sets of the workout. Once you are done, record your time. Later in the week, see if you can improve your time.
Workout:
Step ups on the bench x 20 each leg (beginners can do stationary lunges instead)
Push-ups x 20
Tricep Dips x 20
Run 1 lap of the 400 m track
Repeat this cycle for a total of 3.
Cool down:
Follow up your workout with a full body static stretch, similar to those we do at our FITMOM classes.
Enjoy!
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