Metabolic Monday

Annnd it's time for a 

Welcome to Monday... If any of you are like me, the weekends, which I would like to say I reserve for a little R&R, are usually anything but. 

We did have a delicious harvest this weekend however which was wonderful! 

Between weekend festivities and daily mayhem, Mondays generally greet me with a big cup of coffee Rooibos Tea and a lion mane of thick hair. So I have found no better way to start off the week then with a metabolic kick in the butt. 

Let me introduce you to the 

Mission Readiness Challenge!

Check out this TRX challenge here.

Each exercise is done for 1 minute, as many as you can BUT with proper form. 

Quality

Quantity

After each exercise you get 30 seconds of rest. 

1. Hamstring Curl: 1 MIN

         A> Put your heels in the straps and with equal pressure through each foot, lift hips, palms 

                              pushing through the floor, fingers gripping the floor.  

           B> Bend your knees to 90 degree angle, keeping hips high. Then straighten legs back out. 

30 SEC REST

How many did you do?

2. Low Row: 1 MIN

       A> Start with your hands near your armpits, elbows pressed to your ribs and shoulder blades 

                         squeezed together. 

                                                                "Pinch a Penny between them"

                         

                   B> Extend your arms UNTIL you start to feel your shoulder blades begin to loosen. Now pull  

                           back in for the row! 

30 SEC REST

How many did you do?

3. Suspended Lunge: Right Leg then Left Leg

   A> With 1 foot in the straps, firmly root your self to the floor on your standing leg. Balance is key.   
                   

       B>  Shift your weight back through the foot in the straps into a deep lunge. Notice my front knee is 

                         at a 90 degree angle and directly over my ankle. Back leg is extended and foot is flexed.

       

C>  Pressing down through your suspended leg, drive your knee forward to balance. Then with control flow 

       right back into another lunge.  

 30 SEC REST

How many did you do?

 3. Atomic Pike

        A>  With toes in the straps, come to a high plank. 

                                     

         B>  Push up. 

                      C>  Return to plank and...

                    D>  ...hoist hips high! This is the Atomic part *wink*

 30 SEC REST

How many did you do?

I can't wait to see how well you all do. Good luck and Good form!

Remember: Smile, this is fun! 

                   Be good, Christy