Alphabet Game - FITNESS

[Corrie Kinkel]

N = Numbers of how many times you have to repeat an exercise

[Susan Ewart]

  On 1/14/2024 at 11:21 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

I do aquafit too, but what are jumping jacks?

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stand with arms at sides, feet together.  Jump up and land with arms straight out to the side and feet wide, jump up again, and return to start.  Repeat with a faster cadence, constantly moving.  I looks like you are making snow angels, but standing up.  You see people in the military doing that.  

[Bonnie Ballentine]

O = obliques

[Michele]

  On 1/15/2024 at 2:35 AM, Susan Ewart said:

stand with arms at sides, feet together.  Jump up and land with arms straight out to the side and feet wide, jump up again, and return to start.  Repeat with a faster cadence, constantly moving.  I looks like you are making snow angels, but standing up.  You see people in the military doing that.  

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We had to have our arms straight up! You had it easy. LOL 

[Michele]

P = Pull-ups...I could never do those in school. No upper body strength.

[Susan Ewart]

  On 1/15/2024 at 10:03 AM, Michele said:

We had to have our arms straight up! You had it easy. LOL 

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...and if you did aerobics and you did jumping jacks it got some pizazz added to it. hahaha.  so many variations, just like plank moves. 

[Susan Ewart]

  On 1/15/2024 at 10:08 AM, Michele said:

P = Pull-ups...I could never do those in school. No upper body strength.

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It's a toughie for sure.  It's starts with scapular retraction which most people don't do, they tend to pull with the bicep first thus not engaging the back very well (biceps are a tiny muscle group to be doing all that work).  Assisted pulls ups are great too! (with bands or on an assissted pull up machine at the gym).

[Susan Ewart]

Q = Quadratus Lumborum (QL's) 

This muscles attach on the back side (posterior) of you, bottom 4 ribs to the pelvis.  They are work-a-holics and will take over if your core isn't doing work (ie. no being engaged when it should be). Often the culprit of sore low back problems.  I banged one side so hard once that one side got twisted in the fascia (called QL syndrome) and caused all kinds of havoc for 3 months until my massage therapist was able to get it untwisted.  

[Sharla]

R = Rhythm

[Susan Ewart]

  On 1/15/2024 at 6:08 PM, Sharla said:

R = Rhythm

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S = Skullcrushers - a tricep exercise

 

[Bonnie Ballentine]

T = trainer

[Sharla]

U = Upward facing dog

[Bonnie Ballentine]

V = Vertical...as in verical leap...how high you can jump from a standing start...especially important in basketball rebounding.

[Susan Ewart]

W = W's - a shoulder/rotator cuff exercise

[Bonnie Ballentine]

X = Xerobic
Definition: Exercises performed in extremely dry conditions.

[Susan Ewart]

Y = Y's - another shoulder/rotator cuff exercise (Also one called T's)

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Z = zigzag

[Sharla]

A = Arm stretches

[Bonnie Ballentine]

B = burn

[Michele]

C = Crunches

[Sharla]

D = Drills

[Corrie Kinkel]

E = Eye exercises, after having eye surgery I had to do some and it included looking up, down, left, right and go round in circles. Close and open your eyes quickly and slowly. Some I can't even remember and all this a couple of times a day.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

F = fatigue

[Sharla]

G = Get Fit

[Michele]

H = Heart Rate