Balance, Work, Write

Not a terrible to-do list

Workout:  Balance, Baby!

This week we’re doing some balance work.  Any time the Bosu gets involved, we are dealing with balance, but for fun we are adapting a baseball catcher’s exercise to work our endurance, coordination, and balance all at once!  Please note that if this is not an appropriate challenge for you, you can play catch standing on one leg with a friend (or a wall).  Three rounds.

kb swings     30
kb twists     20
kb 8s or overyets     10

bosu side steps/hops     30
bench press     20
bosu squat catch or 1 leg catch     10

clean and press     30
flies     20
quadruped     10

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What to Do

We all know we are supposed to exercise, but what the heck are we supposed to do?  We can go look at what other people at the gym are doing, we can ask the internet, we can replicate those hazy memories from back when we were on the football team.  Ideas are all around us.  Some of them are better than others, but it isn’t that hard.

We all need three kinds of exercise:  cardio, weights, and flexibility.  Cardio works the heart and lungs, improves mood, burns calories, and increases endurance.  Walk, run, bike, dance, swim, roller skate, etc.

Weights make us stronger.  They change our body composition, fire up our metabolism, empower us, and make our butts look cute.  Lift stuff.  Maybe even yourself!

Flexibility keeps us mobile.  It may help prevent injury.  It also, many times, ties in with mindfulness practice.  Stretch.  Go to yoga.  Do some Pilates.  Spend a few minutes on the foam roller.

Go play.