You saw the video [1] and now here's the print out of the Mini boot camp so you can take it to the gym or the park or your backyard. Click here [2] for the printer friendly version.
Boot Strappers
20 reps
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Only straighten your legs as far as you can while still keeping your hands on the ground
- Do not jam or pop your knees to straight
- Relax your neck and look at your shins
- Exhale as you straighten your legs and use your abs pulling toward the sky to initiate the motion
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Boot Strappers Move 2
- Come into a full crouched position with your heels raised
- Inhale as you bend your knees
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Push Ups
10 reps
- Exhale as you push the ground away
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Plank with Leg Raise
10 sets - alternating legs
- Focus on the glutes and hamstrings lifting the leg
- Keep your core engaged
- Do not let your back sway to lift your leg
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Is there more??!!?? You betcha! Just
Push Ups
10 more reps
- Move to your knees only if you have to
- If your arms feel like they can't take it, try to stay in a plank and just make the motion smaller
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Squats
10 reps
- Really stick your booty out as you bend your knees
- Keep your weight in your heels
- Keep your chest up and look forward
- Do not round your back, keep it neutral
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Squat with Heel Raise
10 sets - alternating heels
- Hold your squat position and just lift one heel
- Keep your chest up
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Squats
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Twisting Side Lunges
10 sets - alternating sides
- Touch your hand to the outside of your foot
- Exhale as you twist down, inhale as you return to standing
- If your inner thighs are tight, you should stretch them first
- Focus on your obliques making the twisting motion
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Alternating Forward Lunges
10 reps, stop with LEFT foot forward
- Aim to get both knees to 90 degree angles
- Really push off with the front foot to return to standing, this gets that back of the leg to work
- Keep your gaze straight out
- Your arms out to the sides helps with balance
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Lunge with Twist to Left
10 reps
- Keep your torso long as your twist your ribs to the left
- Your pelvis should stay aimed forward
- Reach through your back heel to engage your glute muscle
- Exhale as you twist and imagine your waist wringing out like a wet washcloth
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Alternating Forward Lunges
10 reps, stop with RIGHT foot forward
- Use "Diver Arms" position this round to challenge your balance more
- "Diver Arms" are arms overhead with elbows straight and hands overlapping
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Lunge with Twist to Right
10 reps
- Keep your torso long as your twist your ribs to the right
- Genie Arms may feel stupid, but they make it harder to cheat and just move your shoulders to the right
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Standing Knee Touch
10 sets - alternating sides
- This old school marching works the abs, so imagine the knee coming up because the navel is pulling to the spine
- Reach your arms up as the leg goes down
- You are bringing the opposite elbow down to the opposite knee
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Isometric Crab Hold
hold for 30 seconds
- Finger tips should point toward your bum
- Keep the pelvis at the same level for the entire 30 seconds, don't let it drop
- Let your head relax all the way back
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