Resistance Band Advent Calendar Challenge
Day 3/24
“A” for Advanced!!! Orange card for arms. Ufff. I’ll try…. but I’m not sure about this one! Looks to me like two nightmare power moves combined, a plank AND a push-up! 😱😱😱😱
So who are our champions who’ll manage these, so the rest of us can watch in awe. (That’s what my “A” will stand for, anyway)
8 REPETITIONS.
That was another toughie CBDB but at least my new resistance bands arrived yesterday🙂 I couldn’t manage full press-ups so I did half press-ups instead👍 I’ll need to work on my upper body strength too! 💪
Well what can I say 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣As I can't do ordinary press up it was going to be adaptation again. My physio type band was long enough so I struggled through by attempting (and mainly succeeding) knee press ups.
I might just "cheat" and do the Inchworm from the Running Drill pack... stack52.com/periodic-table-...
Never mind! I am cold - I'll do both now! That'll warm me up... (Trying to manage to keep my flat at 18°C this winter...)
Instructions for the Inchworm: youtube.com/watch?v=ydAKmEs...
Nice! I am warmer now 😎 And I found out: The more challenging Inchworm is just the last exercise in the Pilates Mat series (#34 in Return to Life, see photo). I noticed if I really pay attention to activating the backs of my legs (aka the thing that is most challenging for me), the push up is actually easier!
I followed 5 of those Inchworms with today's exercise using a Theraband, arms not crossed and knees down. I'll try later today with crossed arms!
(Edited to add photo of #34 and to add the qualification that it's the second Inchworm that is like #34)
That even looks doable. Nice one!
I've never seen this before but it's one I'll remember definitely more doable for me.
Yea, this is The Book for Pilates, well, Contrology as Joseph Pilates called it... 🤣 Some of the exercises in the sequence of 34 are quite challenging... well, actually all of them are challenging some of them I can wing more than others 😉
Well that was absolutely hilarious 😂 I got into position after much manipulation of this very overweight, 63 year old, body and then I literally couldn't move 🤭 So, put that one down to experience 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 I haven’t done them yet, but I reckon I might join you on the mat, unable to move.
However, I’m sure that internally, all the right muscles are at work and … as we know (or hope) every little bit helps!
Fab! And well done!
I collapsed in a heap on my first try 😂😂
🤣 exactly why I tried to do it without crossing my arms first... Figured I'd end up in a knot...
Me too. Mind you, it’s labelled as advanced.
I did it! Well, sort of... kind of... maybe... 🤣 At first I crossed the band not my arms 🙈 Then I just did push ups - and then realized watching the video, we're supposed to put our forearms down. Oh, my! Well, that was the easy part! Coming back up was another story 🤣. After the seventh one (knees bend, mind you!) I realized maybe I should alternate the front arm. Bad idea! I totally got out of the momentum... 🙃
OK..? 😉🤔 The arms crossed over, even with knees down, was too odd for my shape. Didn’t work technically even if I had the strength in my arms. I ended up doing normal half push ups (knees back but down) and 8 of those were enough. With the resistance band and the crossed arms and the hands inwards … I also just trembled there , not being able to move in any direction. 🤣🤣🤣
But we did it. Right? So bring it on!
I might try ChannelRunner2 ’s inchworm later on. It looked great. (Heading to a rowing session just now)
Did this from the knees as best as I could.. I could feel it in my upper arm was this what should happen
Not for me... I have an arm thing going on, so just did some simple band stretches across the body xx
I’m late to this one so I’m going to try in the morning when I get up. What strength resistance band should be used?
for most of us this was too hard with any, so I’d start with the lightest.
