This valentines day get your heart pumping like never before. Perform this workout on your own or with the one you love!
Superset (don’t stop between sets and go directly to the next exercise)
1. Three Way Calf Raises 1×25
Muscles Worked: Calves
Set Up and Action:
1. Stand with feet shoulder width apart.
2. Tighten the abdominals/core muscles.
3. 25 Feet straight – lift yourself off the floor with your toes, return to starting position and repeat
4. 25 Feet flared in – lift yourself off the floor with your toes, return to starting position and repeat.
5. 25 Feet flared out – lift yourself off the floor with your toes, return to starting position and repeat.
2. Side To Side Squats 1×25
Muscles Worked: Quads, Hamstrings, Glutes
Set Up and Action:
1. Keep the feet at shoulder width apart. Tighten the abdominal/core muscles.
2. Take one leg out to the side and squat down, pushing the buttocks out and keeping the other leg straight until the other knee is at 90 degrees.
3. Return to start position and repeat.
4. Then repeat on opposite side.
3. Hammy Walks 1×25
Muscles Worked: Hamstrings, Core, Pecs
Set Up and Action:
1. Stand with feet shoulder width apart, tighten the abdominals/core.
2. Keep a very slight bend to the knees, bend down to touch the toes and walk out to a push up stance.
Optional – do a push up once in this position.
3. Walk back to touching toes, stand straight up and then repeat.
4. Superman 1×25
Muscles Worked: Back
Set Up and Action:
1. Lay prone (on the stomach) with your arms stretch out above your head and your legs stretched out.
2. Tighten the core/abdominal muscles and lift your arms and legs off the ground. Hold for 2 seconds and return arms and legs to the floor.
3. Repeat.
To make this exercise more difficult, hold the position longer.
5. Lying Triceps Pushups 1×25
Muscles Worked: Triceps
Set Up and Action:
1. Lay on your side with bottom hand on the upper shoulder.
2. Place upper hand under the lower shoulder.
3. Tighten the abdominals/core muscles.
4. Push your upper body up with the upper arm.
5. Return to starting position and repeat.
6. Then repeat on the opposite side.
Repeat 2-3 more times and feel your heart skip a beat, in a good way. After all, the heart is the only muscle that matters in the human body, right!?
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