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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Move the furniture and shake it!

Excuses, excuses. I wanted to do cardio today, but I don't have a gym membership, it's freezing outside and I'm stuck at home. What to do? Well, I thought of a fun idea. Don't you sometimes just want to dance with the music blaring when no one is around? Maybe I'm the only nerd. Use those moves that were hot in the 80's or when you were in high school and make your own cardio routine! If you're not a dancer use punches and kicks or aerobics moves. You and your kids will end up laughing your heads off. Here's what you do:Write down 12 different moves. Here are some simple ones you can use:
1. Grapevine
2. Step touch side to side and clap above your head
3. Shimmy4. Jumping Jacks
5. YMCA while jumping
6. Hamstring Curls
7. Famous move from Grease (only Kim will know this one)
8. March in Place
9. Stayin' Alive disco move
10. Kicks and punches
11. Speedbag while doing lunges
12. Jump Squats

Then, break them down into 3 groups of 4. Put 8 or 16 counts to each move. Do your first four moves, one right after the other. For example:
Grapevine for 8 counts
Step touch for 8 counts
Shimmy for 8 counts
Jumping Jacks for 8 counts= 32 counts- should go great with any upbeat music. Once you have this one down, move to your next 4 moves. You can combine them however you'd like.