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Winter 2018 - Week 5 - Challenge - Squat til you drop

SmithsonianEmpress
SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
edited January 2018 in Social Groups
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Ladies!

Let’s see what we are made of!!! :D Add this to your routine this week and check in with us for an update on how it’s going.

Suggestion - start off SLOW :) ; they look easier than they really are.

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  • poeciliareticulata
    poeciliareticulata Posts: 110 Member
    edited January 2018
    Even reading this makes my thighs hurt! What's a squat jump? If it's what I am imagining there is no way I'm going to manage 10, let alone 70! :D:D
  • Megan91384
    Megan91384 Posts: 98 Member
    This is going to kick my butt but I'm in. Day 7 will be brutal! lol
  • gesundundmunter
    gesundundmunter Posts: 227 Member
    I looked at the squats. I was going to try interval training of 3 minutes cardio and 10 squats, etc. that I had seen in SELF. But really, I ended up dancing 35 minutes, at my own varying speed, which I haven't done for ages and which makes me feel my body and FEEL ALIVE. If I could incorporate that into this challenge, that would be progress.
  • SmithsonianEmpress
    SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
    poeciliareticulata wrote: »
    Even reading this makes my thighs hurt! What's a squat jump? If it's what I am imagining there is no way I'm going to manage 10, let alone 70! :D:D

    Squat jumps are what you think they are. You squat and then you push up through your heels and jump. :o
  • Zipbsky
    Zipbsky Posts: 99 Member
    After day three, it's probably a good idea to do this every other day. Your muscles need time to repair- which for most people they will need after a routine with 30 or more squat jumps. If you are sore the next day- take a break ( from squats anyway). Muscle recovery is necessary for building muscle and gaining strength.
  • SmithsonianEmpress
    SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
    Done. Legs. On. FIRE. Probably because I ran this morning :s
  • happygirlxxx
    happygirlxxx Posts: 301 Member
    Just saw this challenge ... will try it! I think I have 7 days before my trip back to the US so need to start right away! thanks for the suggestion!
  • Niki_Fitz
    Niki_Fitz Posts: 951 Member
    I added some squat jumps into my circuits this week. I missed them. Well not really, maybe I miss the results they give!
  • SmithsonianEmpress
    SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
    wellnesschaser wrote: »
    I added some squat jumps into my circuits this week. I missed them. Well not really, maybe I miss the results they give!
    :D:D

    And I added Bulgarian split squats and one leg Romanian deadlifts back this week and I miss neither BUT I do miss their results. Lol!!! :p
  • SmithsonianEmpress
    SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
    Rest day for me today ladies. From the waist down I’m so sore.
  • Niki_Fitz
    Niki_Fitz Posts: 951 Member
    Two words: banded squats.

    Ouch!
  • SmithsonianEmpress
    SmithsonianEmpress Posts: 1,163 Member
    Yes OUCH is the word for that. I’ll probably start those again next week.
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