September Tribal Challenge *** TNT Crew *** (Closed Group)

MINI-CHALLENGE (not mandatory)

Repost from Gary6030- O.K. Let's start this week off right! Since we are short this week I'm offering a mini-challenge. Remember Gym Class? Do you remember doing the bear walk? As a side mini-challenge you don't have to ever do the mini-challenges. But if you'd like to earn your team an extra point bearwalk for 3 minutes. Seems easy but it has to be a constant bear walk constantly moving for 3 minutes. You might be surprised! If you do the bear walk at the end of the week ask them to add one point to your team score! if you choose not too or cannot perform the mini-challenge its all good! This is just something to get our challenge up and running! So there it is FIRST MINI-CHALLENGE a Constant 3 minute Bearwalk.

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From Cheryl: I found this website that explains it fairly well. You can check it out if you are interested. Remember, this is just something extra if you want to do it, but not required. :-)


http://www.livestrong.com/article/5752-need-doing-bear-walk/

1. Bear Walk for the Upper Body
This exercise works the arms, the back, the shoulders and chest. It also works the abdominal muscles and other core muscles. The bear walk is a good warm-up for upper body and creates elements that build coordination and muscle synergy.

2. Get Down on All Fours
Get into position for the bear walk with the hands shoulder width apart on the floor. Your bottom is down and your knees are not on the ground. Walk forward with the right hand and as you follow through with the opposite foot. Proceed with the left hand and right foot. Once you feel the body muscles stretched, continue in the same fashion, but do the walk much more rapidly.

3. Make It Tough
Test yourself and do the bear walk without using the feet. Get into the position with the hands shoulder width apart and crouch like a bear. This time walk forward with your hands as your legs straighten and remain just on the tip of the toes. Walk forward with the arms but don't use the feet to help you walk, instead drag the feet. Tighten the glutes and the abs as you walk forward and use only the strength in the arms.

4. One More Level Up
If you are really into bodybuilding add weights to the bear walk. Use barbells or kettle balls, one for each hand. Hold the top of the barbell or kettle ball to support your weight on one side and lift the ball or barbell with your hand on the other side to move forward. Drag your feet. Rest your hand and kettle ball or barbell on the floor and lift the side that remained stationary prior. Continue several steps. This is really difficult, so don't worry if you can only do one or two at first. You can use your feet when you first attempt the exercise and later, as your strength builds, drag them instead. Work up to the point you can cross the room.

5. Make It Competitive
Push a fitness ball across a course and be the first to cross the finish line. This, of course, sounds easy until you add that the participant has to do this while she bear walks across the course. Make the race simple with the basic bear walk or more complex with out the use of the legs, or even add the barbells to lift. The competition for the finish lines can be fun but also quite developmental.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/5752-need-doing-bear-walk/#ixzz1WjCgv8qy

Happy Day #2 TNT CREW!!! Thanks for yesterday's updates :-)

took my rest day today, so no report for the exercises.
water - over
calories - over again

if i had worked out today calories wouldn't have been so bad lol. and i am almost certain i'll be over on my calories tomorrow as well, not to put a dent on team points!!

after tomorrow i'm gonna be hittin it hard to get a rockin weigh in next week. will notttt let the team down

Good news... On your rest day you don't have to report calories or water either. :-)