WALK THIS WEIGH - WK 1 - SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE (CLOSED GROUP)

Good Evening Ladies!!!

I apologize for this coming so late. It's been BUSY in my world, as I'm sure it has been busy in yours. September is FAST approaching and I am honored to be the captain for this wonderful group!

What is this group about?

We are about pushing ourselves past our known limits - but not so far we are injured!!!
We are here to be a positive support system for each other.
We are here to meet new and incredible people that we can do our journeys with!

I, personally, will be here to encourage each of you to the best of my ability every day. Frankly, I am thankful that Gary took the teams from 20 people to 10. This will provide me the opportunity to give each of you more individual time.

Since we have all introduced ourselves - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/319628-walk-this-weigh-september-challenge-closed-group?hl=Walk+this+weigh#posts-4261313 - We know the basics!! This is a good starting point for all of us (and a good way to refresh ourselves if we have forgotten <guilty>).

There are two different courses of exercise this month. The first one is called Pygmy Series. This series is designed for lower impact. The second series is called Bush(wo)men! The Bush(wo)man Series is for the more advanced. I will encourage you, if you are going for the more beginning series to at least ATTEMPT some of the Bush(wo)man Series exercises. Push yourself and overcome what you *think* you can do. Don't just stop at what you know you can do!

Each week, aside from the daily challenges (of which there are 6 days and 1 day of rest - which happens on Sundays), there are also TEAM challenges. These challenges seem HUGE, but with everyone chipping in, they are amazingly easy!

REPORTING: You can report to me via message on MFP on a daily or weekly basis (or whatever works best for you), but I NEED everyone to report BY Sunday morning so I can work on getting everything together and in to Gary by Sunday afternoon/early evening.

I will respond to this post with how the point system is to work out, but I think I have filled you with a lot of information as it is!! Below you will find the first week's challenges (along with the team challenges) that are starting on Thursday!! One more day to rest up before this starts!!

SEPTEMBER CHALLENGES - WEEK 1 - PYGMY SERIES

This should be done in addition to your normal workout routine. This is a challenge and is not a replacement!

Each team member that completes their daily exercise challenge receives one point, if all team members complete each daily exercise for all 6 days the team is then awarded an additional 5 Bonus Points.

Day 1 Exercise Challenge - 30 Squat Kicks* and 50 Jumping Jacks
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSu-wci9uTo )

Day 2 Exercise Challenge – 2 sets of 15 Swimmer’s Presses + 1 Extra Mile jog, walk or run (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwzaUXK6gs) * You may use cans of soup, tomato juice or bottles of water if u don’t have weights

Day 3 Exercise Challenge – 50 Crunches* + 20 Mountain Climbers
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8u58hPam4 )

Day 4 REST YOU DESERVE IT!


BUSH(WO)MAN SERIES

Welcome to 300 Week You will do 6 exercises at 50 reps as quickly as possible 3 times this week. These are not to be broken up into segments. You are the BUSHMEN it’s time to push yourself!
Day 1 - 50 Squat Kicks, 50 Jumping Jacks , 50 Crunches, 50 Mountain Climbers, 50 Wood Chops and last but not least 50 Globe Jumps!

Day 2 - 2 sets of 15 Swimmer’s Presses, 2 sets of 21’s, 2 sets of 15 Dumbbell Chest Fly’s, 2 Sets of 15 Lawnmowers, 2 sets of Tricep Kickbacks, 2 sets of 15 Shoulder Shrugs (weighted)

Day 3 - 50 Squat Kicks, 50 Jumping Jacks , 50 Crunches, 50 Mountain Climbers, 50 Wood Chops and last but not least 50 Globe Jumps!

Day 4 - REST YOU DESERVE IT!

****PLEASE BE SURE TO WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AS THE EXERCISES THAT ARE POSTED MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY YOU ORIGINALLY LEARNED THEM!!!****

TEAM CHALLENGE FOR WEEK 1

Each team member in order to get the weekly team bonus points must all log every day and not go over their target calories and log at least 64 oz. of water each day. If each team member does this all 6 days your team will be awarded 5 Bonus Points. *Feel free to do these exercises in sets if you are unable to do them all at one time.

Please do your best as you are much stronger than you believe!!!

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to message me or post them here and I will respond as soon as I possibly can!!

Thank each of you for being a part of this team! I'm looking forward to kicking the crud out of September!!!

~Brandy