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08/01 Monday Day 441
Morning, Everyone! We have done a lot of physical challenges lately. So today we are going to work on one that will help our emotional state as well as others! Today's Challenge: Show people that you love that you appreciate them You could send them a nice text, email, or chat with them in person! Just show them that you…
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07/31 Sunday Day 440
Morning, Everyone! Today is one that can easily get your heart rate up and is a lot of fun to do! Today's Challenge: Do the Twist! Stand and twist your body for 1 minute Just twist you body from side to side! :D
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07/29 Friday Day 439
Good Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our balance. Today's Challenge: Build balance with a standing star stretch. How to do it: Give yourself plenty of room, and stand behind a chair in case you need it for support. Keep all (or most) of your weight on your right foot. Begin to lift your left foot out to…
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07/28 Thursday Day 438
Morning, Everyone! Thanks for all the support for yesterday! that's why I only picked one to learn up on because I knew it would take up most of the time to even get a grasp of. Also I liked several of your guys ideas! It was cool to see what interested everyone ^_^ Today's Challenge: Improve range of motion in your arms…
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07/27 Wednesday Day 437
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to broaden our minds a bit! :smile: Today's challenge: Make a list of 3 things that you don't know about but interest you and look them up I'm going to Khan academy to try statistics! I'm probably going to fail. ^_^;
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07/26 Tuesday Day 436
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our legs! :D Today's Challenge: Build leg strength with a warrior squat. How to do it: Stand behind a chair with your legs wide and your toes turned out to 10:00 and 2:00 on an imaginary clock. You can either hold on to the chair for support or stretch your arms out toward…
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07/25 Monday Day 435
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our necks. Today's Challenge: Strengthen your neck muscles by pressing your hand to the front, back, and sides of your head. How to do it: Place the heel of your hand against your forehead, and push your head into your hand and your hand into your forehead. Hold 5 seconds.…
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07/23 Saturday Day 433
Morning, Everyone! today we are going to work on our arms with this easy exercise! Today's Challenge: Sit and strengthen your biceps while keeping your arms still. What to do: Sit up straight toward the edge of your chair behind a desk or table. Bend your elbows to 90 degrees (your arms should look like an upper-case L),…
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07/24 Sunday Day 434
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our lower abdomen! Today's Challenge: Increase flexibility and mobility in your hips with 10 standing side leg lifts How To Do it: Stand behind a chair, which you can use for balance if you need to. Place your weight on your left leg, then lift your right leg from your hip…
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07/22 Friday Day 432
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to get those steps in! No lolly gagging! Today's Challenge: Walk briskly from place to place today. Basically let's get up and power walk the day!
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07/21 Thursday Day 431
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our core a bit. Today's Challenge: Strengthen your core, both front and back, with a seated downward-facing dog yoga pose. How to do it: Sit up tall on the edge of your chair with both feet flat on the floor. Extend both arms out in front of you with palms down. Place your…
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07/20 Wednesday Day 430
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to kick back and have a little fun! Today's Challenge: Turn on the radio and dance! Turn on your favorite station and shake what your mother gave ya! Dancing by far is one of the best exercises you can do!
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07/17 Sunday Day 427
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to stretch our sides! Today's Challenge: Stretch your sides with 10 seated crunches. How to do it: Sit forward in your chair with your chest up, arms down by your sides, and palms facing in. Keep your body tall and lean to the right side, moving your fingertips down the side of your…
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07/19 Tuesday Day 429
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our arms! Today's Challenge: Strengthen your arms with 3 seated triceps kickbacks. How to do it: Sit up straight in your chair with your chest open, arms down by your sides, and the palms of your hands facing in. Lean forward halfway to your thighs, and bend your elbows.…
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07/18 Monday Day 428
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to do another stretch that you can do anywhere! Today's Challenge: Stretch your heels and calves by standing on your tippy toes for 3 seconds; repeat 9 times. I've been trying to find or think up challenges that can be done at home or at work. That's why all of them have been kind of…
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07/16 Saturday Day 426
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our balance and shins! Today's Challenge: Work on balance by pretending to walk an imaginary tightrope and strengthen your shins with 2 toe lifts in your chair. How to do a toe lift: Sit in a chair and place your left heel on top of your right toes. Gently push your left…
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07/14 Thursday Day 425
Morning, Everyone! We worked on our upper body the past couple of days so today we are going to work on the lower body. Today's Challenge: Increase inner thigh strength like a ballerina with 5 plie squats. How to do it: Stand behind a chair, which you can use for balance if you need to. Position your feet so they are a bit…
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07/13 Wednesday Day 424
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to do another simple stretch this time with our hands and arms. Today's Challenge: Press palms together in front of you, elbows pointed out, and gently push your hands to each side. Do this ten time on both sides. This is a good way to get rid of sore muscles after working to hard or…
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07/12 Tuesday Day 423
Morning, everyone! I hope that you all slept well. Today we are going to work on a part of our body that shoulders a lot of stress... our necks! Today's Challenge: Lower your chin toward your right underarm, hold for 10 seconds, then repeat on the left side. This is a good way to get rid of stiff muscles and prevent muscle…
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07/11 Monday Day 422
Morning, everyone! One of the hardest things to do is to sleep with good posture. Everyone sleeps diferently but good posture can help you sleep better! Today's Challenge: Improve your posture while you sleep with an extra pillow or folded blanket If you usually lie on your side, place the pillow between your knees. If you…
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07/10 Sunday Day 421
Morning, Everyone! We haven't had a food challenge in a little while so today we are going to work on one. Today's Challenge: Eat 1 food with prebiotics, such as whole-grain bread, bananas, berries, onions, or garlic. Let's get healthy!
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07/09 Saturday Day 420
Morning, Everyone! The weekend is here! I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that even though water is amazing... Sometimes you get so bored with it that you don't want to drink it. Today we are going to look for ways to beat that! Today's Challenge: find some natural ways to flavor your water Some people put fruit right into…
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07/08 Friday Day 419
Morning, Everyone! Sorry for mixing up the numbers yesterday... I guess I can't count. I need to practice at khan academy for a bit! Anyway on to the challenge! Today's Challenge: Tidy your nightstand. Wipe it down, organize books, and put things away. I will have to admit that mine gets pretty full. So let's clean em off!
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07/07 Thursday Day 417
Morning, Everyone! Today we have another simple but effective exercise! Today's Challenge: While marching in place, bend forward at the hips and extend your arms behind you 15 times.
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07/05 Tuesday Day 417
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to do an exercise that you can do at anytime and at any place! Today's Challenge: Punch the air in front of you, switching arms, for 30 seconds; take a break and do it once more. It works your arms out and you can make it a challenge by simply holding something!
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07/04 Monday Day 416
Morning, Everyone! Happy 4th of July! Today's challenges are easy and I think you can all manage them! Today's Challenges:* Be Safe * Make Memories * Have Fun!
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07/03 Sunday Day 415
Morning, Everyone! today we are going to work on something that we see everyday but often forget about. Our wallets and purses! Today's Challenge: Spend 5-6 minutes organizing your wallet or purse It's really easy to get a bunch of stuff you don't need jumbled up with the stuff you do. So lets clean 'em out!
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07/02 Saturday Day 414
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to do some simple leg exercises! Today's Challenge: Stand on 1 leg and turn your head from side to side for 15 seconds. Then alternate! If you have to then please use a piece of furniture for balance. :)
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06/30 Thurday Day 412
Morning, Everyone! Now a lot of us mainly do this on the weekend (or as needed) but lets get some of this done now so we can free up the weekend! Today's Challenge: spend an extra 20 minutes doing chores Do some of the things that you would normally do on the weekend. That way you won't have to worry about it then!
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07/01 Friday Day 413
Morning, Everyone! Its a new month already! I, seriously, can't believe it's July already. The past month flew by. Anyway we are gonna work on our arms! Today's Challenge: Strengthen the backs of your arms with 2 sets of 5 chair dips. How to do a chair dip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjcgfu44sI