Friday, October 31, 2008

Kick and Step

Here is a 10-minute cardiovascular workout that works your heart and muscles.
Be a dancer! Kick your right leg inches over your hip, or as high as you can without losing balance or using momentum. Do this ten times. Repeat with your left leg

Put three "steps" under a step platform. Step up with your right foot ad pull your body up so that your left foot lands on the step. Do this ten times. Repeat starting with your left foot.

Kick your right leg to the right over your hip, or as high as you can without losing balance or using momentum. Do this ten times. Repeat with your left leg.

Repeat the step part.

Kick your right leg backwards over your hip, or as high as you can without losing balance or using momentum. Do this ten times. Repeat with your left leg.

Repeat the step part.

Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional, such as a physician.

My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on www.louizapatsis.com, http://www.authorhouse.com, www.bn.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories.