Star Jumps

Star Jumps elevate your heart rate and work your core, gluteus maximus and leg muscles. Lower yourself into a low squat where your hips almost touch the floor and place your arms down by your shins. If you have back or knee issues, go as low as you go and do not be hard on yourself.  Quickly jump in the air and extend your arms and legs out to your sides in the shape of a star. Then move your feet together and land on the floor. Lower yourself back into your starting position. Exhale when you jump and inhale when you return to the starting position. Repeat for five total repetitions. Rest for several seconds before you start another set. Repeat until exhaustion.

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Abdominal Exercise with Weight

Hold an octogonal weight  straight over your chest while laying on your back. Bend your knees to 90 degrees. Subtly bring your lower pelvis off the floor using [mostly] your lower abdominal muscles while doing a crunch. Exhale when you come up and inhale when you go down, your shoulders to an inch or two off the floor, never touching the floor for each set. Repeat ten repetitions for four sets.

My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.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.