Workout of the Week!

 

 

 

The 5-50 Challenge

 

 

What is the 5-50 challenge? It's a workout where you try and finish 5 different exercises each for 50 reps as quickly as possible. You can time yourself and keep track of your progress.

 

Prisoner Squat

Stand with your hands behind your head, your chest out and your elbows back. Sit back at your hips and bend your knees to lower your body as far as possible without losing the natural arch of your spine. Squeeze your glutes and push your self up back up to the starting position.

 

Jumping Jack

Start with your feet hip-width apart and hands at your sides. Simultaneously raise your arms above your head and jump. so that you can spread your feet should-width apart. Then jump again to lower your arms and bring your feet together.

 

Mountain Climber

Start in a pushup position. Keeping your head inline with your body, bring your right knee into your chest, then back into the starting position. Alternate rapidly between right and left legs.

 

Pushup

Assume the classice pushup position. Keeping your head in line with your body, bring your body rigid, lower yourself until your chest touches the floor. Then push back up until your arms are extended.

 

Crunch

Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Put your hands behind your head so that your fingertips brush your ears. Don't grab your head: that will put strain on your neck. Keeping your neck in alignment with your straight back, use your abs to lift your shoulders off the floor a few inches, no more. Release back down and repeat!

 

(Variations to each exercise can be done to either challenge you or lighten the exercises so that you can complete the challenge. Try to perform the exercises on the same difficulty/weight/mode so that you can keep consistency when timing the challenge to monitor your progress).