STRENGTH ACTIVITY OF THE MONTH

We acquire the strength we have overcome. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from a determined will.- MMahatma Gandhi

Basic Push Ups~Choose to use either knees or toes

~Keep your neck and back flat!! (no “mountains” or “valleys”)~Bend only your elbows until they are in a 90 degree angle

~Exhale and push back up to your beginning stanceThis is not done for speed! The slower you go, the more muscles have

work, which means they get stronger!!

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Lunges• Feet shoulder width

apart, step forward with right foot

• Keeping torso upright, bend right knee until it forms 90 deg. angle (don’t let right knee go past your toes) and left knee is close to the ground

• Pause and push off of right knee to return to standing position

• Alternate legs

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