Friday, December 7, 2007

Letter of the Day Class

In case you missed Stroller Strides today at the Stamford Town Center.

The letter of the day is the letter B.

Okay, I know you're all thinking "what is she going to come up with this time". Here are some fun ways to keep your baby happy while you workout.

B is for Boxing- start with with boxing jabs while shuffling your feet for a good cardio burst- 1 minute.

B is for Butt Toners! Stand in front of a step and squat in front of the step and either step up or jump up onto the step and do another squat. Then jump or step back down and squat. Keep it going, making sure your knees are aligned above your ankles- make sure you squeeze your glutes as you come out of the squat to get the maximum benefit. This is a great exercise for those booties!

B is for Bunny Hop- show your little one a picture of a bunny or a stuffed animal bunny and do the bunny hop. Hop, hop, hop! 1 minute.

B is for Biceps. Use a green or red tube, step on it with one or both feet depending on the amount of resistance you want. Start with simple bicep curls, keeping your knees soft, shoulders back and down and tummy pulled in tight. Keep you elbows close to your torso and curl it up and down, take your time. To keep baby happy sing "The Wheels on the Bus". Change the movement to uppercuts, hammer curls and then making little circles in and out.

B is for Butt Busters! Start by coming into a side lunge again making sure your knee is above your ankle, as you come out of the lunge bring that same knee up to work your core as well. Do 15 reps and pulse down in the side lunge, 3 set and switch sides.

B is for Bent over Row. Make this fun fr the baby by holing onto a bell or attaching wrist bells to your tube handle. Hinge your hips forward 45 degrees and anchor red tube under one or both feet. Bring both hands up in a bent-over row. As the bells are ringing you can sing "Jingle Bells". Your baby will love it!

How about some floor work?
B is for Bridge
B is for Butterfly crunches.
B is for Bug- reverse curls.

Have fun with it and we hope you can join us next time for class. Remember it's more fun when we do it together! We currently have class at the Stamford Town Center Monday through Friday and every other Saturday at 9:30am. Hope to see you soon!

Lynn & Sophie

2 comments:

j-dō said...

i am so happy that you started a blog lynn! now i can do the workouts when i get home from school. i hope to come to a few classes in january when i am on winter break. calvin misses everyone!

.jenn donat.

Stroller Strides said...

We miss you Jenn!