Bye Bye Burpees!

OK - I have a few left to do, which I will get in, but time to move on to Feb!

As Feb is a "short" month, I decided to focus on a small, annoying body part - TRICEPS!  (save the lower abs for a nice long month!).  Actually, did you know that the tricep makes up more of your arm than the bicep?  And women have a tougher time with these than men b/c of estrogen - we store more fat there than our testosterone-laden counterparts.

I have decided on TRICEP DIPS since they can pretty much be done anywhere.  Feel free to do overhead weights or other if you choose, but officially it's dips. Actually, fully extended overhead weights (drop to shoulder and back) work the long part of the tricep, which is even better (obviously there are three muscels involved) but not sure if weights are accessible to all.

Sit on bench or step (got any of those, Lucy?)  Put hands as close to butt as possible, fingers pointing out.  Extend legs, and drop butt as far as you can. Push up with tris, keeping butt and back as close to step as possible. Fully extend arms, and squeeze triceps on way back up.

60 a week.  I came up with that, b/c you know you are not really supposed to work them back to back days, but whatever.  If you are an overachiever, you are also supposed to work the opposing muscle at the same time (that would be the bicep).  Your choice - only counting tricep dips!

KICKER:  All of ours favorite topic - VEGETABLES!  We all have 7 letters in our names (even Douglas and Miranda - amazing, huh?) so you must eat a vegetable that starts with each letter of your name (Lucy doesn't count!).  Try to make it a NEW ONE, or a new recipe, as this is about expanding our horizons.  You can improvise if needed (like I is a tough letter - I would count Idaho Potato, or an adjacent letter if needed).  Since we're supposed to have up to 9 servings a day, I'm pretty sure we can challenge ourselves to get in 7 over the month.

Good luck and Report in!
Ethel