Fitness Challenge and upcoming Spring Race!
Holy cow! Where has the time gone? It felt like it was just yesterday when we were departing for the Tempe Arizona race. I can’t believe it has been a month since then and we have another race coming up! I’m super excited because it’s going to be hosted in Long Beach!! So for all of you who are curious to see what a dragon boat festival or to see a real live dragon boat race, come down to Marine Stadium this Sunday, just next to Mother’s Beach! (see directions to our normal practice site here: http://killerguppies.org/blog/join-us#directions . Take the same route, but instead of turning right on Appian Way, make a left and head up towards Bay Shore Ave. You should see signs for festival parking).
And Guppies, what’s another week without another Fitness Challenge! It looks like the “Physical” points are really working out, since we surpassed our goal of 300 points last week by logging in a total of 330 points! Good job Guppies!! Keep up the STELLAR work! For this week’s challenge, here’s the break down:
- “PHYSICAL” POINTS
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Earn up to 2 points/day for cardio:
1 pt for 12-19 minutes
2 pts for 20+ minutes
Bonus: earn 3 points for attending Wednesday practiceEarn up to 1 point/day for strength by doing 20 reps or 1 min of any strength exercise (or any combination)
examples:
- 20 pushups
- 5 pullups, 5 pushups, 10 situps
- 1 min plank
- 30 sec plank, 30 sec wall sit
- 30 sec plank, 10 bicep curls
…”MENTAL” POINTS
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Earn up to 1 point/day for race visualization
Earn up to 3 points (for the week) for listing “things I will work on in the race” (1 point each)
Since we have a race coming up this Sunday, we’re encouraging that you continue doing your cardio and workouts until Thursday. Also, don’t try new workout routines this week! We don’t want any Guppies injuring themselves before the big race! We’re also including some mental challenges to get us psyched up for the race. Remember, if you can do anything just so long as you put your mind to it!