Day 10- Stuck on raises!

Happy Day 10!  Love that it's Friday, too!  Now, I figured since everyone LOVED the calf raises SO much, we would keep it "up" with some shoulder work.  (yep, I crack myself up- I might be a bit sleep deprived this week, so excuse the weak humor) LOL

SO- Lateral and front raises.  We are working the shoulders, so it is important to remember to not let your shoulders hunch up while you are doing these.  If you are, then you are using your abdominal muscles more.  That means you need to take a break.  It is totally fine to break these up, as long as you accumulate 25 (each way, each arm) by the end of the day. 

Starting position: our good ol' feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent, belly in tight, shoulders back.  Use hand weights (if you have them- or use soup cans, rocks, whatever you have handy.  this one will probably not work with the use of small children as weights, if it does, you are a beast!)  Arms are down by your sides. In the front raises, you bring your arm straight out in front of you.  How far you bring it up is completely up to you, but as a general rule, you end up about shoulder height. (Make sure to keep your arm straight- but don't lock that elbow!) In the lateral raises, you bring your arm straight out to your side.  I like to alternate frontal raise, then lateral, then frontal, etc.  I usually do both arms at a time, but if that tires you out too quickly, then try: left frontal, right frontal, left lateral, right lateral, etc.

So your total lift challenge is 100- 25 left front/25 right front/25 left lateral/25 right lateral.  You thought your legs were burning yesterday?  Just looking out for my friends, making sure I help them to keep warm!  *smile*