Denise's Daily Dozen (51 page)

 
CHALLENGE
: Power lunge: Position yourself in a lunge facing your left side with your right leg in front and your left in back. Jump up and switch legs so you land in a lunge with the left leg in front and the right in back.

Keep your head above your heart as you go get your weights.

7. Triceps

This is my all-time favorite move to trim fat from the back of the arms.

  Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Holding your weights in your hands, bend your elbows so that your knuckles are touching in front of your chest. Turn to the right side, tap your left leg straight behind you, and press your left arm straight behind you, squeezing your tricep muscle at the top. Then turn to repeat for the left side. Alternate arms repeatedly. Time: 1 minute.

 
CHALLENGE
: Continue the above move, but double it up so that you’re pressing both arms behind you at the same time. Also, instead of just tapping your leg behind you, bend down into a slight lunge. Keep your stomach in and your shoulders down.

Gently put your weights down and out of the way.

8. Cardio Circuit 4

Work your rear and look as great leaving a room as you do entering!

 
CHASSÉ
: Stand with your feet about three to four feet apart and your arms straight down by your sides. Bending your knees, step your right leg behind your left, as if you’re curtsying.

  Then step the left leg out to the side, lift your arms up toward the ceiling, and stand on your toes.

  Step your right leg out in front of the left. If this is too hard, simply do grapevines, alternating stepping one leg behind the other from an upright position. Time: 20 seconds.

  Stand on a diagonal facing the right with your legs about two to three feet apart and your right leg in front of the left. Extend your arms straight overhead and then bring them down in a muscleman position as you lift your bent right leg to chest height. Bring your right leg down and squeeze your rear as you lift your left leg straight out behind you. As you extend the leg, bring your arms down to your sides and swing them straight behind you. After 20 seconds, switch so that your left knee is bending toward your chest and you’re lifting your right leg straight behind you. Time: 20 seconds on each leg.