'Get fit' for idiots

 

I fell in love with Pinterest one fine day and have not looked back since. In fact, I love it more than I do Facebook. There are just so many Pinteresting things you can find on Pinterest, and create boards for them.

 

One of the first few amazing visuals that caught my eye was this.

 

 

Isn't it amazing that you can be this strong and do this 'whatever- you- call- this -position' by a railing? I take my hats off to all those fit girls out there who could breezily do this. If you ask me to do this, I'll land smack on my head and break my neck!

 

Ok, so I am not quite the fitness buff type, as you might have gathered. My only consistent 'get moving' exercises, comprises of moving my jaw while munching on that extra calorie I do not need; and of course, channel surfing in my TV room. That, (I am proud to say), I do diligently.

 

But today, I was some how inspired by the fitness pins that continue to stream through my Pinterest feed. And drawing inspiration from the caption in the above picture, I was inspired to create a fitness board, title 'Can I do this?'. {It's my way of starting to 'get moving'. Pinning fitness pins do count in getting fit, right? It has to start mentally first, I mean.}

 

So, I imagine by the end of the year, if I am to follow all the moves on my 'Can I do this?' board, I'd be having them fit abs like in that picture too. Let me share one of my pins.

Oh, I love this one.. At first glance, it gives you the game plan on what to do throughout Monday till Sunday! Yes, we exercise- challenged people need a plan to kick start our fitness program!

 

So on Monday we' ll start with:

 

1. Jumping jacks!

Yes, I know how to do that! Did those when I was kid some decades ago.I am sure, my muscles still have enough muscle memory on how to do it, once I get started. I may only be able to do 20 at first, but I will be able to get around to 100 {gulp} of them... {Eventually...}

2. Crunches!...

Hmm... Not too sure how one does this, maybe I google it later. {Yes, we must google, since we have to do 50 of them after our jumping jacks.}

3. Tricep dip!

Ok.... The only image that came to mind is another dip. And it has nothing to do with exercising, but eating. {So into my google list this 'got- nothing- to- do- with- eating' dip will go}

4. Squats!

Hah! I'm not so useless, see. I do know what squats are. First we stand then we squat, just as the name says, and we do that 20 times. {*Patting self on the shoulder for knowing this*}

5. Lunges!

Ok... The only image that came to mind is when one person lunges at another in anger at the start of a fight. I am not completely sure that was what it meant here, since fighting is far from healthy. So into the google list this goes..

6. Russian twist.. (?)

So how do the Russian do their twist??.. {*sigh* Need to google this too}

7. Standing calf raises

Ok, so as the name suggests, we stand, then we raise our calves.. We do this 20 times.

8. Push up!

Yes, I know this one, and it has got nothing to do with a bra... Demi Moore did this in, what was that movie called? Dang she made it look easy, though.

9. Second plank.

Hmm.. Do I need to get any wooden planks as a prop for this? {Ok, need to google this too}

10. Lunge split jumps

Dear Lord!.. What form of acrobatic act would this entail?...It sounds painful, especially the spliting part.

And I have covered only Monday...

We have more alien terminologies to google.. Randomly, they are:

• Vertical leg crunches(?)
• Bird-dog (What the...??)
• Downward dog ( Huh?????)
• Obliques crunches (I have not googled what 'Crunches' are, now there are a 'Vertical Leg' and  an 'Oblique' versions, too)
• Last but not least.. 'Superman'... (Is this where we hold one arm over the chest and another arm with clenched fist positioned skyward and then hold this position for 30 second?? And this pose can make me strong?)

Help!