I Challenge You...

 

DECEMBER CHALLENGE TIME!If this sounds like deja vu that is because it is!  Once again I am challenging YOU this December!

 

Things are starting to feel festive and you can tell the holiday season is upon us. There seem to be plenty of things that pull us in a million different directions during December and it is oh-so-easy to lose your fitness focus...don't let it happen to you this year!

Sticking with your fitness program is even more important during this month filled with parties, goodies, late nights and travelling. As you know, stress- be it good or bad- can wreak havoc on your health in the short and long term. Regular physical activity is one of your best tools to handle it! So, rather than waiting until January 1st to start your fitness resolution I CHALLENGE YOU to begin today!

Here is my challenge to you::

Pick your own December Challenge with the goal of increasing your fitness by January 1st rather than starting on January 1st.  Your mission is to be MORE FIT ON JANUARY 1ST THAN YOU ARE ON DECEMBER 1ST.  Choose at least one aspect of your fitness that you want to focus on and go for it! Strength, endurance, flexibility, body composition, power, balance, agility- you name it then do it!  Every day or every other day, but put your focus on your challenge so that you come out ahead at the end of the year. 

 

JOIN THE ELM DECEMBER CHALLENGE!

WHY join the ELM December Challenge? Not only will you put your goals at the top of your personal priority list but you will also find MOTIVATION through accountability to others. Say your goal OUT LOUD and you are more likely to reach it.

Here is how it works:
1. Go to the ELM Facebook page and RSVP to the event: ELM December Challenge
2. Decide on your challenge
3. Post your challenge on the event WALL
4. Check in to let us know how you are doing!  Post photo's, share stories, and ask for support if you need it!

There are no fancy prizes or awards for reaching your goal (but you can set your own reward up:)just the satisfaction of putting your health first!

So...what's YOUR challenge?

Need some ideas? Check out my 12 days of Fitness for a list of ideas to get you thinking about your own December Challenge. Then geterdone!

IDEAS FOR YOUR DECEMBER CHALLENGE!
1. Hamstring Flexibility- legs on the wall for 3 minutes every night!
2. Balance Challenge- single leg, eyes close every morning, work up to 1 minute!
3. Core Challenge- Front Plank during the commercial break of your nightly tv show
4. Hill Challenge- Run hill repeats once per week and attack hills whenever you come to them the rest of the week (on foot, bike or ski -not in your car please).
5. Agility Challenge- Incorporate lateral movement & agility drills (grapevine, fast footwork) into every workout during the week.
6. Cardio Challenge- accumulate a minimum of 250-350 minutes of cardio per week.
7. Strength Challenge- 50:50 complete 50 push ups and 50 sit ups every day.
8. Yoga Challenge- calm your mind by spending at least 20 minutes every day on your yoga practice.
9. Weak Link Challenge- Complete 1 strength exercise for your weakest muscle/ movement and 1 stretch for your tightest muscle/movement every day.
10. Speed Challenge- Complete 5 minutes of speedwork into every workout this month! Can range from 10 seconds to 5 minutes.
11. Power Challenge- Add in power by including an upper body (plyo push ups), lower body(jump squats) and core (med ball sit ups) alternating between the 3 every day this month.
12. Endurance Challenge- add 5 minutes to the end of all your workouts this week- add up to 5 more minutes each week:)

13.  Best shape of my life Challenge- well...you know what to do;)

I would love to hear your ideas! Now...what will my challenge be?? 

SS