Saw this once in another forum and thought it was a great idea.

Lets have a 200 a day jumping jack challenge...so from now until Next Thursday try and get 200 jumping jacks in each day. These are great cardio...if you need to break them down into smaller amounts througout the day but get 200 of them in no matter what. This also will helo boost our minutes for the month both personally and as a group.

Who is is with me?

Gee, I wish my knees would let me do jumping jacks!! But I'll be rootin' for ya!! BJF

I'll do it! I'm kinda new here so what do you mean by boost minutes for the month?
Kalishea

most of us have a monthly goal of a certain amount of minutes exercised this month. Also as a group the forum has a goal of 20,000 minutes alltogether. Now 200 jumping jacks takes about 2 minutes. So everyday that is 5 extra minutes you can add to your total...a little bit goes a long way, and they can be done anywhere anytime

200 jumping jacks in one day? I think that would kill me! But, to experiment, I will try as many in one day as I can and see what happens.

lady james - I break mine into 50's takes about a minute to do 50...

I'm in! Are we going to check back in here with each other or just add on minutes to the minute challenge?

Count me in. When I rowed in college we used to have to do these things called "jumpies." They mimick the rowing motion and are the best plyometric you can do for the sport. Here's the deal, you squat all the way down so your knees are at a 90 degree angle, then from that position jump up. As soon as you land, go right back down to the squat. We used to have to do 200 at every practice, and let me tell you, your quads, but, inner thighs - everything will burn more than you can ever imagine!

That was kind of off topic, but I was just reminded of it. But, yes, I'm in for the jumping jacks!! That will be a good warm up before my run today!

I'll do it! I could use a good motivation to get moving on the days I don't make it to the gym. This'll be a good way to get some exercise in while watching tv or surfing the 'net.

Wow, that sounds painless! I will join you on this challenge. Ironically enough, I actually did ten jumping jacks the other day, to see what it felt like. I hadn't done any since elementary school.

Lets check in here with each other and also add our minutes to the monthly minute total.

I have 150 done so far gonna get that next 50 done any minute now.

Well, I'm not sure if my boobs will appreciate this but I'm in! I need something to start getting the exercise going regularly.

Great idea!

I am in to, I am just starting to add excesise to my program, this is a nice little way to ease myself back in!!

i'm in too, sounds like a great way to add 35 minutes of cardio to my week

count me in! Thats a really good idea, i've been wanting to add a few more things to my routine.. and this is perfect!