Your Fitness Bucket List

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there!

I love bucket lists. Having a bucket list is like having a goal. You have something to aim for and when you have something to aim for you are much more likely to hit it 🙂

With that said I thought I would put together a list of physical feats. I am going to rank them into 4 different categories from beginners to elite level bucket. All of these physical feats are challenging but doable. See how many you can check off the bucket list

 

Beginners Bucket

 

1 – Conquer the chin up

 

 

 

 

 

The chin up is the king of upper body exercises. They are incredibly effective for strengthening the muscles of your back and core musculature.

 

Strive to get 4 reps

2 – Run a 10k

The thought of running a marathon may be a little overwhelming for the newbie runner but a 10k is doable. The next 10k (it’s actually 9k but who’s counting) is on the 10th September at Ocean Beach

Details are here https://www.runningcalendar.co.nz/event/hawkes-bay-trail-run-series-september-2017/ 

Who’s keen?

 

 

3 – Hold a Plank for 120 seconds

It has to be a perfect plank, that’s no sinking or hiking of the hips. If you can’t yet hit 120 s then hold for 30-45 seconds then rest for 30 seconds and hold again for a further 30-45 seconds. Repeat this hold and rest for 5 rounds. For your next session try and progress by adding more time to your plank hold or decrease your resting time. Soon enough you will hit 120 seconds

 

 

4 – Complete a challenging hike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It just so happens that the Staples Rodway Cape Challenge is around the corner (14th October). I am led to believe that this year will be the last one. It is a beautiful run or walk with some of Hawkes Bay’s most stunning scenery. The challenge can be completed in teams with each leg between 10-11ks

 

More details http://www.staplesrodwaychallenge.nz/event-info

 

Who’s keen?

 

5 – Complete 20 Push ups

The push up is another great upper body exercise. It involves your pectoral muscles along with your deltoids, triceps and abdominals. If you are unable to perform one pushup then start by using a bench and then slowly start to get lower. You might progress to a step and then the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

That’s it for today. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s intermediate list on our Facebook page