The Big Four might be all you need
Categories: Fitness
I talked with my kids' PE teacher the other day about how my boys are doing at their physical education tasks. He told me he used seven-year-old Joey to demonstrate a push-up recently -- he keeps his back straight and perfectly parallel to the ground, which is what "Coach" wanted the other kids to see -- and how five-year-old Danny is getting better and better at jumping rope. Then he prompted Joey, who was standing by my side, with a very important question: "What are The Big Four?" he asked.
Joey was quick with his response: "Push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, and jumping rope."
No need for a fancy gym, says Coach, when you've got your own body and a few essentials, like a pull-up bar and a jump rope. He's right, you know. We've got the tools to work our bodies right at our disposal. We just need to get working.
The Big Four. Are they part of your exercise routine?
Joey was quick with his response: "Push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, and jumping rope."
No need for a fancy gym, says Coach, when you've got your own body and a few essentials, like a pull-up bar and a jump rope. He's right, you know. We've got the tools to work our bodies right at our disposal. We just need to get working.
The Big Four. Are they part of your exercise routine?
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Judy 6-28-2008 @ 12:11PM
I just committed myself to the 100-push-up challenge, and for my birthday I got one of those pieces of equipment that has a pull-up bar and to do a captain's chair. Don't plan on jumping rope, necessarily, but there are lots of other ways to do cardio without a lot of equipment. So I suppose the big four are the basis of my new workout plan.
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