Daily Challenge Monday Apr. 23, 2012
Everyday Well-Being
Hold on to a chair or table, lower yourself into a frog-like squat, and repeat 4 times.
How to do it
Stand with your weight evenly distributed and your feet aligned beneath your shoulders. Point your toes out slightly. While holding on to a chair or table, lower yourself into a squatting position by bending your knees and lowering your seat toward the floor while keeping your spine straight. Go down as far as you comfortably can, then slowly return to a standing position. Repeat four more times. To make this more challenging, try it without holding on to anything.
Why it matters
Making like a frog is great for flexibility! Squatting stretches your calf muscles, hamstrings, and groin muscles. It can help to strengthen your thigh muscles, and the open-hip position of the stretch may also relieve knee pressure. If you do this stretch without a chair or table, it will also boost your balance, as the position calls on you to stay low to the ground but maintain a straight back.
Fun fact
The world's largest frog, the Goliath of West Africa, grows almost 12 inches (31 cm) in length, weighs up to 7 pounds (3 kg), and can easily clear 10 feet (305 cm) in a single hop.
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I know this is what I need- I know because I love to garden and getting up and down is what makes gardening a challenge. I hope to do this exercise lots.
"Hold on to a chair or table, lower yourself into a frog-like squat, and repeat 4 times"
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I did it, I did it...oh yeah yeah yeah
"Hold on to a chair or table, lower yourself into a frog-like squat, and repeat 4 times"
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Ish! Knees popped like Rice Crispies cereal with milk! Gotta do this more often!!!
"Hold on to a chair or table, lower yourself into a frog-like squat, and repeat 4 times"
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This made me laugh so does this count as two challenges. ;-)
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I held on to a table found it easier to do. I also realized how stiff i am will continue to do this challnge
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Taralee K. replied April 30, 2012 at 16:47 UTC:Feeling you there. Wow!
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I am so crazy, I should have done this challenge earlier! I felt great doing this! I will try to keep this up every day
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Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit! Or is that 2 t's?
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Dale R. replied April 28, 2012 at 7:45 UTC:nope its right ; )
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Just did it 10 times without a chair. I love working out and stretching! Both make you feel SO good! I'm currently in a Weight Training class at my college. I love it! It's only 2 days a week but that's still 2 more days than I would be doing that kind of stuff normally, and it's an hour and 20 minutes long each day, and the entire time I work my butt off! Plus I've got 2 dogs so I do a lot of exercising type things throughout the day!!
Oh, and that frog fact was interesting. Seems like one huge frog!!!"Hold on to a chair or table, lower yourself into a frog-like squat, and repeat 4 times"
