Learning challenge s23w4: "I Love My Body /plank shoulder tap and Burpee".
Greetings and welcome to my blog. It’s another week to show love to our body and am glad to be here. Last week was a lot to grapple with but it’s for the benefit of our bodies.
Excercise is a very important part of our body and we should indulge in it often to reap all of its benefits and enhance our body fitness. This week we are working on plank shoulder tap and burpee.
Plank shoulder tap.
This involves us keeping our body in a plank state. With our legs shoulder apart, we go down in a planking position with our two palms on the floor for support ensuring our hips is at the same level with our shoulder.
We begin to tap our shoulder with the right hand on the left shoulder while maintaining balance on the left hand. We alternate this with the left hand tapping the right shoulder while we maintain balance with the right hand still on the floor.
We alternate this repeatedly for thirty repetitions. We rest for ten seconds, do another 30 repetitions. Rest for another ten seconds and do another thirty repetitions.
Burpee
Burpee is a bit tricky as it a combination of three different steps. The squat, half push-up and jump.
I bend as if in a squatting position and push my legs backwards as if doing push up but only to my waist level while supporting my body up on my arms with my palms placed on the floor.
I do a jump inwards that gets me in a squatting position as seen in the video and then I end with a jump.
I repeated this process for five burpees, took a ten seconds rest, did another repetitions of five, rested for ten seconds and then the last five repetitions.
The excercise table
| Programs | no. Of reps | Rest | no. Of reps | rest | no. Of reps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plank shoulder tap | 30 taps | 10 seconds | 30 taps | 10 seconds | 30 taps |
| Burpees | 5 reps | 10 seconds | 5 reps | 10 seconds | 5 reps |
Video
Which of these programs is the most difficult for you and what exactly makes it difficult. How did you overcome the difficulty.
The burpee was more challenging to do than the plank shoulder tap. The part of performing the squat and the jumping up and coming down back was a little hectic and required energy and determination to pull through.
I felt the strain on all part of my body as the excercises required the whole body get involved but more strain was put on the down part of my body. I was sweating after the excercises meaning it made a good impact.
The last lap was more difficult as I was already getting tired and I felt a little dizzy but I was determined to finish up the excercises hence I persevered but it wasn’t easy.
What is your overall feelings at the end of these programs?
Well, I was feeling tired at first and sweating very profusely. The sweating was more intense after the burpeee as it involved my whole body. When I rested a little while, the slight dizziness disappeared. I felt better and more relaxed.
My whole body felt the impact of the expand it was very relaxing. I felt energetic and very active. That night I slept very well too because I did the excercises in the evening. I noticed that when I do evening exercises, I sleep better.
I feel generally strong motivated and more energetic to carry out other activities. Thanks for reading through.
¡Holaaa Alexander!🤗
Me sentí identificada contigo en cuanto a lo complejo que ves el ejercicio burpee y, fíjate, yo lo practico desde el año pasado y, aún me cuesta una barbaridad jajaja... De hecho, para poder ejecutarlo completo, debo hacerlo despacio, porque de lo contrario, me quedo en el intento.
Te deseo mucho éxito en la dinámica... Un fuerte abrazo💚
Yea, it’s a bit tricky but with perseverance we overcome. Thanks for stopping by.🤗
This is an interesting part of you...more grease to your elbow ma'am.
Thank you sir
Looks easy until you give it a try, would have loved to try it but strength no deh oo😅
It’s not difficult shaa at least it’s easier than last week’s task😂