Jumping Jacks?

Do you remember jumping jacks?

I did them in elementary school with my classmate, especially on rainy days when we could not go outside to play.

As an adult, I did them now and then in aerobic classes but they fell out of my repertoire. Until now.

With the onset of rain, rain and more rain, I switched to more indoor activities instead of walking as much. I still walk in the rain but with a dog on slippery sidewalks…not my favorite!

I walk up and down my stairs as a matter of course throughout the day and try to set aside time to walk steadily for five minutes or so. I listen to a favorite song while I walk slowly up and backwards down the stairs. My dog Riley is normally good about sitting watching me.

Enter my new smart watch which indicated that I am not getting my heart rate up high enough. So, I decided to add jumping jacks to my daily activities.

Wow, talk about exhausting! I managed to squeeze out a pitiful ten, not the best form, but my heart was pumping.

Now the challenge is to do ten measly jumping jacks quickly and robustly.

Is it worth it? I hope so.

I will let you know!

7 thoughts on “Jumping Jacks?”

  4. If it starts getting picky and telling you you’ve got smelly armpits your in trouble Lori 🤣 But yes, they are good at the exercise bit at least. And, alas, we do tend to get a bit lax as we age…but even Riley is just watching. He knows 😀❤️🙏🎄🎅

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  5. I don’t have a dog and it’s boundless to excuse the likely fall I’ll likely take at some point this winter (it’s a special skill of mine, tripping over nothing). But I tell ya, the inner voice I hear saying “Careful, careful…” when I’m walking across our wet leaf covered brick sidewalks is dang near ever present these days.

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