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Drill Instructor Mr. Potato Head is here to help us get in tip top shape for our big day! Follow these exercises 5 – 7 days with 30 – 45 minutes of solid cardio fun and you will see results in no time flat. Don’t think of this as a workout, but more as funning-out. Challenge yourself and give yourself credit when you complete each funning-out session. Carry on bees!

Perform each cycle 3 times.

Cycle 1: Planks, Side Planks, Push-ups

Planks: 45 seconds-1 minute each

Starting on your toes and elbows, bring your chin over your hands and draw your belly button in tight. Don’t let your lower back sag! Hold for 45 sec-1 min.

Side Planks: 5 on each side

Starting in the plank position, rotate slowly until you’re facing the right, extending your arm in the air. Hold for 5 seconds before returning to the plank position. Repeat on left side. Focus on slow, controlled movements.

Push-ups: 15-25, either on your toes, your knees, or the wall (toes and knees pictured below).

Keep your chin beyond your fingers/hands.

Cycle 2: Lunges, tricep dips, and lateral lunges

Lunges: 15 per leg

Stand up tall, shoulders back, chin high. When you lunge, don’t let your forward knee extend over your toes.

Tricep Dips: 15 reps

Perform this on a solid structure! Bend at the elbows and slowly lower and raise your body.

Lateral Lunges: 15 per leg

Stepping out to one side, lunge with your shoulders back, chin up. Don’t let your knee extend over your toes. Come back to the standing, starting position, and lunge to the opposite side.

Cycle 3: Bridge Kicks, Bridges, Walk-it-Outs, Squats

Bridge Kicks: 15 per leg

Lying on your back, bend your knees at a 90-degree angle. Plant your weight on your heels and lift your hips. Now extend your right knee slowly and bend it back down to the ground, keeping your hips raised the whole time. Repeat on left side.

Bridges: 15 reps

Lying on your back, bend your knees at a 90-degree angle. Plant your weight firmly into your heels and slowly lift and lower your hips.

Walk-it-outs: 10 reps

Standing tall with your feet together, lower your hands to the ground and walk them forward until you reach a plank position. Walk back with your hands until you reach your feet and then stand up straight.

Squats: 15-20 reps

With your feet shoulder-width apart, extend your arms straight out and drop your hips back beyond your heels. Keep your back straight, chin up, and shoulders back. Make sure that your knees do not extend beyond your toes. Squeeze your bum on the way up.

Mr. Potato Head says: No slacking!