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Basic Training – A Guide to Follow

Last year, I launched the Spring Forward to Action Challenge on April 2nd, in part because that was the day we pushed the clocks forward an hour. I haven’t decided on a launch date as yet for this year, but be assured, you’ll be the first to hear about it. But instead of just launching the fitness challenge, this year, I want to build up slowly and part of the build up will come in the form of basic training messages for the next four weeks or so.

The basic training messages will generally be applied to the first fitness post of the day and I’ll be linking us up to a board post over in the forums to help track how people are doing and of course, I’ll do my best to answer any questions that come up. It’s important to note that I will not necessarily describe every exercise that is listed in the basic training messages. In general, the basic training will look like the following:

Basic training: 30 Minutes of Cardio – Walking; 20 minutes of standard walking (taking the kids to school)

or this:

Basic Training: 15 minutes of deep stretching and 30 minutes of guided Yoga using A.M. Yoga

If I cite a specific format that I use like a DVD or Tape, I’ll do my best to provide a link to it so you can pick up a copy if you’re interested and remember, this is just the information to help share and educate. I’d love for you to join in, but never feel like you have to if you have your own workout. Along with the basic training messages, I’ll continue a series on different types of workouts from cardio to flexibility to strength training.

Also, be sure to check out Clarissa’s work on Yoga. She’s offering a lot of great information on classes, format, poses and much, much more. I like Yoga and I use it as often as I can. Finally, we’ll also be asking others to share their fitness success and workouts from Valorie’s 10,000 steps a day to Ed’s fitness swimming and much, much more.

So, with ten days of the New Year down – I look forward to working with you to achieve whatever fitness goals and resolutions you have set for yourself. Have a great rest of the day.

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.