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Room to Room Fitness
Exercise Your Way Around the House
By Charlene Torkelson, Fitness Expert
Try these two simple exercises with weights: Holding your weights on your chest, press them upward to a position over the head yet slightly in front so you can look up and see them without leaning the head back. The movement upward is circular as if edging a large balloon. Do one set of eight lifts. When this becomes easy, add another set of eight. Now try a tricep exercise to work the upper arms. Holding one weight with both hands straight above your head – your elbows should be at your ears – lower the weight slowly behind your head. Now lift it back into the position above the head. Raise and lower the weight for a count of eight. Rest and try another set of eight. Please be careful not to bop yourself on the head with the weight! This exercise should feel very good for your upper arms and should give your shoulders a great stretch.
Moving to the living room, you can sit in your comfy chair for a few arm exercises. New babies require lots of lifting and holding, so it's a good idea to strengthen those arm muscles during your pregnancy. Begin with simple arm circles. Stretch your arms out to the side, palms flexed with fingers pointing upward. With straight arms, circle the hands and arms forward. Begin with 10 then move to 20 or 30 circles. Now circle the hands and arms backward. Again, begin with 10 then move to more circles. If you are not used to working yur arms, they will begin to feel tired quickly. An easy way to do more circles is to distract yourself with a good TV show or a favorite piece of music. You'll forget all about your tired arms!
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