Rosemary Conley CBE

Tonight’s early fitness challenge: Walk around your room with knees high x 2. Then walk with big steps as you go x 2. Lastly, walk around once more on tip toes! Great for stamina and leg strength!

Tonight’s fitness challenge: sit to stand: 10 from your sofa, arms across chest. Then repeat x 10 but lower to sit in 3 stages. Finally, repeat x 10 to sit in 3 stages but only touch butt to seat, not actually sit. Fantastic for strengthening quads and glutes.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: let’s do press-ups! Easy: place hands on a worktop, feet a step back, core tight, back flat. Do 10 press ups. Medium: on all 4s. Knees behind hips, core tight, dip x 10 Tough: legs straight, behind you, do full press ups x 10. For all, do x 10 p/ups!

Tonight’s early fitness challenge: sit on the front half of your sofa or chair and draw the alphabet with one leg/foot. Then repeat with the other one. Great for strengthening muscles, tendons and ligaments in our ankles and knees to help them stay stable and strong.

Tonight’s late fitness challenge: go for a 30 minute walk tomorrow. It is the best way to start the day! Great for legs, stamina, heart and soul!

Tonight’s fitness challenge: Stand up and sit down from the sofa or chair x 30 consecutively. Place hands in a cross against chest, hold core super tight as you sit and stand. To work your butt, clench glutes each time you stand. Brill for strengthening quads and glutes.

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Tonight’s fitness challenge: sit on the floor, (or sofa/bed) knees bent, arms outstretched in front. With core tight, slowly uncurl your back toward the floor without lying down. Slowly curl up again. X 8. Rest and repeat twice more x 8. Amazing for toning abs and core.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: get on the floor on all 4s. Core tight, head down, raise R straight leg and L arm in line with back. Alternate leg/arm x 4 each. Rest and repeat twice more. Fab for core and balance, strength and control.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: stand behind a dining chair, hold on with both hands, core tight, raise and lower, one leg very straight, slowly behind you x 8. Then repeat with other leg. Repeat both x 3 Next, raise and lower leg out to side slowly X 8 each leg x 3 sets.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: Walk up and down stairs x 5 consecutively. No stairs? March on the spot with knees high. Fab for stamina and legs and butt.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: Lie on back, core tight,bend knees,raise arms straight up toward ceiling. Easy: lower L foot to floor and R arm back above head. Return. Bend R leg, lift arm up straight. Repeat alt leg/arm x 4 each. Hard: straight legs over hips. Repeat exercise x2

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Tonight’s fitness challenge: Lie on your front, legs outstretched behind you, toes on floor. Hold core tight, raise head and shoulders and do the breast stroke with arms x 5. Rest and repeat twice more. Fantastic for strengthening arms, shoulders, back and core. Take it steady.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: March on the spot x 20. 10 x half jacks 10 x push backs 10 x knee raises, op. elbow to knee each time 10 x hamstring curls 4 x box steps L leg leading, 4 x R leg leading. 8 x alt. Squats Repeat sequence x 3. Fab for mobility and stamina.

No challenge tomorrow!

Tonight’s fitness challenge: take can of beans in hands. Sit or stand, arms down by your side. Core tight, elbows by yr side, do 10 bicep curls. Repeat but extend cans above head, lwr to shoulders, turn them and return to sides. Repeat b.curl & extensions x10. Rep x 2. Fab 4arms.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: Stand up and sit down from your sofa or chair x 30 consecutively. Fab for strengthening legs and butt.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: Lie on your side, hips stacked, lower leg bent for support. With core tight, toes pointed, slowly lift and lower straight leg x 5. Then take leg back 45* and repeat slow leg lifts x 5. Roll over, repeat with other leg. Rep all again. Fab for hips.

Tonight’s fitness challenge: Get onto all 4s. Hold core tight and extend and raise right hand and left leg. Pause for 3 seconds, return. Repeat with left arm/right leg. Repeat x 5 each. Do 3 sets of 5. Great for muscle strength all over! Core tight throughout is essential.