Austen's 12 moves in 12 min

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I did the lower body and upper body chapters. I didn't use weights but did some of upper body with bands. I also needed 6 more min of strength so did some bosu type exercise with bands from the little book that came with bosu. I like the 12 in 12 because basically you do one exercise for a minute. One thing I notice is that some exercises I still can't do - for example pushups (even on knees) hurt my abs (I use to could hold plank for ~90 sec now can't do) as do some upper body. Squats, lunges etc ok but shoulder raises stretch abs-- anytime I feel anything I stop.. Weirdly - crunches are fine!I am doing my fitness challenge with my friends again. They started in Jan and let me have Jan off due to recovery but I am back on it. For

new people what we do is write a check to our treasurer and if we complete the 12 weeks (8 for me) it is torn up. Those that don't complete the 12 weeks, check is cashed and divided up to those that complete. The challenge basically requires earning 20 exercise points (1 pt 30 min cardio etc), 20 diet , 10 relax and then 10 more from anywhere (ie 60 points a week). We have to do at least 3 cardio, 2 strength and 2 days of 10,000 steps, 1 yoga or mind/mediation(relaxation) and follow some sort of nutrition plan (I do WW)... It is fun as we email our results each week and I always drop weight in a healthy manner when I follow this. I am struggling finding appropriate strength that doesn't hurt. I guess lots of legs :)judy in DC