Kiki's WeekEND Home Made Goodie Goodness

[R2elk]

Uh oh... I might be beginning to want one of those...

Don't forget that they spit.

 

[electrycmonk]

I just caught me a crow! Yes, a real live crow! My ducks caught it and were beating the out of it!

Pics or it didn't happen!

 

[Kiki]

Don't forget that they spit.

I was just about to ask if these were the things that spit.

 

[R2elk]

I was just about to ask if these were the things that spit.

Isn't it @Wickedchicken6 that has some?

 

[Kiki]

Isn't it @Wickedchicken6 that has some?

Yes.

 

[CindyinSD]

These are mine too.
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Holy Smokes! And I thought WE had big thistles!

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Saffy...what do you think?

Thingies?
I forget, what was the challenge, again? Was it the sets of forty, or something, followed by push-ups?
I could take a stab at that tomorrow. How many?

 

[ShannonR]

Saffy...what do you think?

What did I miss?

 

[Kiki]

Thingies?
I forget, what was the challenge, again? Was it the sets of forty, or something, followed by push-ups?
I could take a stab at that tomorrow. How many?

I challenge y'all to do an honest every other day cycle of 5 for each item listed just once a day for 2-3 weeks. You don't need to do them all in one mass of exercise. Focus on the quality of the technique every time. Focus on form. Don't race thru it.
Keep a notepad handy to write done self critique, observations, thoughts, after even pain & when it subsides; and eventually when the "good pain" from exercise is gone - each time and then from the entire days activities.

As the closer you get to zero pain afterwards , the sooner you can think about increasing your cycles from 5 each to whatever number you feel comfy increasing to. This doesn't mean you have to increase all across the board to the same number.

From time to time when I was heavy in the gym focus we would also have a "light day" where we would use -for example- in bench press, just the bar and a 5lb on each side with no clamps to practice open palm form and slow focused quality of motion for like 10-20 repitions on one cycle.

Then every once in a while we would slowly increase the weight to see what was our new maximum where we could safely do one complete repetition safely and correctly.

Stuff like that is part of the long run goal setting for the rest of one's life.

I used the building of our chicken coop and run as my gym all last summer. This method and knowledge played a significant role in the success and completion with not overt damage to my body and the healing knee post surgery too!

The long road ahead benefit is a marked improvement in dexterity, stamina and strength.

/Starters to giggle
"Thingies" are almost 1/2 of what I did in the Navy.
"Flutter kicks" are
1) a 4 count, not 2 count as above.
2) you start with both feet 'just off the ground' & knees locked (as much as possible)
3) heels only touch the ground when a set is complete.
4) a set was usually 20-40 of the 4 count.

Sometimes they were rotated with:
A) 8 count body builders*
(A burpie is an approximation of some of this, from watching my kiddos in Athletics do them at school over the last couple years)
B) Good Morning Darlings*
(Same body position as "flutter kicks" leg motion is horizontal not vertical; heels never touch the ground as well; toes are always pointed straight up and knees are also locked; these were also 4 count and would do 20-40 rep's per set as well)
C) jumping jacks
D) push ups* (regular, wide arm, tricept)
E) situps
F) crunches

So... Enjoy you self development Ladies.

Here

 

[Ursuline Chick]

And one more for total embarrassment...the first time I hand sheared a llama. He looks like a bobble head doll. In my defense, he was a heavy wool variety and keeping him cool was my main focus. (obviously... )

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@SnapdragonQ Did your shears break mid way through ?