Leap Day 29 Exercises To Keep You Trim

Leap Day is here. What do you want to do that will make a lasting impression for the next four years- until the next leap year? How about creating a versatile exercise program? A different exercise to help remind you of the 29 days in a leap year. These can be done without weights. Adding weights can increase strength; you can use cans of food if you want to. And remember not to try any exercise without a healthcare professional’s guidelines.

29 Exercises

Here are 29 exercises anyone can do at home. Do each exercise 29 times.

1.  Start by stepping or marching. Do this 29 times at a brisk pace to get your blood pumping.
2. Lunges. Do a total of 29 lunges. This will tire you out.
3. Arm raises to the side. Once more, 29 of these. (getting the picture? 29 of each).
4. Squats, 29 of them.
5. Crunches.
6. Arm curls (if you don’t have weights, act like you’re gripping a weight).
7. Russian twists.
8. Push-ups.
9. Jump rope (with or without a jump rope).
10. Burpees.
11. Tricep dips.
12. Bicycle crunches.
13. Jump squats.
14. Plank shoulder taps.
15. Sit ups.
16. Jumping jacks.
17. Arm circles.
18. High knees.
19. Mountain climbers. Be in a push-up position and alternate bringing your knees to your chest.
20. Plank to push-up. Go into a push-up position. Put each of your forearms on the floor, then go back onto your hands.
21. Calf raises.
22. Squat with a knee lift. Do a regular squat, and when you get to the standing position, bring your knee to your chest.
23. Lat pulldowns. Reach your arms straight up. Lower your arms while keeping the tension to shoulder width (kind of like a shoulder press).
24. Box jumps. If you have a box or a chair, you can jump onto the box and back down. If it’s not sturdy enough, you can just step up onto the chair or box.
25. Side lunges. Stand like normal, and step out to the side kind of like in a squat.
26. Side plank dips. Get into a side plank. Dip your hips down to the ground and back up.
27. Jump lunges. It’s like normal lunges, but while you switch legs, you’re jumping.
28. Leg raises. Lie on your back with your legs on the floor. Raise your legs to a ninety degree position, then back down to the floor.
29. Butt kicks. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Alternate raising your foot to your butt, like you’re kicking it.

Others

Here are some other suggestions. If you don’t want to do 29 of each of the previously mentioned exercises, you can do each one for 29 seconds and do the whole thing three times in total. You can also spread this to sports like making 29 basketball hoops, catching 29 football or baseball throws, kicking a soccer ball 29 times, or hitting a baseball 29 times. You can also do a wall sit for 29 seconds, a plank for 29 seconds, hold a squat for 29 seconds, or hold a handstand for 29 seconds.