Cottage Workouts

Tips:

• Keep your shoulder down
• Elbows should bend behind you and not flair out to the side during this exercise
• You should feel the work in the backs of your arms

Tips:

• Make sure that you stand far enough away from the tree that your knees make a 90 degree angle
• Hold for 20-30 seconds and do 2-3 sets

Tips:

• To make It harder stand farther away from the tree
• If you hands are wider you will feel it more in the chest and narrower you will feel it more in the backs of your arms
• Keep your core braced to protect your lower back

Tips:

• If your knees hurt going down to the chair do a partial squat
• Keep your back tall and shoulder down
• Do 15 reps

Tips

• To make this exercise easier start with your feet closer to the chair or slow down the movement
• This is a great way to warm the body up
• Keep the core braced to protect the lower back
• Do 20 reps (10 on each leg)

Tips:

• The farther you stand away from the chair the more difficult the exercise will be
• Keep your shoulders relaxed and brace the core to protect your lower back
• Do 8-10 reps

Tips:

• Sit at the front of the chair so that the paddle doesn’t hit into the chair
• Squeeze your shoulder blades together at the end of the row and hold for a few seconds
• Do 15 reps

Tips:

• Sit at the front of the chair so that the paddle doesn’t hit into the chair
• Squeeze your shoulder blades together at the end of the row and hold for a few seconds
• Do 15 reps

Tips:

• Hold the hand rails for extra stability during this exercise
• If you are doing this exercise as a warm-up start slow and do it for 2-4 minutes

Tips:

• Keep the core braced to protect the back
• If you are on a dock slide a lifejacket underneath your knees and elbows
• Hold for 20-30 seconds

Tips:

• Keep the core braced to protect the back
• If you are on a dock slide a lifejacket underneath your knees
• Do 8 on either side