Love the mountains

Scott Schwab
Happy Labor Day to all of you who are enjoying a little R and R. My family has always come to a little piece of heaven known as Colter Bay. It is such a relaxing place and a great way to unwind. I thought that I would post on a workout that I did this morning that all of us could do at home and have great results. First Chandi and I woke up and took a 2 mile run. It was brisk outside and the elevation seemed to effect our speed; however it was just nice to get out and have a light jog. We did decide to sprint the hills, which is so good for your butt and your legs. If you can find a hill by your home or even run stadium stairs, you can really get your butt, thighs, hips, and calves really looking good. There was a time where I was really out of shape during my high school years. My muscles had atrophied quite a bit and I had a lot of cottage cheese. I will share this embarrassing nick name, but you cannot laugh to hard. My friends gave me the nick name for a short stint of Scottage cheese. Yes my body was covered with the friendly curds and it did not look good. I decided to do something about it my Junior year. Wrestling was the means that I decided to take care of the cellulite. We ran everyday, ran stairs every other day and wrestled everyday. All things that we can do at home. All of us can spar with a spouse, roommate, friend, etc. Well maybe not, but you can imagine. My point is, if you want to get rid of that butt fat and leg jiggle, you got to get out and run, run, and run some more. I love squat to keep things in that area tight, but running stairs and hills is very similar. The other workout that we did was in the cabin. I grabbed 3 chairs and situated them so my feet would be on one chair and each arm would be on the other tow chairs. You will want to spread them far enough apart that you can go past what a normal push up would provide with the ground being there. It is such a good stretch and works your arms, chest, back, biceps, triceps, and even your abs if you will flex them as you are going up and down. After that exercise move the 2 chairs out and keep your feet up on the chair. What you will do next is balance with one foot on the chair other leg suspended in the air and your arms down on the ground. The general rule is to do 10 reps and 4 sets. After that exercise you can turn around and have your feet on the ground and arms on the single chair. This will work your inner chest because your arms are close together. Finish your last exercise with triangular push ups. This is just regular form with your back straight and your hands creating a triangle. You will situate your body to where you will touch the middle of your chest inside the triangle for each of the 10 reps and 4 sets. Once you have made it through all the sets you will be dog tired, that is if you can even finish it. Let me know what you think. You will also want to add in a couple of ab workouts. I personally did some standard crunches, some sets where your body is in a 90 degree angle with your legs straight up in the air and you reach with your hands together and touch your toes as many times as you can. Also take your legs and keep them suspended in the air and do circular motions with your legs in one direction and then back the other way. Elevate your head so you are looking at your legs elevated between 20 to 30 degrees. You will love the way that you feel after the exercises and have something great to do, when you are on vacation or on the road. Enjoy some college football this weekend, there are some great games.