Can you believe May is already upon us? I feel like this year has just gone by insanely fast.

With teaching winding down, my May is filling up rather quickly!

Things coming up in May I am pumped about:

• My end of year review (I had it today and it went great!)
• Volunteering with our church this weekend
• Teacher appreciation day with my district
• The school musical
• The LAST track meet
• Rob’s family coming to visit!
• The Colfax 5k
• A 4-day weekend!

There is just so much to be excited about.

Since it is a new month, and I was super inspired by this video:

http://youtu.be/gu_1L6XJM-c

I put together the Double P May Challenge. (Made you think..hehe.)

The goal of this challenge is to perfect your push up. All you have to do is a variation of 10, good, strong, solid push ups each day AND 60 seconds of a plank variation per day. After 31 days, push ups should be an easy, off your knees feat!

Here are links to the push up variations:

• Wall
• Incline – Use a table, couch, or chair to complete your push ups.
• Offset 
• Wide
• Diamond
• Clap

Here are links to the plank variations:

• Side Plank
• Over Unders
• Side Kicks
• Stacked – Stack one foot on top of the other as you complete a regular plank.
• Side Star
• Elevated – Rest your feet on something higher (chair, couch, bed).

I’m off to start day 1 and do both of these to exhaustion! (Pretty sure I’ll end up with a half push up off my knees.)

RQ: What do you have coming up this month that you’re pumped about? Do you do a lot of push ups and planks?

Brooke Selb

I’m Brooke Selb, a Personal Trainer and Health Coach specializing in helping busy moms and moms to be to easily juggle mom life with family friendly recipes, and easy exercise routines to help you achieve your fitness goals that fit in with your already busy life with sound nutritional advice.