The Pumpkin Workout

Jennifer DiDonato: Hello! Hello folks and welcome to Made Fit TV, I’m your host wonder woman aka Jennifer Didonato and this is episode number 68. Made Fit TV is everyone source for helping fitness information and entertainment and if fit body’s don’t just happen they’re made and you can do it. And welcome and why I’m wearing a wonder woman costume well this is our Halloween show. I thought I’d just some little funky and you it’s my birthday and it’s sweetest day, happy sweetest day to all of you. And so today is our Halloween show and I wanted something very special we need some pumpkin by the way we need say hi all I say is hi, oh she loves it okay. Say hi to Chris, Winnie, and Winnie oh yeah there she goes. So that’s one effect. Alright so welcome in the show, the reason why want to do a pumpkin work out this because you know if you do celebrate Halloween if you believe in it, if you believe in all like good stuffs or not it’s okay if you don’t it’s okay. By a lot of times people will buy pumpkins okay, buy pumpkins you want to carve them you want to make pumpkin pie, you want to make pumpkin seeds but another thing you can do you now pumpkins especially the price of pumpkins are going up it’s ridiculous. Some of them are like 15 bucks right here I was just stand. So, you know if you’re buying those pumpkins anyway you may want to put it to good use. And so I want to show you today is a pumpkin workout. You know because typically to buy pumpkin you’re leaving them outside for a weak or two in a cold so they are stay fresh before you carve them. So while you’re waiting to carve them why not burn some calories with them you know before you eat them, you know pumpkin pie makes burn some calories. So, workout number one, all you got to do you know just want to grab either medium to large pumpkin even start with the small one if you feel like it. So, I have about medium size pumpkin, filing it out you knows I kind a like to compare it to one of my medicine volts. But they’re pretty much the same I think this one might be----- this is six pounds and one probably about seven pounds. So be you can obviously get larger if you feel so, maybe it’s your falling down. Alright first move that we’re going to do is going to be a reverse launch to wood chop, I’m going to show you from the front and I’m going to show you from the sides, so you are going to hold the pumpkin. You want your arms to be straight the whole time. And what you are going to do is you are going to launch, do reverse launch and bring the pumpkin down diagonal to the bottom corner. And then you’re going to bring it across your body like you’re going to making X and bring it up okay, so you are going to do this. Now, what this does is that works your core, works your arms and your legs. Now, notice is I’m doing in both side, I’m pulling up my costume. Is you are going to use and make a 90 degree angle with your legs, see that? And then I want your arms to be straight the whole time so all your doings is just twisting your body, this adds for core control and you want to keep your back nice and straight look forward and that’s working your arms, your shoulders, your core and your legs. You can do about 10 reps on that side and 10 on the other it’s hard a little bit okay. Alright, movement number two is going to be a squat to overhead crest. Right you have your pumpkin right in your chest, fit or about shoulders, tip with apart just squat down and press all the way up. A little nervous and I want to winked you guys. Good thing I’m in front of the mirror and I it shows you from this side as well. Squat your wing chest out and you want your butt down, keep the pumpkin right here, squat down press up. And this is the compound movement, you burning more calories of ones versus just doing one movement at the time and that’s great you can use you know your beginner start with smaller pumpkin bring all the way up to have your pumpkin and get to hard right up. Give me about 20 I mean you will fell it, okay. Next movement is going to be a front shoulders raise to a biceps curls. This is going to be combinations to the super sets. So you are going to do stand with your fit but shoulder with part, arms are nice and straight you are going to race it to the front, bring back down and it keep your elbows at your side you just kind of lift the pumpkin on your chest and bring it all way back down so your arm are straight so I’m show you from this side to get a better view. I want your arms to be straight but bring pair at the ground back down. Elbows are lap in your side that’s two bicep curl, this is also working your cores as well because you’re keeping your arm straight so it’s forcing your body to say tight while your raising up pumpkin can really feel it. So notice, I’m bringing all the way down, bring about 45 degree. You don’t want to bring all the way up because you are not going to feel it in your biceps anymore bringing to about here nice and controlled. So, let me know that feels, you know we are doing the compound movements to increase our calorie burn increase your endurance because one of work more muscles at once nice to keeps not just cardio all the time you want to work this muscles. Alright last move, we are going to target the abs and we’re kind a little bit of balance. This is going to be a visit twist; I’m going to sit down like I said wear a short underneath this so you guys don’t think like you’re getting luckier and anything like that. Alright you are going to be sitting in a visit; I am going to show from the diagonal that good crest. That’s things are so funny, things are really big I mean. Alright, you are going to bring your knees up. I am going to show you first, bring your knees up you want to balance like this and this is all I can do go for if you are beginner. Okay now, what I want you to do is grab your pumpkin same concept as the wood shop. You want your arms be straight up in front of you and twist just like that. And the key is to try and keep your legs facing center the whole time. You want to prevent them from moving back and forth let me keep in nice and center, you really going to feel it and your oblique’s and you abs your feeling it and hip flexors as well. a lot of times people say why I feel it, you know right in my legs, the only reason why you feeling it there is because you’re a little unconditioned which is okay. You’re going to feel in different areas before you start to really feel in the area that you’re targeting. So, I mean all with the pumpkin you guys, using a pumpkin or anything you know you can use that, you know if it’s around on the holidays with the medicine balls. So this is just a good idea, you’re heading around the house anyway, you got buy it anyway and this will put it to good use especially before you eat all that candy. Please don’t over do it guys moderate yourself. I hope you guys enjoy this episode. I hope you enjoy this if you are making fun of me out there I hope so. Luis is get a good laugh, email me at jenniemadefittv.com, you can also follow me on twitter at Jennie Didonato, and on Facebook Jennifer DiDonato. Facebook is a really great way to communicate with me. Also check it us on iTunes and rate us on iTunes as well. It’s really easy you just hit subscribe were Made Fit TV and you can even rate us plus know how we’re doing and upload us onto your iPod. We are also on youtube, vedler, vedler is great to us. So, everyone I hope you have a really, really safe holiday if you do celebrate Halloween and make sure that you don’t over do it and if you have any question you can email me at madefittv.com and be sure to comment on the bottom of this so thank you so much for joining us. And have a great and spooky day.