Greetings, NPers near and far! We hope you’ve been having a stellar Wednesday. For those tuning in from Ottawa, we hope you’ve been staying warm through this cold spell. For those checking in from other places with more moderate climates, we also hope that you are generally comfortable in terms of your day to day body temperature.
The good thing for us is that we were offered one of the very best ways to keep warm… a little PR Day action! If not the “best”, it’s at least highly effective. Now, Ottawa PR Day typically includes running/walking/hobbling/crawling up and down stairs at Lansdowne or up and down a charming albeit deceivingly steep hill by the locks downtown. Today’s PR Day (hosted by internet sensation – Erin) presented us with a new challenge…
For those who missed it and/or for those who completely blocked it out from their working memory, here’s a quick recap of the PR Day essentials from this morning:
- 4 different exercises to complete for
- 7 rounds, with each round lasting
- 4 minutes, and each exercise being done for
- 20 reps, then 19 reps, then 18 reps… (you get it)
- …AND don’t forget the burpee 😉
The end of round 1 is commemorated with 1 burpee. The end of round 2 is capped off with 2 burpees. The end of round 3 presents the lucky individual with the opportunity for 3 burpees… while I’m tempted to try and think of 20 different ways to put a positive spin on “you have to do X number of burpees”, I think you get the idea.
And so, off we went. Downward dogging to high planking, pulse squatting, tricep extending, and bicycling. Rumour has it there was even some bonus vacuuming going on as an optional exercise. And – even though we weren’t moving up and down stairs/hills together – with high fives all around and smiles a’plenty, somehow it didn’t seem like we were all that far apart from each other either. And that’s always a pretty great way to kick off a day.
Here’s hoping (planning!) for our next PR Day to be in person!
Until then, we are glad you’re here. Or there. Or wherever you are that allows you to be “here” with us on Wednesdays mornings.
Sole-fully,
Rebecca & Becca
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Zoom workouts, coffee chats, and smiles… oh my! Next week. Every week. Same bat time. Same bat channel.
- Pet a dog. Maybe put some booties on your dog, then pet said dog again.
“The Vaccum” has to be a new exercise! It’s a killer after doing 40 minutes of tricep extensions!!!
I agree! Lisa will have to demonstrate at the next workout 🙂