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When Only The Real Santa Will Do!
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1. Stretching Perform some basic stretches each day. You can stretch your arm muscles by pulling one arm at a time in front of your chest and holding it there for 15 seconds. Then you can stretch your quadriceps by taking one leg at a time and bending it back so that it touches your bottom. You can hold her legs in place by holding on to your foot. You should do this for 15 seconds at a time. You can stretch your sides by placing one arm over her head and bending to the side. For example, if you place the left arm over your head, then you would bend to the left. You should hold that position for 15 seconds to get a good stretch. 1. Seated Pie Squat Technique 1. Take a warm pie (apple seems to work best) from a pie rack and hold it outstretched in front of you at face height. Keep you back and head straight. Your feet should be spaced at shoulder width. If you cannot squat flat footed, try placing a two by four block of wood under your heel to improve balance. 2. Grasp the pie with your hands spaced slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Execution 1. From a seated position, raise your body from the chair, keeping the pie straight and even. The pie should remain at arm's length, however should you falter, vanilla ice cream makes for a great ala-mode. 3. Slowly straighten your legs and return to a standing position. Keep your head level at all times. 3. Keep the movement fluent, slow, and controlled.
2. Cookie Push Up Technique 1. Take a plate of chocolate chip cookies and place it on the floor. 2. Assume a push-up position with legs outstretched behind you. Keep you back and head straight. Your feet should be spaced at shoulder width. Execution 1. Lie face-down on the ground and then hold yourself up with just your feet and hands. See how many times in one minute you can lower your arms to the ground and back up again. Remember your feet and legs must remain in the same position during the entire exercise for the push-up to count. Do this exercise once each day and watch for improvement over time. On each downstroke, you can retrieve a cookie with your mouth (not using your hands). For an added variation, a glass of warm milk can be placed next to the plate of cookies and you can dunk the cookie on each downstroke. 2. Keep the movement fluent, slow, and controlled. 3. Shoulder Cookie Shrugs Position for the Cookie Shrug 1. Stand straight with your feet planted firmly with a shoulder width stance. Your knees should be slightly bent. 2. Grasp two cookie dumbbells with your hands spaced shoulder length apart. Keep the bar held at straight arms length with a slight bend in your arms. Execution of the Cookie Shrug 1. Raise the cookie dumbbells upwards toward the ears, as high as possible and rotate them backwards and down. Repeat. This exercise can also be performed with a cookie barbell or a universal cookie press. 2. Keep the movement fluent, slow, and controlled. Note You will be able to lift a lot more with this exercise than most others so make sure you grab some very heavy cookies and bend your knees to pick them up and put back down on the floor. Remember as a general rule if you can do this exercise with perfect technique for more than 10 reps then you need to lift more weight! 4. Step & Shlep 1. Stand straight with your feet planted firmly with a shoulder width stance. Your knees should be slightly bent. 2. Grasp your toy sack with your hands spaced shoulder length apart. Keep the bag held at straight arms length with a slight bend in your arms. 3. Sling the bag over your right shoulder and jog 1/4 mile to the nearest sweet shop. Grab a sundae, then jog 1/4 back to your point of origin. Then Sling the bag over your left shoulder and jog 1/4 mile to the nearest bakery. Chow down a box of cookies, then jog 1/4 back to your point of origin. 5. Lateral Cookie Raises Position for the lateral cookie raise 1. This exercise can be performed standing or seated. 2. With both hands, grasp the cookie dumbells with the palms facing each other. The arms must be bent in order to stress the lateral deltoids. Add chocolate chip cookies to the dumbbells, white chocolate Macadamia nut cookies work best. If you are standing, make sure your feet are firmly planted on the floor spaced evenly at a little less than shoulder length. If you are seated, make sure your feet are firmly planted on the floor and the ankles almost touching each other. Execution of the lateral cookie raise 1. Keeping elbows slightly bent, raise the cookie dumbbells in an arc from the side of your body to level with your head. Take a bite of the cookie on the upstroke. Slowly lower the dumbbells back to the start position. Repeat movement until the cookies are gone. Add more cookies and repeat. 2. Keep the movement fluent, slow, and controlled. 3. For a variation, add a glass of warm milk on either side of the chair and dip the cookies into the milk on the downstroke. 6. Treadmills and Bicycles Standard treadmills and bicycle machines are useful for getting into shape. You can inspire yourself to push further by dangling a candy cane in front of you. The temptation will work wonders. 7. Barbell Cookie Curls Position for the standing cookie barbell curl 1. Standing upright, grab a cookie barbell using an underhanded grip. 2. Attach large chocolate chip cookies to both sides of the barbell. 3. Hold the bar in the arms down position. Hold the bar slightly wider than shoulder width. 4. Keep your feet close together with your back straight and head level. Keep your arms close to your body. 5. The bar should be resting across the thighs. Execution for the standing barbell curl 1. Curl the weight with the cookies up in a controlled fashion until the bar is under your chin. Pause for a second, take a bite of the cookie and slowly lower the bar until your arms are fully extended in the arms down position. Repeat the movement. 2. Keep the movement fluent, slow, and controlled, until the cookies are all gone. Add more cookies and repeat. 
