If you’re like millions of others, the New Year will bring new goals and resolutions. And for so many, those resolutions include some sort of health goal: get back in shape, eat right, lose weight and more. But for many just getting started can be hard. Where do you start, especially if you haven’t been active in a while? The Prime Women 30 Day Fitness Challenge was created by Prime Women for Prime Women to help you reach your health goals in 2020. All you need is 5-minutes a day to complete this 30 day fitness challenge!

How to Participate

1. Schedule 5-minutes a day to commit to yourself and your health. Set an alarm! Work up to 10 or 15 minutes a day if you can. But commit to at least 5 minutes.
2. Get the tip, challenge or workout of the day in the private Prime Women Facebook group. Or come back to this page daily (bookmark now).
3. Subscribe to Prime Women Media on YouTube and click receive notifications. This is where we will be posting the workout videos.
4. Complete the activity and initial or comment on the Facebook post when you’re done!
5. Invite a friend to join you and help keep you accountable. Look for each other’s initial and like. Or text each other.

What is the Prime Women 30 Day Fitness Challenge?

If you get our weekly newsletters then you have been hearing about the Prime Women 30 Day Fitness Challenge for some time now, and we are ready to kick it off! Starting January 1st there will be a daily video, workout or tip to complete. If you can do at least 5 minutes a day for one month you will be on your way to starting a habit you can keep up all year long and have a healthy 2020 and beyond!

• Day 1: Go for a walk. Focus on setting an intention or use short bursts of speed for a more productive walk.
• Day 2: Do the first 5-minute, low-impact HIIT workout.
• Day 3: Stretch + Cut a source of sugar.
• Day 4: Do Yoga #1 for your neck, shoulders and back
• Day 5: Work 16 muscles in 4 minutes with the Nitric Oxide Dump
• Day 6: Do Yoga #2 to relax the spine
• Day 7: Complete the first strength training workout.
• Day 8: Do a 10-minute yoga sequence to alleviate tension in the neck and jaw.
• Day 9: Get your heart rate up with low-impact jump alternatives.
• Day 10: Do a downward dog. Then do these 4 exercises and see how much your downward dog improved!
• Day 11: Open up the hips and lower back with this yoga practice.
• Day 12: Create space and focus after a long week with these yogic breathing exercises.
• Day 13: Energize yourself by doing yoga for energy. If energized enough, repeat your favorite challenge.
• Day 14: Strengthen your legs with Strength Training #2.
• Day 15: Do yoga for balance and leg strength.
• Day 16: Increase your core temp and heart rate with the highest intensity HIIT moves.
• Day 17: Work up a sweat with a 10-minute workout.
• Day 18: Give your legs and butt a lift by strengthening your legs, hips and glutes
• Day 19: Schedule 15 minutes today to complete this 5-move full body workout
• Day 20: Open up your shoulders and arms with a yoga strap.
• Day 21: Work your upper body with the 3rd week of strength training.
• Day 22: Do yoga to relieve stress headaches.
• Day 23: Raise your core body temp with week 4 of HIIT workouts!
• Day 24: Relax your muscles and increase mobility and with a fascia massage.
• Day 25: Get more stress relief through yoga.
• Day 26: Drink 8 glasses of water to help with health and weight loss.
• Day 27: Sculpt and tone with 10-minutes of yoga.
• Day 28: Do the final strength training workout (or do all 4!)
• Day 29: Stretch your back with yoga. 

What Sets This Challenge Apart From Other Fitness Challenges?

We’ve made this challenge specifically for Prime Women! One of the biggest complaints we hear is that Prime Women do not have enough time. So we’ve designed each day’s challenge to take only 5-15 minutes. Completing the daily challenge will mean you’re taking a few minutes a day and committing to yourself and your health. We also want to make sure if you participate you are not doing it alone and have accountability. Studies have shown that support and someone holding you accountable drastically increases your chances of completing a goal. That’s why we encourage you to join the Prime Women Facebook Group where thousands of other Prime Women are supporting one another during this challenge (and beyond!).

>JOIN THE PRIME WOMEN FACEBOOK GROUP

Meet The 30 Day Challenge Trainers!

We have partnered with fitness experts who are Prime Women themselves. So every workout focuses on things women over 50 are dealing with.

Debra Atkinson

The strength and interval training will be led by Debra Atkinson, of Flipping50. Her workouts will build on one another, so as the month goes on and you want to challenge yourself, you can do her workouts back-to-back. These workouts will also focus on things Prime Women should be doing to work with their body for the best results! If you like the strength and interval training workouts Debra has provided, or want to continue with a similar program in February you can! Learn more about Flipping50’s next 28-day program here.

>SEE DEBRA’S INTERVAL TRAINING WORKOUT

>SEE DEBRA’S STRENGTH TRAINING WORKOUT

>LEARN MORE ABOUT FLIPPING 50’S 28-DAY KICK START PROGRAM

Nicole Payseur

Yoga workouts have been created and will be led by Nicole Payseur of Om Yoga Diva. Her short sequences will have focus on an area of the body, like core, arms and others. They will also target areas of concern for Prime Women, like back and neck pain, posture and stress!

Ready to Get Started?

There are 3 ways to make sure you’re not missing a single day of the challenge. Choose your favorite. And do yourself a favor and set an alarm on your phone, watch or preferred device to help create the habit.

1. Bookmark this page and come back every day.
2. Join the Prime Women Facebook Group or follow us on Facebook then visit + comment daily.
3. Subscribe to Prime Women Media on YouTube and click receive notifications. This is where we will be posting the workout videos.

If you are already someone who has a regular workout routine you can still complete the challenge! Just join the Facebook group and comment on the daily posts saying what you did for yourself and your health that day. Your sharing may inspire someone else.

Get Ready For The First Workout on Jan. 2nd And Make Sure You Have The Following Supplies:

Use light, moderate and heavy weights to reach fatigue by 20 repetitions. For example, if you are just starting, you may want to use 2 pound, 5 pound and 15 pound dumbells. This is just an example and not intended to replace your personal need to adjust your weights to your status. Err on the conservative side when you begin. You can always increase later.

No exercise is appropriate for everybody. The advice herein is not intended to replace or be a substitute for medical advice. If in doubt seek the advice of your physician. 

>GET SUPPORT IN THE PRIME WOMEN FACEBOOK GROUP

>DON’T MISS A SINGLE VIDEO DURING THE PRIME WOMEN 30 DAY FITNESS CHALLENGE

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