Do your own hoe down showdown!

At the recent T-Tapp Retreat in Safety Harbor, Florida (just outside of Tampa), Teresa and those attending did a hoe down showdown.  For those of you who don't know what hoe downs are, they are a three minute T-Tapp move that can increase mental clarity and reduce blood glucose levels (helps to keep that cookie you just ate off the hips!).  They look deceptively easy, but boy are they aerobic!

Over twenty of those attending the 2009 Retreat did 55 sets - that's right, 55 sets!  And the average inch loss among those participating was over 13 inches in the weekend!  Pretty impressive results!

So, tonight I decided to do my own variation.  During one of my favorite TV shows, Ghost Hunters, I did hoe downs during the commercials.  In an hour-long show, I completed 15 sets of hoe downs!  That averaged to about three sets per commercial (some were four; others were two).  And was I ever sweaty from this great form of interval training.  Even now my lats (latissimus dorsi muscles) are sore just a couple of hours after completing those fifteen sets.  Betcha that worked off the wonderful pasta my friend Hope made for lunch!

Now, here's my challenge to you.  Watch the hoe down video on YouTube to learn the move.  One set equals both right and left leg lifts (4 front, 4 side, repeat; then 2 front, 2 side, repeat, then singles - front, side, front, side, front, side, front, side - now repeat on other leg to equal one set).  Then during your own favorite show, do as many sets of hoe downs (with good form) as you can during the commercials.  Write down how many sets you did during each commercial (you'll forget otherwise).  Total them up, then post a comment here with your total and how you feel. 

T-Tapp hoe downs...a great little move to have in your fitness arsenal!