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"Staffer Gretchen Parker, 35, is working out with ExerciseTV celebrity trainer Kathy Kaehler (past clients include Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston) for Us&amp;apos; 30-Day Get Fit Challenge! She&amp;apos;s blogging a few times a week. Here, Gretchen details her fourth workout session with Kathy:\r\nNow that I have my routine down -- eating more home-cooked food and working out regularly -- I&amp;#x2019;m going to shake it up.\r\nI&amp;apos;m going on vacation. Guatemala, here I come!\r\nFor a week, I&amp;#x2019;ll be walking the cobblestone streets of Antigua, riding horses and perusing Mayan ruins. I also hope to spend a few days lying around a lot and doing not much of anything.\r\nI&amp;#x2019;ll let you know how it goes. Meanwhile, Kathy has set me up with a mini-workout routine to try while I&amp;#x2019;m there. It&amp;#x2019;s so easy, even I can do it!\r\nSee photos from Gretchen&amp;apos;s first training session with Kathy.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe Five-Minute, Five-Body-Part Workout Use a stopwatch or the second hand on your watch to time yourself doing each of the following for one minute:&amp;#xA0;- Jumping Jacks - Stationary lunges on alternating legs - Push-ups (on your knees is fine) - Plank (like a stationary push-up, resting on your elbows) - Reverse crunches, pulling your knees toward your head and leaving your arms by your side\r\nThat&amp;#x2019;s it! Once a day is good. Twice a day is better. Three times is awesome.\r\nKathy also assigned me to wear a pedometer, which I bought for $10 at a nearby sporting goods store. I usually average a measly 4,000 steps a day. She wants me to aim for 12,000 to 15,000 a day while I&amp;#x2019;m walking Guatemala.\r\nOther vacation tips from Kathy?\r\nHave a glass of water before each alcoholic drink. Stick with grilled food and avoid sauces. Eat the gorgeous and plentiful fruit around me.\r\nWalking, staying aware of food and doing the five-minute workout will keep me stay on track, she says.\r\nAnd one more thing: Breathe! She ordered me to take advantage of the down time to relax and listen to my body and follow its natural rhythms.\r\nIf I can pull that off, that truly will be shaking up my routine.\r\nHave a question for Kathy? Us Weekly is giving you the chance to ask her your health and fitness questions. We&amp;#x2019;ll post the answers right here on the Get Fit Challenge blog! Just send your questions -- or comments! -- to askgretchen@gmail.com.&amp;#xA0;\r\nRead Gretchen&amp;apos;s previous blog entries:\r\n30-Day Get Fit Challenge: Meet Us&amp;apos; Gretchen Parker!30 Day Get Fit Challenge | Week 130-Day Get Fit Challenge | Week 1, Workout 230-Day Get Fit Challenge | Week 230-Day Get Fit Challenge | Week 3"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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