Monday Gym Workout

15 minutes on the treadmill with the max speed at 4.0 (I WISH I could run on a treadmill but the balance thing kills me)

Then to the class. All 1 minute intervals (which is an eternity sometimes!)

Burpees with a 5 lb medicine ball in hand (I had to set ball in middle and put hands on floor due to the wrist issues I'm dealing with)

1 leg squats (left leg)

1 leg squats (right let)

Hip thrust (with feet on ball, close to butt...balance baby)

V ups (ick)

1 Leg raise (left leg)

1 Leg raise (right leg)

Plank

Jumping jacks with 3 lb weights

Bench press with legs off ground

Isolated Shoulder Press

Kickbacks (triceps)

Pull ups (are you freaking kidding me??)

Isolated curls

and then you started all over again for a total of 3 reps. All I can say is thankfully we didn't have do those darn handstands!

So what did you do today to MOVE?

Gym - Circuit Class - Easy to do at home!

Been a while since I've been to the gym, first being sick and then graduation and the continual running nose ... I'm glad I went, but man, I was dying, he even gave me a 30 second break which is  UNHEARD of with this dude! I think this could easily be set up at home with a few modifications if you don't have swiss ball, medicine ball or kettleball! Give it a shot!

1 minute intervals:

Wall slam burpees (with a swiss ball)

V Crunch on swiss ball

jump rope

medicine ball twist squat

hop scotch (butt low)

lobster crawl (don't arch back, keep plank form)

dead man lifts (35 lb kettleball, back flat)

jump squats (keep knees behind toes!)

wall sit (hands can go anywhere but on your thighs)

push ups (on dumbbell with alternating lifts, 10 lb)

side lunges, low to ground (keep one foot on ground at all times, do not get a 'hop' in the lunge)

side hops (on a step that was about 1 foot high!)

Did a total of 3 circuits which was more than 45 minutes! My favorite? The v crunch (you just rotate the crunch to the left or to the right), the medicine ball twist (but I feel it in the back fat! Yes!) and the wall sit (relaxation). Worse? Burpees (always), jump squats (I just get too tired to have the energy anymore) and the side hops (good lord) which means, anything cardio inducing! :)

So, have you been working out??

Tuesday's Plan (and Wednesday tossed in too) ...

Tuesday was a mish mash of stuff and nothing hard core whatsoever.

25 crunches.
20 forward lunges (each leg)
30 squats
20 side lunges (each leg)
25 reach for toes (in air) for abs

Then Wednesday, I went to the gym. Yes. I did.

15 minutes on bike for warmup
circuit routine (which irritates me when others come to use the machines from other side of gym but fail to do the circuit, therefore messing up my sequence!) ... instead of forcing myself to do the jump box everytime, I opted for jogging, jumping rope, and jumping jacks for the cardio in between.
Ended with another 15 minutes on treadmill to cool down.

Yes. We joined a gym. $20 a month and a free friend any and everytime you go. Currently it's the Boy following me there. And I can  honestly say, I did get a pretty stellar workout Wednesday. But getting home at 8:30pm stinks for me.