Sunday, April 29, 2012

The "Magic Pill"

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but there is NO MAGIC PILL that you can take to turn your body into what you want.  Those TV commercials that offer such a pill don't tell you the entire story.  As I've always said - a little sweat, consistency and a little bit of intensity is all it takes. But you obviously know that if you are here looking for today's workout :)  So let's get going.  Remember you will need some free weights - 5 to 15lb depending on what exercise you are doing.  (choose a weight for each exercise that you are able to feel the burn, and need a break, by the time you finish the reps)

Warm-up for a few minutes before starting the workout.
Between some exercises you will see the heading CARDIO TIME - during this time do the following 2 minute timed drill:
      30 seconds High Knees
      30 seconds Jump Squats
      30 seconds Jump Lunges
      30 seconds Burpees w/o Pushup

CIRCUIT 1 - go thru 3x before moving on to the next circuit
CARDIO TIME
Weighted 3 Stance Squats - 15 narrow, 15 mid-stance and 15 wide
15 Pushups (on knees, toes or elevated)
CARDIO TIME
3 Version Bent Over Row - 8 palms facing eachother, 8 palms facing back (pull elbows up and wide), 8 palms facing forward
20 Weighted Crunches (hold weight over chest - straighter your arms, the more difficult)
20 Russian Twists (on sitz bones, leaning back and holding weight - twist from side to side trying to touch weight to ground on each side - ADVANCED - feet off the ground)


CIRCUIT 2 - go thru 3x 
CARDIO TIME
20 Lunges with Bicep Curl - Right Leg Back
20 Lunges with Overhead Shoulder Press - Let Leg Back
CARDIO TIME
15 Pushups
Bridge Hold with Tricep Extension/Skull Crusher (lie on back knees bent, feet hip distance apart - squeeze butt and lift hips as high as you can - hold.  Arms extended towards ceiling holding dumbbells - bend and elbows and bring weights down on either side of your head and then push back to start)
CARDIO TIME
20 Forearm Walking Planks (set up in forearm plank on toes - walk one foot at a time to a wide stance and then back to hip distance apart)
20 Plank Pressups (start in straight arm plank - knees or toes - drop down to forearm plank one arm at a time - then push back up to straight arm plank one arm at a time)


REMEMBER - TRAIN WITH INTENTION and intensity!!!

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