Nightmare!!
Double the Circuits, Double the Fun
It’s -30f outside this morning, so no running or anything outside for me today. Definitely a good excuse for knocking out some circuits! Abs and ass!
3x rounds of:
- 10 Burpees
- 20 Elevated Reptiles
- 20 Side to Side Jumps (over dumbbell)
- 10 Dumbbell Drags (40#)
- 10 Jump Tucks
THEN…
2x rounds of work/rest intervals timed 50/10. AMRAP:
- Jump Lunges
- Squats (20#)
- Box Crunches
- Squats (20#)
- One-leg Pushups
- Squats (20#)
- Manmakers (12# dumbells)
- Squats (20#)
- KB Snatch and Press, right (20#)
- Squat (20#)
- KB Snatch and Press, left (20#)
- Squat (20#)
More Workouts!
I’ve been pretty bad about posting my workouts here lately, so here’s what happened this morning:
3x rounds as fast as possible:
20x Manmakers (12# dumbbells)
20x Deadlifts (65#)
50x High Knees w/ Oblique Twist
20x KB Swing (45#)
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20x Overhead Extended Crunches (8# medicine ball)
10x 2-count Bicep Curls (20# dumbbells)
20x Russian Twists (8# medicine ball)
10x Jump Squats (Touch the floor!)
Time: 00:27:21
Hardcore Holiday Challenge: Day Two - HIIT & Triceps (Video)
Hardcore Holiday Challenge: Day Two workout video is up!
This workout was BRUTAL, lol. Killed me! 3 rounds, 150 tricep dips and about 90 burpees of… uh… awesome.
I’m gonna be FEELING this tomorrow. :)
Here’s the circuit breakdown. Watch the video here.
- 10 Quick Feet & Burpee
- 15 Dips (right)
- 10 Jacks & Burpee
- 15 Dips (left)
- 10 High Knees & Burpee
- 20 Alternating Dips
3 rounds for time! This one’s hardcore, you’ve been warned!
Beginners: half the reps and try for more rounds! Use modified burpees & dips and go your own pace. No need to follow along. :)
PS- The quality’s a bit better this time, but things get blurrsville for about a minute in the middle! Thanks for your ongoing patience as I muffle through this. :)
See the challenge details here.
If you’re doing the Hardcore Holiday Challenge, this was my Day One workout! The Stocking Stuffer Challenge was 200 Step Ups With A Twist.
This workout also counted for 40 burpees towards the Gimme, Gimme, Gimme challenge (1000 burpees from now until Christmas), and another 40 burpees in my warmup gives me a total of 80. Not bad for day one!
I did a quick mid-workout video of me doing just one round. Try to keep up with me (or go faster! I was already pooped: this workout is HARD). Follow along with me here!
Off to do Day Two!
Work Those Buns!
The temps outside are steady at -30, which makes for miserable running weather. Had fun knocking out this circuit instead and was thankful to not be out in the bitter cold!
3 rounds as fast as possible. Don’t sacrifice good form!
- 50 High knees
- 10 Squats (45#)
- 10 Cross tuck push-up
- 10 Jump Squats (24#)
- 20 Box crunches
- 10 Squats (45#)
- 20 Manmakers (24#)
- 10 Jump Squats (24#)
- 20 KB snatch (L) (20#)
- 10 Squats (45#)
- 20 KB snatch (R) (20#)
- 10 Jump Squats (24#)
- 30 Mountain climbers
- 10 Squats (45#)
- 10 Jump tucks
Finished in 00:35:41
Weighting Out Winter Workout
Hit this one as fast and hard as possible.
5 min Hit the floor, Roll, Knee tuck, Roll, Jump Up
3 Rounds of the following for time
20x Squats (#45)
20x KB Deadlifts (#45)
20x KB Windmill (#20, each side)
50x KB Swing (#45)
25x Step up, Knee raise (each side, using a chair)
30x Russian Twist (#20, two count)
15x Jump tuck
Last night, after work, I did Zuzana’s ZWOW #45 and it was just the thing to shake off the last day of the work week. The jump lunge, side kick combo was energizing (and 30 in a set is tough!), and the buy-in in the beginning really targets the core.
Core and Cardio Circuit
There has been little running going on this month. Novembers seem to usually be like this, with the drastic change in the season’s temperatures. We’ve already seen everything from 10 degrees to -25. I’m hoping that I come to grips with winter soon and get back on the road.
In the meantime, I’ve been doing a lot of circuit training which has been a welcome and warm change of pace.
Today: 3 x Rounds for time
- 20 Burpees
- 10 Butterfly situps
- 10 Plank cross-kick, knee-to-chest, pushup
- 10 Rear lunge, knee up (2 count with 45#)
- 30 Russian twists (12#)
- 20 Jump lunges (2 count)
- 10 Windmills (12#, each side)
I finished in 00:27:08. No running has really slowed my burpees.
So the best move in the workout is the Plank Cross-kick, Knee-to-chest, Pushup. It is an amazing move for your core:
- Start position - From a high plank position with you feet shoulder-width apart, kick your right leg underneath and across your body (like you’re trying to kick your left hand).
- Next, bring your right leg (same leg) back straight behind you, then bring your right knee to your chest. (No resting your foot on the floor).
- Kick your right leg (same leg) back behind you again to the start position, and place your foot back on the floor.
- Do a pushup.
- Repeat with left leg and continue alternating right to left.
My Legs Are Smoked!
I did this short leg workout yesterday (posted on JennFitt.ca) and my glutes are SO SORE today I can’t believe it. I ran 40 miles a few weeks ago and my legs weren’t this sore afterward.
I’m posting this workout in the greatest HIITs. I highly recommend it if you’re looking for a great leg workout that you can do in your living room.
The Workout:
Do each exercise and rest 20 seconds. Repeat circuit 3 times.
- 15 KB Squat with Reverse Lunge (per side)
- 30 Mountain Climbers
- 15 KB Front Lunge with Knee Up (per side)
- 10 Alternating 1 Leg Scorpion Push Up
- 20 Pendulum Plank (alternating legs)
- 30 Dumbbell Knee Tuck Crunches
- 10 Plyo Squat Box Jump (I substituted Jump Tucks here because I don’t have a box)
