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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Day 12...Holiday Damage Control

Happy ho ho ho to you! Hope y'all  had a good Christmas and you didn't let all that good food get you down. (I know I had the most amazing 5 minutes with a slice of peanut butter pie and did not feel one ounce of guilt!) My sister Brittany said it best when it comes to watching what you eat: "You can't get too crazy or else you'll go crazy." But I'm not here to talk about diet so lets get down to business. Ready for action? Let's hit it. I call this workout: Breakfast. 

Warm Up: Crack the Eggs

10 Fast feet Burpees...
     -Drop and do a burpee
     -Stand up and stay in place running fast feet for a count to 5(1 mississippi...2 mississippi...3 mississippi...you get the idea)
     -Drop and do another burpee
     -Repeat this sequence 10x

Workout: Scramble(You will need a stop watch for this) 

Using the field down the street from you, pretend you're a kid on the playground at recess. Basically, run around the field as fast as you can. Go wherever you want, backwards, forwards, side ways, around the perimeter, suicide style, etc. At the start of a new minute, complete 30 jump squats. Once you've finished, continue to run around. So for 20 minutes, every minute, on the minute: 30 jump squats. If the minute overlaps and you haven't finished your set, guess what? Keep jumping. If you've got a solid 40 seconds to spare, keep running. 

Jam Session: Serve With Toast
Cool the jets after that little free for all with some core work. Double tabata planks. (8minutes total.)

Best served warm...enjoy kids ;)



Sunday, December 2, 2012

Day 11...Colder weather, hotter workouts!


We won't let a little rain and chilly air get in the way of our fitness right? Right! This is a picture of me on top of Mt. Katahdin back in September. Couldn't feel my fingers but it was still a great hike, so I hope it motivates you to keep going even when the climate isn't ideal.

So lets get to it, take it to the park y'all! 

Warm Up
Just like we did when I visited, run 5-10 suicides. You gauge how you feel, if 5 or 6 doesn't cut it, keep going. However, if you feel like you're sufficiently warm and you've got some beads of sweat going, maybe 5 or 6 will do the trick.

Workout
3 Tabatas with a 1 minute rest between each one. (Remember, tabatas are 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest.)

Tabata #1-Jump Squats
Tabata #2-Sprints
Tabata #3-Bear Crawls

Jam Session
Raise the roof push ups and GHD sit ups!

(Remember those in track Britt?) 

10 RRPU
20 GHDs

Stay warm and have fun ;)