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Workout 2-16-15

2/16/2015

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Please complete the following circuit 3-4x 

Every exercise will be done for 20 reps with 10 secs rest to switch exercises

Side crunch with a knee drive (20 per side)
(Lying on your back with your knees dropped to one side, hands behind your head, crunch up and drive your top leg towards you elbows)

Sumo Squats w/ bicep curls 
(Legs wide, feet turned out, weights in hand, sumo squat, do a neutral grip bicep curl while in the down position of the squat, return to starting position)

Cross Body Row (20 reps per side)
(Starting in a squatted position, keep one hand on your thigh, the other hand will be holding the weight at a diagonal towards the opposite foot and in front of of you. Squeeze shoulder blade back as you pull and drive elbow back) Switch hands after finishing all on one side)

Burpees (no push up)
(From a standing position, jump down into a push up position, jump back to standing and then jump up in the air)

Bulgarian Squat (20 per leg)
(One foot elevated on a box or step behind you, squat)

Full Sit Ups
(Arms across chest or in front of you, come all the way up)

Supermans

Speed Skaters (20 per side)
(Jumping laterally from one foot to the other)
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Sexy Sweaty Saturday Night Workout

9/7/2013

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  • Getting ready to go out tonight? Make sure you finish this workout first.

Please do the following circuit for 30 seconds on and 10 seconds off. You are going to do it 4-6x through. Please use whatever equipment you have available to you. If you don't have any of the mentioned equipment, improvise, use bottles of water, fill a backpack with items and lift that... anything is fair game.

  • Shoulder to Shoulder Press with weight/medicine ball/ sandbag
  • With your weighted object rested on one shoulder, use both hands to lift it straight over head and over the other other shoulder, continue for duration of time.
  • Plyo Push Up

Starting in a straight arm plank position with one hand slightly elevated on a pillow, step, or other surface, go down into a push up position, as you come up explode up and switch your hands so that the other hand is on the elevated surface. 


  • Walking Lunges with a front raise
  • Holding weights/medicine ball, sandbag, or other weighted object, lunge forward, while you are down in the lunge, raise your arms straight in front of you to shoulder height, lower your arms back down, and lunge forward out of the lunge to a standing position. Continue walking forward while lunging alternating legs as you go.
  • Burpee (no push up) with a plank jumping jack

Start standing, lower yourself down towards the ground, jump your feet back behind you so that you are now in a straight arm plank position or the top of a push up, jump your feet out to the sides wide, jump them back together, and then jump back up to standing.


Swimming Supermans


Lying on your stomach on the ground, engage your abs, squeeze your bum and lift your arms, legs, and chest off the ground. While in this elevated (Superman) position, Begin lifting and lowering opposite arms and legs, make sure never to rest your arms, legs, or chest on the ground.

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6-18-13 workout

6/18/2013

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Please do the following circuit 3x through


Dumbbell Bench Press on a foam roller x 15

Straight arm plank with a knee drive x20 per side

Seated Cable Row x 12

Curtsey Lunges with Weight overhead x 12 per leg

Shoulder Press (palms towards ears) x 12

Hamstring Ball Curls x 20

Tricep Rope Pull Downs x 12

Bicycle crunches x 30 per side

Plank 30 secs - 1 Min

Speed Skaters x 15 per leg


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 Tuesday Workout

6/4/2013

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PictureI aspire to be able to do that. Simply amazing!
Please do 3 sets and 10 reps of each exercise.
Complete one mini circuit before you move onto the next. Make sure you use enough weight to challenge yourself by reps 8-10
 






1) Squats, Push ups, Lunge with back foot on a box

2) Hamstring Ball Curls, Step Ups, Chest Flys
 
3) Sit up with rotation, lunge with rows, Supermans 

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Thursday Workout

5/23/2013

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Please do the following circuit 4-5x through...30 Seconds Work / 10 Second.  Rest 1 minute  in between rounds. 

  High Knees while jumping rope

  Lateral Lunges with weights

   High Knees while jumping rope

  Russian Twists with medicine ball or weight

  High Knees while jumping rope

Reverse flys with band or weights

Squats with 3 pulses at the bottom


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Monday madness

5/6/2013

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Please do the following circuit 3x through

Dumbbell Bench Press on a foam roller x 12

Seated Cable Row x 12

Lunges with Weight overhead x 12 per leg

Shoulder Press (palms towards ears) x 12

Hamstring Ball Curls x 20

Tricep Rope Pull Downs x 12

Leg lifts (Hands under low back, lowering legs to the floor) x 30

Plank 30 secs - 1 Min

Mt. Climbers x 15 per leg
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Tax Day Stress Relief Workout

4/15/2013

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4x through the following

Jump Squat to Inch worm x 10
(Squat, jump up, then upon landing, reach down to the floor as though you are doing a hamstring stretch, walk hands and body out until you are in a straight arm plank position)

Roll Pop Up x 10
(Start standing, squat as low to the floor as possible, then sit/roll back on your back, feet come completely off the ground, using your abs and some momentum, roll yourself back forward, and onto your feet into your original standing position)

Curtsey Lunge with Ballet leg and arm extension x 10 per leg
(Standing with both feet straight forward, hip width apart,  cross one leg behind the other, bending both knees towards the floor, as you stand up raise both arms up and extend the leg that was crossed behind, up off the floor)

Hell Climbers x 10 per leg
(Starting in a straight arm plank position, bring one foot to the outside of the corresponding hand, then back to the starting position, repeat on other side)

Side Plank with reach under x 10 per side
(Starting in either a bent arm or straight arm  side plank position, reach as far under your body as possible, and then return to the starting position)




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Return from China Workout

4/10/2013

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I am back from China and not suffering from jet lag at all, so you guys are in for a treat today. We are going to do 6x through the following circuit. Each exercise you are going to do for 30 seconds, with a 10 second break between exercises to switch weights if necessary. Pick weights that are challenging for you.

In out jump squats

Kettle bell or Medicine ball swings

Reverse lunge with a kick

Russian Twist Abs

Row Boat Abs

High Knees Running in Place

1 minute rest

Check back later today for video demonstrations

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Friday Funday

3/22/2013

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Strength: 4x12 of each exercise plus a warm up set at a lighter weight. Remember that you need to have a weight that is heavy enough to challenge you by reps 10-12. 1 min rest between sets.

Kettlebell Swings

Sumo squats

Lateral lunge with Shoulder Press

Step ups onto bench

Cardio: 10 x 15 sec sprints with 30 secs walking between sprints



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Tuesday Challenge

3/19/2013

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Mondays can be a challenge for people on so many levels, now that what can be considered the hardest day of the week is over, challenge yourself today to get through this workout full of new moves.

Please do each of these for 1 minute. 3-4x through the whole thing. Make sure you are using weights that are challenging for you. I used the following weights, adjust accordingly.






Walking lunges with weight pass or jumping lunges with weight(more advanced) pass w/12lbs
(Walking lunges, passing the weight between your legs or jumping lunges, switching in mid air and passing the weight between legs)

Crunches on stability ball
( lower back should be supported on your ball)

Single arm row to press to reverse lunge w/12lbs
(Starting with the weight on the floor, single arm row, then should press the weight up, so that your arm is fully extended. Then reverse lunge with the opposite leg while arm is still full extended. Repeat on other side) (Video Below)

Leg lifts abs
(Lying on the floor, hands under lower back, lowering legs down to floor and back up)

Forward lunge to lateral delt raise to standing chest press w/8lbs per hand
(Forward lunge then back to standing, lateral raise to front, bring weights in to chest, press back out, bring weights back to sides and down)(Video Below)

Back & butt lift into air on ball
(On your stomach, hips supported on the ball, hands on the floor, bend your legs to a 90 degree angle, try to lift your heels up to the ceiling)

Lunge w/ tricep kick back w/8lbs per hand
(Hold a stationary lunge, slight lean forward, back straight, chest up, elbows by your sides, extend arms back behind you)

Crunch with punch & triceps on stability ball w/8lbs per hand
( lying on your back on the ball, the weights to go over your head as you lay back, bring them back to your chest as you crunch up, the punch across the body once with each hand, then repeat)

Rest 2 mins

Forward lunge to lateral delt raise to standing chest press

Single arm row to press to reverse lunge

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