Saturday, February 17, 2007

379 repetition, 17-minute, bodyweight circuit workout

Whew. Great "off-day" weekend warrior challenging workout today. All done at home. No need to drive to the gym (it would have taken me almost that long just to get there!).

Here's what I did...3 separate circuits...6 exercises per circuit...no rest between exercises or between circuits.

In all, I did 379 repetitions over 17-minutes, doing each exercise at a 1-0-1 tempo (in most cases).

This was moderate intensity, although you'll see the last circuit was the hardest...and the first served as a bit of a warm-up, although it was no joke either.

If you want to add an extra bit of "oooomph" to the workout, you can add in the Advanced Burpees at the end of each circuit.

To see a video clip of the Advanced Burpee, Platinum TT members can do so here: http://www.ttmembers.com/members/137.cfm

Allright, onto the circuits...

Circuit #1 (120 reps)
- Y-squat (15 reps)
- Pushup (15)
- Diagonal Lunge (15 per side) - see this exercise video HERE
- Spiderman Climb (15 per side)
- Waiter's Bow (15)
- Stick-up (15)

Circuit #2 (115 reps)
- V-Squat (15)
- Decline Pushup (15)
- Reverse Lunge (15 per side)
- X-body Mountain Climber (10 per side)
- 1-Leg RDL (10 per side)
- Pushup Plus (15)

Circuit #3 (144 reps)
- Pistol (5 per side)
- T-Pushup (10 per side)
- Bulgarian Split Squat (12 per side)
- Mountain Climber with Feet Elevated (15 per side)
- 1-leg Hip Extension (15 per side)
- Close-grip Pushups (30)

Done. Then I went for a walk with the dog in my fat burning zone. Haha. Just kidding about the fat burning zone part.

Great workout.

Let's aim for 500 reps in 3 circuits next time,

CB

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