Wednesday Workout
Workout length: 30 minutes
Workout type: Intense circuit
Equipment: Dumbbells and a treadmill
Before starting this workout, go through a whole body warm up. Nothing too crazy but make sure your body temperature is up and all major joints (hip, knee, ankle, shoulder and elbow) have been loosened up.
You've got two 8 minutes circuits and one cardio challenge.
Rules for the circuits
- try to get as many reps possible in each round. Slacking will not yield great results
- focus on form and speed but never compromise form
- work for 50 seconds and rest 10 seconds each round. This gives you 8 rounds of 1 minute
8 minutes
Round 1: Burpee
Round 2: Russian twist
Round 3: Burpee mountain climber (do 6 mountain climber in the bottom burpee position)
Round:4 Mountain climbers
Round 5: Burpee jump lunges (do 2 jump lunges after jumping up from the burpee)
Round 6: Jump lunges
Round 7: Burpee shoulder press
Round 8: Shadow boxing with light weights
8 minutes
Thrusters
Back lunges with curls
Renegade rows
Push up knee to elbow
Sit ups
Bicycle crunches
Plank hip twists
V sits
Cardio challenge
On the tread mill, pick a sustainable speed. You should feel like you can run at this speed for 30 seconds easily
Start your timer and run for 30 seconds
Rest for 30 seconds. While you are resting, increase the incline on the treadmill by 1 level.
Run for 30 seconds
Rest and increase the treadmill incline by another level
Keep going for 10 minutes, increase the incline every round and maintaining the same speed
Workout notes
Burpee shoulder press: Keep the dumbbells in your hands the whole time, bring them up and down with you as you do the burpee.
Push up knee to elbow: After completing a push up, bring your left knee to your left elbow. Do another push up and do the other side.
Cardio challenge: The first few rounds will feel pretty easy, but after round 5, I guarantee things will spice up a lot!
As always, make sure to stretch AT LEAST 10 minutes after the workout, targeting again the main joints!
Good luck,
Clem