Monday Workout

Welcome to September, my personal new year.  After all those years of school, I am surprised that any of us manage to think of January as the start of things when things clearly begin in September with fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and unmarked PeeChee folders.

This new year, I am shaking up the blog format just a little.  The jokes will not improve, since I am still writing it, but oh well.  I’ll get the week started off by posting the weekly workout on Mondays (yes, lovely clients, this means that you will know in advance more or less what is on the schedule for you!!!).  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday posts will include the usual stuff and the weekly book report will move to Friday. 

All of this means that, since it is Monday, it is time to post a workout!  As many of you know, I am very fond of the 30-20-10 format for workouts.  There are three sets of three exercises.  We will complete 30 repetitions of the first exercise in each set, 20 of the second, and 10 of the third.  Between sets, we will pause to rest and have some water.  We will go through the entire cycle of sets three times.  Some exercises can be done with body weight, others you can use dumbbells or barbells or medicine balls to add resistence.  Experiment!  Ready?  Here’s the list:

Step ups:  30

Squats:  20

Curls:  10

Woodchoppers:  30

Rows:  20

Pushups:  10

Mountain climbers:  30

Overhead press:  20

Lunges:  10

Repeat entire cycle 3 times!