Monday Workout: Weight Bearing

One of our focuses (foci?) this week is weight bearing on the arms.  Not only is this good for our arm strength, but also for our cores.  Three rounds.

 

jacks	30
(lunge to) curl	20
pushups	10
squat raise	30
kickbacks	20
quadruped lateral raise	10
db circle	30
row	20
lateral plank walk

 

Monday Workout: Practical

We’re doing some lateral motions this week and some practical stuff.  So, basically, it’s like life, which often goes sideways and requires us to carry stuff.  Three rounds.

 

skater jump	30
bench press	20
squat pop up	10
farmer carry	30
underhand bent over row	20
db hip thrust	10
leg kicks	30
flies	20
side banana

 

Monday Workout: Christmas in June

Last year I forgot our mid-year Christmas observation.  Not this time!  The 12 days of Christmas in June is important!

How it works, for those of us who don’t know or remember:  we do one push press.  Day 1 is over!  Yay!  On Day 2, we do two goblet squats and one push press.  And so on, until we have completed all 12 days.  Yes, I know this means we will have done 42 burpees.  You’re welcome.

 

1 push press

2 goblet squats

3 Overhead press

4 1 leg squats each leg

5 deadlifts

6 burpees

7 pushups

8 renegade rows

9 mountain climbers

10 jump lunges

11 kb swings

12 plyojacks

 

Monday Workout: Newer?

For the round lunges this week, you can choose to do front/side/back or the newer, fancier version:  cross front, front, diagonal front, side, diagonal back, back, curtsy.  Three rounds.

 

kb swings	30
kb twists	20
kb 8x	10
step ups	30
gorilla row	20
round lunges	10
opposite knees	30
pushups	20
plank/side plank	10

 

Monday Workout: As Heavy As

Choose weights this week that are heavy enough that it is a challenge to finish each set.  Three rounds.

 

1 arm clean and press	30
rows	20
kickbacks	10
db kicks	30
flies	20
overhead press	10
tap backs	30
curls	20
brains	10

 

Monday Workout: Multiple

We’re moving in multiple directions this week.  We’ve got some lateral motion, some transverse motion, and our usual straight on.  Plus some dedicated balance work.  Three rounds.

 

woodchoppers	30
renegade rows	20
YTA	10
squat to leg lift/ticktock	30
skullcrushers	20
lateral raise	10
(lunge) punches	30
1 leg db pass	20
pretty princesses	10

 

Monday Workout: Usual

This week we’re just doing our usual compound exercises.  Full body work is always good.  Three rounds.

 

jacks	30
good morning/deadlift	20
Arnold press	10
squat raise	30
bench press	20
pushups	10
suitcase swing	30
flies	20
Russian twist	10

 

Monday Workout: Bit Different

The end-of-month circuit, as usual, is a bit different.  My goals with the shorter circuit include some cardio challenge (see woodchoppers immediately after a minute of cardio of choice, and back to back burpees and tap backs), some endurance challenge (doing the other exercises in the circuit after the cardio bits without resting), and practice with challenge (hiya, burpees!).  As always, I love my compound exercises that work a bunch of stuff at once.  Ideally, we do four rounds, but use good judgment about what is best.

 

1 min cardio
woodchoppers	30
flies	20
burpees	10
tap backs	30
bench press	20
brains	10

  

Monday Workout: Still Obsessing About Balance

Balance requires lots of things, from proprioception to strong stabilizers and more.  The compound exercises here and the ones that work asymmetrically help us improve balance.  Three rounds.

 

jacks	30
skullcrushers	20
renegade rows	10
kb alt arm swing	30
kb hammer curl	20
kb halo	10
1 arm clean and press	30
Arnold press	20
windscreen wipers	10

 

Monday Workout: More Balance

One thing I get from doing my continuing education courses is new variations on exercises.  This week, we’re doing round lunges, but instead of just lunging front, side, and back, we’re adding the diagonals (lunge front, lunge diagonal front, lunge side, lunge diagonal back, lunge back, lunge diagonal back across, lunge front diagonal across).  It’s a lot of directional change, but it’s practical for life, which doesn’t always move the way we expect.  Three rounds.

 

db circles	30
bench press	20
round lunges	10
mountain climbers	30
flies	20
pushups	10
squat to leg lift	30
rows	20
brains	10

 

Monday Workout: Balance

I’ve had balance on my mind lately, so we’re working it with the calf raises and the squat heel lift.  Three rounds.

 

ball to knee	30
calf raises	20
quadruped lateral raise	10
squat heel lift	30
kickbacks	20
db pullover with bridge	10
plank jacks	30
good morning/deadlift	20
pretty prinesses	10