Pre-Weekend Workout

Before the weekend I try to up my workout intensity, because I know when the weekend comes along, so does all the restaurant hopping. I decided to combine my weight training day with a circuit training routine to kick my butt in gear.

Today’s  pre-weekend workout

Back and Biceps

Circuit Training

Today’s workout lasted 26:00 minutes and consisted of:

Warmup – 3 min./ Knee Sprints – 30 sec. / Plank – 30 sec. / Right Sided Plank – 30 sec. / Butt Kicks – 30 sec. / Criss Cross Jumping Jacks – 30 sec. / Flutter Kicks – 30 sec. / Plank in and out – 30 sec. / Compass Jumps – 30 sec. / Jumping Jacks – 30 sec. / Jump Rope Criss Cross – 30 sec. / Left Sided Plank – 30 sec. / Cross Punches – 30 sec. / Mountain Climbers – 30 sec. / Supermans – 30 sec. / Burpees – 30 sec. / Reverse Abdominal Crunches – 30 sec. / High Knees – 30 sec. / Plank Jumping Jacks – 30 sec. / Spotty Dog – 30 sec. / Lunges – 30 sec. / Ice Skater – 30 sec. / Windshield Wiper – 30 sec. / Bridge – 30 sec. / Knee Sprints – 30 sec. / Right Sided Plank – 30 sec. / Criss Cross Jumping Jacks – 30 sec. / Plank in and out – 30 sec. / Cross Punches – 30 sec. / Supermans – 30 sec. / Plank – 30 sec. / Compass Jumps – 30 sec. / Left Sided Plank – 30 sec. / Spotty Dog – 30 sec. / Flutter Kicks – 30 sec. / Right Sided Plank – 30 sec. / High Knees – 30 sec. / Plank Jumping Jacks – 30 sec. / Windshield Wiper – 30 sec. / Reverse Abdominal Crunches – 30 sec. / Criss Cross Jumping Jacks – 30 sec. / Cooldown – 3 min.

Nothing like a pre-weekend workout to get your juices flowing!

Let’s see what the weekend brings!!!!

LabRat Challenge: The Pushup

I HATE PUSHUPS!!! But oh how I would love to be good at them. I like to think I am pretty fit, but every time I do a pushup I lose all hope. If you look below you will see how horrible I am at  pushups! Please excuse the beginning where my head is cut off.

I decided to push myself to do more pushups when I was reading a YumYucky post the other day. YumYucky said how she gets bummed out when people say they can’t do pushups, and I realized I need to stop making excuses and just DO THEM!

The first step I took was downloading an app from iTunes called Hundred Pushups . It is a 6 week program that helps you complete 100 consecutive pushups, that is suicide. Below are a few screenshots of that app.



I will track my progress and make sure to give nothing but my best! I thought I would say that since it sounds good and inspiring, but really, I am going to KILL it!

Wish me luck!!!

Who wants to do the challenge with me?!