Weekend and Week Start Workouts

Well, last Friday I went ahead and did fitmiss's HITT-Pure Cardio wo.  WOW!  This was a tough workout!  There were only 4 different exercises but it was performed in 3 parts and each part was performed 2xs.  The first part was done in intervals of 20/40, the second part was 15/30, and the final part was 10/20.  The exercises done in this workout were:

1. Box Jumps (used a step stool)
2. Tuck Jumps
3. Fast Kicks
4. Low Skaters

The tuck jumps and fast kicks were especially killer!  Like I said, this was a majorly intense workout and I'll definitely do it again sometime when I'm looking for a quick way to kick my butt!  My HR at the end was a sky high 174 BPM.

Saturday was my normal, scheduled day off.  Sunday I did the 300 Rep challenge on myomytv.com.  Unfortunately, I didn't know how to do the dyanamic push-ups with jump so I just made something up.  After Marianne posted a description of this exercise, I realized I made it WAY too easy so my time for the workout really isn't a good measure of the workout.

Monday was another of my own mix using a 20/40 interval split. I did two rounds of 12 different exercises.... so 24 min. total. I chose the 20/40 split based on a forum conversation I had a few days ago about needing a long enough rest interval to have some recovery time. I think this was a pretty good interval setup for me. I was feeling pretty good recovery by the time the 20 seconds was up and I think I was able to really push harder through the 40 second work time (well, until the last few exercises of the wo.... then I was so tired I was arguing with myself about quitting and calling it a 20 min. wo). The exercises I did were:

1. 10 high knees/drop down
2. Side Step Ups left
3. Side Step Ups rt.
4. Reverse Knee Tucks
5. Side Jump Lunges left
6. Side Jump Lunges rt.
7. Elevated Push Ups with Cross Knee Tuck
8. Ninja Jump Tucks
9. Prisoner Squat w/Cross Knee Raise
10. Tricep Dips
11. Hanging Knee Raises
12. Oblique Plank to Pike Jump

Today I got creative again and made up a new workout with a new setup.  It was a 20 minute workout set up with 5 different couplets.  Each couplet was performed 3x's with intervals of 10/30 for each exercise within the couplet.  The exercises I chose were:

1a. Explostive Star Jump
1b. Walk Out Push Ups

2a. Pike Leg Switch Jump
2b. Seated Bicycle

3a. Flying Scissor Jumps
3b. Push up to Side Bridge with Elbow Roll Under

4a. Turkish Get Ups
4b. Strong Core Exercise

5a.  Roll Back/Jump Up
5b. Super Girl Push Ups

I loved this workout...... it was really a lot of fun!  I chose some of my favorite exercises so that upped the fun factor.  I also like the interval/couplet setup.  It really made the workout fly by and never totally burned me out on any one exercise, mentally or physically.  It also satisfied my desire for a bit more plank/core/arm work.  It wasn't the most intense workout I've ever done, but definitely one of my favorites.  My HR at the end was 132 BPM.