My Workout Week So Far

Saturday was a day off for me, so I'm checking in with my start of the week workouts.

Saturday was fitmiss.tv's push up workout.  15+ minutes of pure intensity...... I loved it!  I have done this workout by adding a bit to it before, but this time I was looking for a quick, hard workout and got it by doing it just the way Melissa wrote it.  I really do love this workout and my HR was up to 152 BPM at the end.

Monday was an 18 minute workout of Zuzana's that I've done before.  I changed it a bit by changing the 3 minute exercise to Turkish get ups and adding a second round of these at the end.

Part 1: 10/20 6xs
1. Push up/side jumps
2. Plank Elbow Knee Tuck

Part 2: 3 minutes of Turkish Get Ups w/ 10lb weight

Part 3: 10/20 6xs
1. Jump Squats
2. Alternating Side Crunch

Repeat Part 2


Yesterday I knew I needed something with some pull up work so I went back to a workout I made up before.  It is also a good one for working the core.  It is made up of 4 different couplets, each performed for 5 minutes before moving on to the next couplet set.  Between each couplet set, I did 3 pull ups.

3 Pull Ups
1a. Dyanamic Squats 10
1b. Strong Core Exercise 10
3 Pull Ups
2a. Roll Back/Jump Up 10
2b. Ball Hand to Foot Transfer 10
3 Pull Ups
3a. Side Jump Lunges (alternating leg each round) 10
3b. Seated Bicycle 10
3 Pull Ups
4a. Super Low Oblique Hop Squats 10
4b. Leg Lift/Butt Lift 10
3 Pull Ups

This was a good workout and a great way to get in some much needed core work without sacrificing too much cardio.


Today was a goodie and the one that Melissa most recently picked to do from her Zuzana 25 day challenge.... the Bang Bang wo.  It has 6 parts to it, 3 of which are Tabatas.

Part 1: 10/20 8xs
High Knees

Part 2:
Leg Lift, Star Crunch, Butt Lift 30 reps

Part 3: 10/20 8xs
Low Jacks

Part 4:
Side Planks 25/side

Part 5: 10/20 8xs
Scissors (I added arm punched to the last 5 rounds)

Part 6:
1 Leg Bridge, Leg Lift, Toe Touch 25/leg

I really liked the design of this workout but hated the high knees Tabata.  In fact, I'm going to add high knees to my list of most hated exercises, along with mountain climbers.  Actually, they really are the same exercise only one is done while vertical and one is done while horizontal so it really is no surprise I dislike both equally!  Other than my dislike for that particular exercise, it really does a good job of doing what it is designed to do...... drive up my HR and fatigue my muscles.  The other two Tabatas weren't nearly as intense as the high knees one, but the lower intensity was probably necessary after that first killer round.  I really liked the star crunch exercise and the leg bridge exercise.  These were unique, complex exercises that really worked some muscles that don't usually get as much attention.  I definitely want to keep these exercises in mind to add to some of my own circuits in the future.  I thought the design of this workout was great...... a great way to get in multiple Tabatas but allow some time for recovery with the core work.  However, like I mentioned before, the 2nd and 3rd Tabtas weren't nearly as intense as the first and those exercises may not be as well suited for Tabata work.... subbing in something like mountain climbers (I can't believe I just suggested those) and ?????? (I don't know, I'm drawing  a blank on another exercise to suggest maybe jump squats????) might be more true to the Tabata protocol of full intensity.