Total Time: 15 minutes
50 seconds of work/10 seconds of rest
3x thru
1 0r 2x for beginners
- Push Up->knees to elbow-> leg up
- Switch Lunges
- 2 Squats-> 2 Donkey push ups
- 1/2 Burpees
- Towel abs (paper plate if you have carpet)
Simple, Effective Home Workouts
by Morgan 2 Comments
Happy Monday everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. We hosted a group of friends from college the past few days, and really enjoyed catching up and partaking in the great food, drink, and weather that Asheville offered up this weekend!
We have a great week of movement drawn up for you, and we’re starting today with a bench. Yes, a regular park bench (or sturdy chair).
Remember, one of the best parts of these simple, minimalist workouts is you can start seeing the potential in all kinds of things. A rock becomes something to jump on, a tree branch you can do pullups on, or lift a gallon of water over your head. It’s so cool and freeing!
If you need a visual reminder of the movements, check out the video. Have a great day!
by Morgan 3 Comments
15 minutes total time
Grab a stopwatch or use this great online stopwatch
Do as many rounds as you can in that 15 minutes.
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If you’re just looking for the day’s workout, scroll down past all my ranting.
We’ve all been there. You sleep in a little, or something happens at home or work, and you miss the day’s workout. Bummer, right?
We’ve tricked ourself in to thinking a workout is something you have to do in a 10-30 minute time block. While a dedicated block of time is preferable, research has shown that short bursts of energy throughout the day also have surprising health benefits.
So if you miss your workout block, don’t despair and resign yourself to a sedentary day!
Set a timer to of off every 30 minutes. When it beeps, do five pushups, or even ten! When the timer goes off the next time, do ten squats. At the end of an eight hour work day, you’ve done 80 pushups and 80 squats! Realize the cumulative effects of getting up and moving around regularly pay off!
Ok, I’m getting off my soap box.
4 Movements
5 Rounds
10 reps each movement/round
= 200 total reps!
Want to see what the movements look like? The video will guide you. Thanks and have a great workout!
April 1st was day numero uno. Matt and I embarked on a new adventure. We started eating like cavemen, women. We are always excited to try new things and see how it makes us feel, hopefully for the better, but not always. I love to test myself and just see how long I can withstand from the foods I love most in the world. So without thinking about it further and triple guessing myself, we began the Paleo diet.
I love the idea of getting back to our roots, and yes, you can find enough information anywhere to support your theory, whether you are vegan, veggie, Paleo, or none of the above, there is enough information to support whatever you think is right. I’m not saying that Paleo is the way to go, I’m just saying, “let’s give it a try”. I tried out vegetarianism before, lasted almost a 2 years. I also was a vegan for a substantially less amount of time, approximately 22 days. But, none the less, Paleo full throttle is next on the docket.
What is the Paleo Diet? I have kind of dumbed it down for myself, so I’ll share my theory with you. The Paleo diet is eating foods that our old old ancestors ate. There were no refined sugars, so sorry, their out. There were no processed snack foods back in the day of hunting for your meals. There were no alcoholic beverages (oh my! I may play around with this one a bit). Not even starches or grains were present in the Paleolithic period. There was meat, fish, poultry, fruits, veggies, and nuts. I’m probably missing something :). So, I will keep you updated on our progress and symptoms from the lack of every day added in sugars. To bad the cavemen hadn’t discovered chocolate.
Hey Everyone! This workout is for time. Do 3 rounds if you can. If you are new, try 1x thru and see how you feel. Hope you have a great workout!
Bonus workout: