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This blog is a record of what I do in my group fitness classes. I will reference it and hope others find it useful as well. Look for other fitness oriented posts. Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, October 18, 2010

321

Equipment:

-mat
-stability ball
-weights

Cardios:

double step
knees
grapevine
v-step
boxer squats* (lead change)

walk up and back (knee at front and back)
knees
grapevine
knee repeater* (lead change)

shuffle R and L
power squats
jumping jacks
boxer squats
chinese fire drill (run around to different spots)

Strength:

-ham curls on ball
-glut raises on ball

-chest press on ball
-push ups on ball

-wall squats and sits with ball
-overhead press
-squat and press

-back fly
-lateral and frontal raises sitting on ball

-bicep curls
-reverse curls
-tricep raise behind back
-crab dip

Abs:

-ab roller on ball
-bicycle (break it down)
-suicide plank
-plank on ball
-plank with mt climbers and twisting mt climbers
-crunches on ball to center and to sides

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Bootcamp in the park

all outside, utilizing body weight and available equipment, participants brought their own mats

Lower body and lungs ladder:
  • 1 squat, 1 lunge each leg, 1 mt. climber each leg
  • 2 squats, 2 lunges, 2 mt. climbers
  • 3
  • 4....10 and then back down
Intervals:
  • pushups 30 sec
  • plyo squats 30 sec
  • close grip pushups
  • burpees
  • staggered pushups
  • jumping jacks
Hard Part:
  • 5 box jumps, 5 burpees, sprint
  • 10 box jumps, 10 burpees, sprint
  • 5 box jumps, 5 burpees, sprint
Abs:
  • spiderman
  • oblique twists
  • plank
  • t-stabilization
  • suicide plank

Bootcamp in the park

all outside, utilizing body weight and available equipment, participants brought their own mats

Warmup:
  • jogging and stop periodically to do flurries, squats, uppercuts, quick feet, etc

Hard part (repeat 2-3x, finish last set with 10 burpees):
  • 15 pullups (on jungle gym)
  • 25 squats
  • 25 situps
  • 15 pushups
  • run 400 m
Abs:
  • v-ups
  • leg-hip raise (on parallel bars on jungle gym)
  • ab vacuum (suck abs in)
  • lying twist (legs fall to sides)
  • superman
  • swimming
  • jack knife
  • plank w/ mt. climbers
Misc:
  • overhand and underhand supine rows (at jungle gym, lay under low bar and pull self up)
  • one leg balance -> one leg squat
  • lateral step ups
  • burpees
  • pushups
Cool down and strech


Bootcamp in the park

all outside, utilizing body weight and available equipment, participants brought their own mats

4x fast:
  • 30 mt climbers each leg
  • 10 jumping lunges each leg
  • 10 T-stabilization pushups
abs, 30 sec, 2x through:
  • spiderman
  • plank
  • oblique twists
  • t-stabilizations
  • suicide plank
1x with cardio in between:
  • 20 pushups
  • 20 dips
  • 20 stepups
  • 15 burpees
  • 25 squats
  • 20 alt lunges
  • Cardio (jumping jacks, quick feet, jump rope, flurries, jog in place, uppercuts)
Suicides

Plyos:
  • box jumps
  • circle runs
  • jump/rotate squats
  • moguls
  • heisman and hold
Additional abs and cool down and stretch

Rep Recycle

variation of rep revolution (2-4 circuits of exercises for squats, chest, triceps, lunges, back, biceps, shoulders, abs)

Equipment needed: mat, step, bar with 1-2 weight plate sets, light-ish set of dumbells

Circut 1:
  • basic squat
  • chest press
  • tricep kickback
  • lunges on step
  • single arm rows (back)
  • bar bicep curls
  • overhead press (bar)
  • suicide plank
Circuit 2:
  • plyo squats
  • pushups on floor and one arm on step
  • tricep dips on step
  • plyo lunges (jumping lunges)
  • bend over row (back)
  • hammer curls
  • lateral and frontal raises
  • bicycle (starting with legs only, arms only, both, increase speed twice and come back down)
Circuit 3:
  • squats on bench
  • chest flies
  • tricep raise (behind back)
  • around the world lunges
  • reverse flies
  • revers curl (bar)
  • upright row (shoulders)
  • oblique twists

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Total Tone

Floor Aerobics warm up

Equipment:
-mat
-2 sets of weights
-stability ball

Ball:
-pushups
-at the wall:
-wide rows
-back lifts
-tricep kickbacks
-wall sit with T raises (weights in hand, palms facing out, down at your sides --raise up, fly together, fly out and down, repeat)
-overhead squat (ball overhead)
-overhead plie squat
-inner thigh rotations (lay down, ball between feet in the air -- twist)
-outer thigh lifts (lay on one side, upper body over ball, bottom leg bent at 90 degree angle, top leg extended outward -- raise and lower top leg keeping hips aligned)

Weights:
-lunges with bicep curls
-sit on ball -- box press (up, down, rotate forward, fly down, and reverse)
-crab dip (use triceps to dip)
-calf raises and bicep curls (toes in, toes out, straight ahead, etc)
-straight leg dead lift

Stretch all muscles used

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Body Bootcamp

4x through as fast as you can:
-30 mountain climbers each leg
-10 jumping lunges on each leg or regular lunges
-10 T stabilization pushups on feet or knees

Abs 30 sec each, 2x through:
-spiderman climbs
-plank
-oblique twists
-T stabilizations
-suicide plank

1x through, with 30 jumping jacks or other cardio inbetween:
-20 pushups
-20 dips
-20 step ups
-15 squat thrusts
-25 squats
-20 alternating lunges

Run suicides

Plyos:
-box jumps
-circle runs
-jump/rotate squats
-moguls
-heisman and hold

Body Bootcamp

Tabata intervals - varied

Press and squat onto small stability ball, then sprint 3 laps, repeat as desired

Ab routine

Tabata intervals - pushups only

Jump rope

Plyo squats and run 3 laps

Wall sits with partner doing high five sit ups

Monday, January 11, 2010

Total Tone

Equipment:
-mat
-step
-heavy and light weights
-stability ball

Warm of consisted of step touches, power squats, lunges, jumping jacks, etc

Abs (30 each, x2):
-spiderman climbs
-plank
-oblique twists
-T stabilizations
-Suicide plank

Stability Ball:
-glut raises
-ham curls
-chest press
-pushups
-back lifts
-wall sits

Weights and Step:
-squats on step, add press
-dips on step
-calf raises
-one armed back rows
-lunges with bicep curls
-skull crushers
-reverse flys
-lateral and frontal raises

Stretching of all muscles used