15 (+5) Minutes of Pure Torture

It’s important to remember that every one is in a different stage of progress with their workouts. This is something that most fitness blogs FAIL to mention and can make their encouragement (though well meant) slightly misleading. For example, you can’t get to where I am simply by doing what I post here every day. I have worked hard doing heavy, heavy weight lifting for the past 3-4 years to put on a lot of muscle. With desired mass achieved, my concentration is more on cardio-strength and extra cardio sessions on top of that to lean out.

You’re journey and the results you desire might be totally different than mine so don’t give up if you don’t see those results right away! Sometimes you have to try a combination of things before you find something that really works for you. Every BODY is different. It can take up to or more than TWO WHOLE MONTHS of proper nutrition and kick ass exercise (everyday) to even begin to see results! I know this because I’ve been training clients of all different sizes and shapes over the past four years. You have to think about the whole. Reflect upon how long it took you to get to your present state...probably several years...and how much damage you have done to your metabolism by feeding it cheap, processed foods. You must slowly coax your metabolism back into working order by feeding it the clean foods that it needs and not the chemically engineered foods you’ve been persuaded to crave. SO KEEP PUSHING! Remember, 2011 is YOUR YEAR!

P.S - Happy 2 month anniversary to me and Ben! :D

Workout:

5 min yoga warm up

Part 1: Set timer to 15 min count down and complete as many sets of this as possible.

Jump Lunges – 10 reps

*One Arm Push Ups (on knees) – 10 reps on each arm

Half Burpees – 10 reps (count jump ins only!)

*One Arm Push Ups (on knees) – 10 reps on each arm

# sets completed in 15 min: 10.5

Part 2: Set timer to 5 min count down and complete as many reps of this combo as possible

burpee - 1 rep/side burpee L - 1 rep/side burpee R - 1 rep

# sets completed in 5 min: 14

This was a super fun, super challenging, NO EQUIPMENT NECESSARY workout! The format was a great change of pace and I will probably not be able to move my arms tomorrow :D I did add some reps to the original workout and added the 5 min burpee challenge at the end as well. GIVE IT A GO TODAY!