Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Going metabolic

I did Rachel Cosgrove's Bodyweight Metabolic Circuit again today.  Today was a lot more successful, but I still had some problems.

I noticed she has another metabolic circuit online.  I'll have to try that one.  She also has metabolic stuff in her book, but I haven't gotten that far with reading yet.  I did peek ahead and noticed I would have to pick out exercises, so I just repeated the one I attempted before.  It looks like between the two online articles, she covers most if not all of the metabolic exercises she has in the book.

I doubt the workout has a much of an "afterburn" effect as she claims, but it is a good way to fit in a hard workout into a busy day.

Static squat in and out jump - 30
Prone cross-toe - 20 (first few without arms)
Split jack - 37
One-leg burpee - 10 (5 each leg)
Mountain climber - 70 (35 ea)
Bodyweight jump squat - 25
Inch worm - 12 (travelling)
Spiderman climb - 26 (13 ea)
Over/under - ~20 (~10 - forgot to count)
5-dot drill - 18
Bicycle crunch - 60 (30 ea)
Explosive step-up - 26 (13 ea - 2 risers)
Skiers on Swiss ball - 16 (8ea)
Lateral step-out - 40 (20 ea - R-L-R-L-...)
Swiss ball alternating step-off - 24 (12 ea)
Jump lunge - 14 (7 ea - I was shot by then!)

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