Legs & Cardio Challenge
Hi BodyRockers,
For the survivors of yesterdays Marine Corps. Workout we have something that will work your legs and get your heart pumping. While not as challenging as yesterday’s workout in terms of overall brutality, today’s challenge is a lot of fun and moves at a fast pace. I think that I like this workout because I managed to whoop Zuzana’s butt at it :) I have a theory that playing your favorite music while you exercise gives you a real competitive edge, because the right music can really spark something inside and lend more power and drive into your movements. I had my 80′s playlist blasting away, and it seemed to propel me forward. I would love to hear what you guys like to listen to when you workout, maybe we can swap favorite workout songs and get some playlists posted in the comments. I am all about the 80′s and today my playlist looked like this:
1. Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
2. Eric Carmen – Make Me Lose Control
3. Limahl – Never Ending Story
4. Richard Marx – Endless Summer Nights
5. Tom Cochrane – Boy Inside the Man
6. Belinda Carlisle – Mad About You
7. A-Ha – Take On Me
8. Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
Any 80′s fans out there? I am also just as huge on 90′s music, but I thought it would be fun to share our fav workout tracks from anytime, so post yours in the comments :)
Enjoy your challenge and rock on!
Freddy & Zuzana
Workout Breakdown
- 1.Step Up & Lunge Back (left leg)30 reps
- 2.Step Up & Lunge Back (right leg)30 reps
- 3.Interval Skipping - 4minutes8 rounds of 10/20 second intervals
- 4.Step Up & Lunge Back (left leg)30 reps
- 5.Step Up & Lunge Back (right leg)30 reps
- 6.Interval Skipping - 4minutes8 rounds of 10/20 second intervals
- 7.Step Up & Lunge Back (left leg)30 reps
- 8.Step Up & Lunge Back (right leg)30 reps
Get your gear for this workout here:
Instructions:
1) Start with the Step Up & Lunge Back Exercise. Set your timer as a stop watch and do 30 reps on each leg. One Step Up and one Backward Lunge counts as 1 rep. It’s a Time Challenge so try to beat our scores.
2) Write down your time and reset your timer for 8 rounds of 10 second and 20 second interval. You will be doing 4 minutes of interval skipping with your jump rope. Try to go for maximum effort during each 20 second interval. It looks like this:
10 seconds of rest
20 seconds of skipping at max effort
10 seconds of rest
20 seconds of skipping at max effort
… until you complete 8 rounds. Your Interval Timer will let you know when it’s over. I suggest that you do high knees with the rope to really get your heart pumping. If you can’t use Jump Rope than do regular high knees without it.
3) Step Up & Lunge back – 30 reps on each leg
4) Interval Skipping – 4 minutes
5) Step Up & Lunge Back – 30 reps on each leg
Step Up & Lunge Back Exercise
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When you lunge back make sure that the back knee touches the ground before your rise up again. Be careful and control the movement so that you don’t hit the ground with your knee. It has to be just a slight touch.
Our Scores for the Time Challenge:
Round 1:
Zuzana – 5 minutes 8 seconds, Freddy – 4 minutes 53 seconds
Round 2:
Zuzana – 5 minute 40 seconds, Freddy – 4 minutes 31 seconds
Round 3:
Zuzana – 5 minutes 52 seconds, Freddy – 3 minutes 59 seconds
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