Day 6 of 21 Day Challenge: Shark Week Is Upon Us

Well, really, shark week is upon ME and I can already feel my ovaries shouting their protest. So far I have not cried irrationally or binged on chocolate (although a chocolate avocado smoothie is definitely in order). I’m really just hoping that I can follow my own advice and stay fit this shark week. Even though all I want is bread and cheese and chocolate and jujubes and everything bad for me, and a snuggle. WORKOUT: Video used: Equipment needed: Click here to get your equalizer Click here to get your Hiit bar Click here to get your sandbag Click here to get your Hiit timer And check out the Challenge Guide and Burnout Workouts here

Workout breakdown:

14 exercises

30 seconds work – 10 seconds rest

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

1)   2x switch lunges + 1 push-up

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

2)   8x mountain climbers + 1x burpee jump

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

3)   4x full squats + 4x jump squats

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

4)   4x plank jump legs in+out + 4x jump star jumps

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

5)   L+R alternate side oblique plank push-up

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

6)   Tricep dips

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

7)   Crab toe touch

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

8)   Bike legs + L+R chest press

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

9)   L+R alternate scissor toe + chest press + leg jack knife

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

10) Left + right 3 point lunges

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

11) Push-up + 2x step feet in left+right + clean + press + squat + press

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

12)  Tricep dips + V abs

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

13) Cross toe touches + jack legs

*skip/high knees/clean & press*

14) L+R alternate high plank elbow touches

Modifications:

• Free weights instead of the bar, backs of two chairs instead of an equalizer
• I alternated between high knees and clean & press, mainly because I’m a total weakling, so I do want to try to focus on building some upper body strength
• For the scissor toe chest press my lower back started aching half way through so I switched to bicycle abs.

FOOD: An oatmeal banana morning muffin and tea, then for second breakfast (yeah, second breakfast, really not helping to detract from my hobbit image) I had a chocolate avocado smoothie, add some coconut milk and that guilt-free chocolate mousse recipe becomes a smoothie. BAM. For lunch I had a delicious helping of Vegan Indian Curry (although the recipe calls for tahini, which I don’t have, so I substituted equal parts sesame oil and peanut butter). For dinner I had more curry with brown rice, because it was tasty, and I was far too lazy to make anything else. THOUGHTS:

• WHY DOESN’T ANYBODY LOVE MEEEEEE? (Alright, not really. But kind of. Ugh, hormones)
• I kind of missed Lisa’s British sass yesterday, (although I really liked the workout, it was a nice change of pace) so I’m glad the sass was back in full force today.