fitvillains:

Well before I was a trainer, I designed my own workouts, both out of boredom and rebellion. I loved love doing my own thing, to my own music, and to the beat of my own drum, which was something that I couldn’t do while following along with a DVD. 

There are INFINITE ways to combine movement that will get you a good, specific & targeted workout. The best trainers know this and design their classes/programs around those different techniques. But if you know the very basics, it’s NOT that hard to do it yourself! Plus, when you plan your own workouts in this way, it makes it a little easier to stick to the program.

You don’t need fancy moves, in fact SKIP fancy all together. Use moves that you know and are comfortable with at first. That means if you don’t know what a burpee is? Don’t do a burpee for YOUR circuit. But learn how to burpee so you can add it in once you’ve got it down.

This workout will target your whole body and you just need 6 moves. That’s it. SIX. And I bet you already know 6 moves, or at least a few from each category. Take your favorite moves and list those first, then SLOWLY, over time, add new moves in as you master them. So, let’s say you take a kickboxing course and liked a certain cardio combo? Throw it into your workout next time. Suddenly learn a different kind of squat? Do that instead of the basic. You can even use youtube for easy moves to keep YOUR workouts interesting. And since you only need 6 moves, it’s not time consuming to do a little research.

Plus, your fitness vocabulary will explode in no time. :)

Try a DIY workout, 1-2 times a week in addition to your other fitness plans This might be the switch you need for fall!

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fitvillains:

I can already hear the groans! Lol, stop it. You CAN do this, I promise! I wouldn’t lie to you!

The workout should take advanced/intermediate exercisers about a half hour. Beginners, you can lower the reps or go a few past your max. You can also just take your time! No rushies!

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- I did this workout today, although I am currently following Jamie Eason’s LiveFit 12 week training program which calls for NO CARDIO for the first 4 weeks, I wanted to do something that involved some movement without lifting weights, so for this workout I made an exception! Also, I can count this towards my legs workout.

Workout breakdown:
5 rounds of this circuit:

10 reps Lunge Twist (with 21lbs backpack)
10 reps Dive Bomber Burpees
10 reps Jump Lunge & Twist (with 8lbs dumbbell)
10 reps Ugi Push Off (I did Knee tuck versions)
20 reps Sumo Squats (with 21lbs backpack)

I would love to say I did this circuit 5 times but I did it twice, with all the reps the same, all with 10lbs rice bag (I don’t have a sand bag). I don’t have a Ugi ball, I did the knee tuck versions. Personally, after doing this twice I was in the mood to jump on a treadmill, or run some stairs/hills or a different pylometric workout etc. versus having to do this another 3 times. 

So, I finished with 2 sets of:

20 reps Jumping Jacks

20 reps Bicycle Crunches

20 reps Alternating Jump Lunges

20 reps High Knees