Hey there!

The other day I realized, holy time warp – it’s the end of July! July happens to be my favorite month of the year since I’m such a summer girl at heart. As such, I made a promise to myself to not take advantage of these last few days of the quintessential summer month and live it up. AKA – be outside as much as possible.

So instead of going to the gym for my scheduled lifting sesh that week, I ran down the the reservoir near our house, did a bodyweight workout, and then ran back. If you read this blog last summer, you know I was ALL about the bodyweight workouts. Sometimes it’s nice just to take a break from the gym. Heck, some of the clients I train do all of their workouts with their own bodyweight!

Anyway, I enjoyed this particular workout so much, that afterward I grabbed my iPhone, found a spot to prop it up to snap some pictures, and share it with you 🙂

While there are technically only 3 exercises in this bodyweight circuit workout, each exercise is comprised of 2-3 exercises in its own. That’s the beauty of combination exercises! This specific workout is a combo one that will work your entire body – upper, lower, and abs. All you need is some space and a bench!

As always, check with your physician before beginning any new exercise program.

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Bicycles + 180 Squat Jump + Mountain Climbers: Start out in a v-sit position on the edge of the bench. Bring one knee into the chest using the abs, and then switch it out with the opposite knee. Complete 10 on each side, then bring the feet to the ground, and spring up into a squat jump while turning 180 degrees. From there, place your hands on the bench and complete 10 mountain climbers on each side.

Burpee + Push Up + Plank Walk: From a standing position, place the hands between the feet, and jump back into a plank. Lower into a push up, then take one step to the right, one to the left, and then jump your feet in toward your hands (in line or slightly outside of them) and jump back up to standing.

Lateral Step Up + Lateral Hop Up: Standing next to the bench, place one foot on the bench slightly in front of the other. Press into the heel so that you’re now standing on the bench. Step back down. After 10 reps, complete 10 hop ups by adding a hop at the top of the motion.

Word to the wise: should you choose to do your burpees on a dock made out of wood, do them so very carefully so that you don’t get a splinter in your palm on the second one like I did.

Oopsies. (And yep – I did get that on camera – check out the video on my FB page because I couldn’t get it to upload here)

Yeah….that happened.

PS!!

——->Check back in tomorrow because I’ve got something  VERY exciting to (finally) share with you! Hint: the workout in this blog post!

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