Author Archive
Frog Lunges – Start in high plank (push up) position and bring one leg up and out to side bringing foot down to the ground close to your hand on the same side. Switch legs bringing the leg that is up near hand back to plank and the opposite leg up to the ground close to your hand on the same side. Continue alternating jumping one leg back and bringing the other forward simultaneously for each rep. || Read more
Lateral Jump and Diagonal Woodchop with Medicine ball – Standing straight with medicine ball on floor beside your left foot, hop with both feet together over ball to the other side of it. Then bend over, pick it up and do a diagonal woodchop bringing ball at a diagonal across your body to the opposite side and up high above your left shoulder. Then reverse movements returning ball to ground beside right foot. This is one rep. For the next rep jump over the ball back to your start position and do a diagonal woodchop again in the opposite direction. Return ball to ground and continue these movements alternating sides for each rep. || Read more
Roll over Weighted V Up Burpee – Place ball in the middle of the area you are going to be hopping over and about a foot above where you are standing. So, if you are jumping to the right, the ball is just a little over to the right of your feet and a bit above. Standing with feet hip width apart, squat down and place hands on ground in front of you, jump legs back into plank position, do a push up and then lie down and roll over 180 degrees so you are facing up. Reach your hands above your head and grab the ball and bring body up into a V up position, with legs straight and outstretched above and hands with ball reaching up towards them. Then come back down returning ball to ground and continue rolling another 180 degrees to the other side of ball. Jump legs back in and jump up. This is one rep. For the next rep reverse movements going back to your start position. Continue these movements rolling to alternating sides for each rep. || Read more
Leg Circle Squat with Medicine ball – Standing holding medicine ball in front of you at navel squat down and bring ball down and around the calf of one leg and then come up again to standing. For the next squat bring the medicine ball down and around the calf of the opposite leg and then come up. Continue doing these movements and alternating sides for each rep. || Read more
Squat, Twist and Knee Tuck with Medicine ball – Holding a medicine ball in front of you do a squat and when you come up out of squat position twist torso to the left side bringing right leg up and over to the left with bent knee and bring medicine ball down to the right side of left leg. Do another squat and this time when you come up twist torso to the right and bring left leg up and over to the right with bent knee and bring medicine ball down to the left side of right leg. Continue with these movements alternating sides for each rep. || Read more
Squatting Burpees – Stand with legs hip width apart and squat down, then come up and squat again, come up and squat a third time and this time in the squat reach over and place hands on floor in front of you, jump back to plank, do a push up and then jump legs back in and jump up in the air. || Read more
Supergirl Burpees – (aka Superman Burpees) Standing with feet hip width apart, squat down and place hands on ground in front of you, jump legs back into plank position, do a push up, then extend one arm straight out in front of you while at the same time lifting and extending opposite side leg out straight behind. Hold this position for a second or two and then release coming back into plank position, jump legs back in and jump up in the air. || Read more
