Doing the same routine day in and day out can become boring. Let me help you get rid of that boredom by providing a new routine or challenge every week. I’ll even deliver it to your inbox, if you subscribe to my weekly challenge mailing list!
Routines and challenges will vary depending on what I’m currently up to or thinking about. Ab challenges will be frequent and often due to core stability leading to a happy and healthy body. Hip and glute challenges will pop up when I have running on the brain, as stronger hips and glutes help reduce lower body issues.
If I’m on a mud run or conditioning kick you’ll probably see some tabata or extended length routines pop up. Strength training routines will pop up from time to time as well, but will require some gear, a home gym, or a gym membership.
Please consult with a physician before beginning any exercise program and speak with a trained professional if you’re unsure of how to perform any of the movements I mention. Videos have been added for most of these routines to show the concepts behind them, but may not have all the information necessary to perform an exercise to its fullest potential.
Also, feel free to replace certain exercises with other exercises if you can’t quite do the variation listed. A standard plank is a totally acceptable replacement for a 1 arm 1 leg plank for example.
Have fun!
Catchy enough title? This is a total body, core blasting, quad blasting workout. You’ll want some gear, but as always feel free to substitute what you’ve got with where it fits. 3 rounds, no time limit. Grinding exercises are 12 reps, ballistics are 10 reps or timed (depending on the Read more…
This core training routine with 2 kettlebells I’m going to mark in the “advanced” category of kettlebell training. When learning kettlebells I typically start people off with goblet & cheater clean variations to get 1 kettlebell up to chest level. Here, we’re going to be cleaning 2 kettlebells up to Read more…
Ready to sweat? Good. Here’s a medicine ball (and a few other goodies) HIIT routine to get you going. In a live scenario this was 4 rounds – 30 seconds of work – 20 seconds to switch – with 1 minute of recovery after each round. As always, adjust the Read more…
Should all of your workouts be total body tabata circuits? No. Should you apply tabata as your timer for everything? No. Did I use the actual tabata timer definition (20 seconds on 10 seconds off) for this routine? No. That’s why it’s tabata-ish. HIIT is fine in moderation (3x a Read more…
3 Round Circuit, we’ll be climbing the rep ladder while keeping the weight the same. Rest in between sets. Last week I listed alternative gear for each exercise, this time use your imagination (or contact me if you need suggestions.) Gear Needed – Bulgarian bag(s), lat pulldown pulley or DIY Read more…
I seem to be obsessed with eight’s nowadays. Technically this is 7 exercises with an adjustment for one round per leg in the single leg balance category. Use this as a template to adjust to your existing fitness level. Timer – 30 seconds of work with 20 seconds of rest Read more…
I was watching reruns of the Bachelor recently with my wife and got really, really mad when they showed one of the contestants working mits with a trainer. No hip twist, 100% arm snaps when punching. When done correctly shadow boxing, pad work, bag work, etc, etc becomes functional training. Read more…
I like circuits, and I like playing around with a variety of gear. If you don’t have gear, but you’ve got the space then Titan Fitness is a great place to get reasonably priced gear. As the name implies for this workout of the day, you’ll be doing 8 reps Read more…
I play around with creating combos ALOT. I’ve got 10 weeks of them plus another 25 or so “bonus” combos ready to go in Push Ups and Pizza. Here are two combos Muay Thai combos you can do at home with or without any gear. If you’re shadow boxing the Read more…
My friend Michael – The Iron Therapist put the concept into my head. His spin is heavy KB swings and shadow boxing. Years ago, when I was learning the Pavel SFG way of swinging bells my instructor had mentioned to me “no twisting” during kettlebell sets. I’ve since inquired about Read more…