Today's Workout

So, I am a big fan of plyometrics and circuit training.  It gets your heart rate up and tones your muscles at the same time.  I recently fell off my bike and had an elbow injury, so some of the exercises I've had to tweak, but here is what I did today.  You need a stopwatch or the timer on your phone, and weights, between 8-15 lbs.  If you don't have a timer I would just decide how many reps before hand that you will do, between 10-15. I spend a few nights a week in a hotel room for work, so these exercises work well even in a smaller space.  You don't need a gym and a ton of equipment to get fit.

Warm up 5 - 6 minutes: this can include ski jumps, high knees, jumping jacks, jumping rope, but kicks, etc.  Today I did high knees, butt kicks, and a side shuffle.

Alternating side lunge - 2 minutes
Push ups - 1 minute
Dead lift with hammer curl - 2 minutes
Squat press - 2 minutes
Squat Jumps - 1 minute
Plank - 1 minute
Bicycles - 1 minute
Ski jump with a cross back lunge - 2 minutes
Burpees - 1 minute
Squat with lateral raise - 2 minutes (No weights here, or very light weights)
Plank - 1 minute
Alternating step back lunge - 1 minute
Walking lunges - 2 minutes
Bicycles - 1 minute
Single leg dead lift with curl - 2 minutes, 1 minute on each side
Crunches - 1 minute
Alternating step back lunges - 2 minutes
Split Squat Jumps - 30 seconds
Tuck Jumps - 30 seconds
Plank row - 1 minute
Squat press - 2 minutes
Side plank - 1 minute each side
Bicycles - 1 minute

Stretch it out - 5 minutes

My favorite exercise in this workout? The push up.  Not only does it work your deltoids (shoulders), triceps and pectoral muscles, many other muscles that are stabilizing the exercise are getting used, such as abs, glutes, quads, etc.