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"Your life and your happiness are things you have to be willing to put some time into and do a little work for."

Jillian Michaels

Friday, April 16, 2010

Planksta or Satan's Mistress workout

Lately I have been thinking of new workouts and things I would like to try over the upcoming summer months.

Ranking high on my list is trail running and hiking. I will have to do more research to find some areas nearby. I am still struggling with my cardio and I may sign up for a running room class to help me learn to run.

I also want to think of new workouts to do at home indoors.
There are days during the week when I feel I need an extra tough workout and I have one in mind.

The new workout is yet to be named .... but my top two names I have in mind for it are: Planksta or Satan's Mistress.

As you have already figured it out it contains a few plank exercises.

This workout is inspired by a workout I have done with my trainer before called Stairway to Hell...hence the Satan's Mistress option.

Workout details...

Warm up of the day or your usual warm up.

gather the following items....

two barbells...(I use 15 lb each)
medicine ball
a timer to use at the top and the bottom of the staircase
two sheets of paper with numbers from one to ten marked on each
pen or pencil

Gather your paper,timer and pencil and place them at the top and at the bottom of the staircase.
Now you can bring the timer up and down the stairs if you wish and if you can keep track of your reps then no paper is needed.
Now you are ready...

Starting at the bottom of the staircase grab the barbells and walk up the staircase.

At the top of the staircase drop the barbells and begin to do ten reps of push ups.
When you are done with that do ten reps of crunches.
After the crunches grab your timer and set it for one minute....
push start and begin your one minute plank.
After the one minute is up proceed to mark off the number ten on your sheet of paper.

Grab your barbells and head down the stairs...
when you arrive place your barbells down and begin ten reps of jumping jacks.
When the jacks are done grab a medicine ball and begin ten reps of ball slams.
Once that is complete push start on your timer for one minute in the plank position.
Now mark off the number ten on your sheet of paper at the bottom of the stairs.

Congrats you did one round now head back up to do nine reps of push ups and crunches and keep going until you cross off all the numbers at the top and bottom of the staircase.

This workout is intense and worth every drop of sweat....
I hope others will try it....and help me name this workout

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