I hope that everyone is having a great week so far.
With summer just approaching around the corner in literally 2 days, nothing more has been on my mind, except that of ‘hittin the gym‘.
When I was younger, I didn’t really care about ‘health’ and ‘fitness’, other then that of just literally doing non-stop cardio every day for about an hour a day.
Little did I know, cardio doesn’t really do much for the body. It’s all about how much you work your muscles that really burns off the fat.
So here are a few of my favorite workout routines, that I thought I would share with you guys, that i’m really trying hard to work towards for that beach summer body.
[ I'm obviously nowhere near where I want to be yet. ]
1. Plie Squat Jump
- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, toes pointed out. Lower into a deep plie squat with hands clasped in front of chest.
- Jump as high as you can, tapping heels together in midair.
- Land with knees soft in plie squat position. Repeat for 45 seconds.
2. One-Legged Dead Lift Hop
- Stand on left leg, right knee lifted to hip height; raise arms out to sides and bend elbows (to resemble a goalpost).
- Keeping back flat and arms raised, hinge forward; extend right leg behind you (body is parallel to floor, head to right heel).
- Reverse motion, returning upright, and as right knee lifts forward, push off left leg to jump up.
- Land softly on left leg and repeat.
- Continue for 30 seconds, trying not to let right leg touch floor. Switch sides and repeat for 30 seconds.
- MAKE IT EASIER: After jump, tap right foot on floor, then lift knee again.
3. Double Jump
- Stand with feet hip-width apart and arms by sides. Lower into a deep squat and bring hands together in front of chest.
- Jump as high as you can and land in lunge position with left leg forward (bend both knees 90 degrees).
- Jump as high as you can again and land in squat position.
- Repeat the lunge-squat jump combo, landing with right leg forward. Continue for 45 seconds, alternating sides.
4. Lateral Lunge
- Step left leg out to left side, bending left knee while keeping right leg straight; hinge body forward from waist. Touch right hand to floor between feet and place left hand on top of left thigh.
- Pushing off left heel, shuffle to right two times, ending in side lunge to right with right knee bent and left leg straight; touch left hand to floor between feet.
- Repeat movement to left side, pushing off right heel.
- Continue for 45 seconds, alternating sides.
5. Pop-Up
- Lie facedown on floor, palms next to chest, toes turned under.
- Do a push-up, using upward momentum to jump left foot in between hands and quickly stand up into a plie squat as you bring hands beside chest.
- Reverse motion to start.
- Continue for 45 seconds, alternating legs.
