My workout began with a quick 10 minutes on the elliptical before I headed into the weight room to complete a leg workout.
It was definitely an explosive workout!
I paired a strength exercise with a plyometric exercise and completed three rounds of each superset. In between each superset, I hit the elliptical for five minutes.
This workout had a little bit of everything and made my time at the gym pass very quickly which is always a good thing! I also took a few minutes to stretch before heading home to make breakfast.
Breakfast
Pancakes for breakfast!
I made a batch of pumpkin almond flour pancakes and probably should’ve measured my ingredients because they were a little too dense. At least the taste was fantastic!
Of Possible Interest
- DIY Workout Tank Top (TheLeanGreenBean.com)
- 5K Training Plans for Your First (or Fastest) 5K (WomensRunning.competitor.com)
- A Healthier Mardi Gras Menu (FitSugar.com)
That sounds like a great workout! The Mr got a bonus so we’re getting rid of our “dreadmill” that is injuring both of us in favor for an elliptical. I can’t wait to get it and have a new cardio option that wouldn’t kill my soleus muscles. I’ll take some dense pancakes please!
Anele @ Success Along the Weigh
That’s great! Although I favor the other cardio machines usually, these days I’ve been enjoying the elliptical as well. I also love that it gives me an upper body workout all at the same time.
Ohhh jumping lunges are a killer, Julie!!
Ellie@Fit for the Soul
That seems funny to me, because we are currently storing our elliptical machine out in the garage because I got a new treadmill. The elliptical would make my toes go numb. Maybe I was doing something wrong, but my toes definitley don’t go numb on the treadmill…though I much prefer running outside!
Traci
Love mixing plyo moves with strength moves – feel the burn!
Katie @ running4cupcakes
jump squats and jumping lunges? Owww my legs are protesting just at the thought!
I love almond flour pancakes – they are wonderful!!
Ali @ Peaches and Football
Love that you had pancakes for breakfast today – how very apt
. That workout certainly looks explosive!
Claire @ Flake and Cake
That workout looks awesome. As soon as the stress fracture in my foot is completely healed I want to try it!
Jackie @ Nacho Average Runner
Ugh, Julie, can’t you come to DC and be my personal trainer?
Joelle (On a Pink Typewriter)
Looks like a CrossFit style workout
looks good! Maybe that’s what I need to do today–I am feeling lazy and I’m off work since it’s Mardi Gras day here!!
dotsie
Sounds intense! It’s a run day for me.
And I think I need to make banana chocolate chip pancakes this weekend!
Shay @ Whine Less, Breathe More
I agree with Dotsie – it does look like a Crossfit workout. Speaking of, I went to Crossfit last night and we had to do like a million burpees, made me think of your post yesterday! And although it was torturous, yes I did feel like a badass when I was finished.
Lauren @ Berry Sweet Lauren
Love the links today! I have SO many t-shirts I want to make into workout shirts now. (I can’t work out with sleeves. Just can’t do it).
Lauren @ Eat Like An Elephant
That workout sounds extreme & awesome. I don’t know if I would be able to walk afterwards – and I kinda love that feeling!
Lindsey
I love workouts like that, that are broken up into a ton of little parts and just fly by.
Allison
me toooooo! i get bored so easily, so i need to change it up.
peanutbutterfingers
Even though things sometimes do not turn out “perfectly” when it comes to cooking in the kitchen, all that really matters is that it tastes GOOD. I have no doubt that those pumpkin pancakes tasted amazing. How could they not??
Also, I am loving the healthier Mardi Gras meal ideas. Thanks for sharing the link
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Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl
I love jumping on the elliptical mid-strength training, it makes time fly and keeps my heart rate up!
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats
Yay, legs! One of my favorite parts to workout. Thanks for the 5K linkage, too!
Addy @ Six-Kick Switch
Love when workouts turn out unexpectedly great!
Khushboo
I can feel the burn just from reading this! I will def have to try it soon! Too bad I already ate breakfast because pancakes sound amazing right now!
Hayley@PBRunnerGirl
I love your fun customized workouts! I’ve printed some out and been taking them with me to the gym or doing them at home
Not sure how I would do a box jump without a box though.. that could get dangerous..
Avery @ YoungAspirations
I love plyo exercises so this workout looks like a lot of fun to me. Definitely pinning it for down the road!
Ashley @ My Food N Fitness Diaries
I made your banana bread protein pancakes today with greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese because I didnt have any in the house, they were SO good! This was the first time I have ever successfully made pancakes at home, embarrassing I know! I love how there made with oats instead of flour, the thicker consistency made them much easier to cook.
Nicole @ Fruit ‘N’ Fitness
awesome! thanks so much for reporting back, nicole!
peanutbutterfingers
Ohhhh jumping lunges, I need to incorporate these into my workouts!
Ashley @ Life and Fitness
I wish I was as dedicated to workouts as you are! I’m more interested in the nutrition aspects of healthiness, so exercise is my next bear to tackle!
Avery @ Southern Belle Living Well
Plyo moves are killer, jumping lunges and squat jumps are two of my least favorite exercises ever haha! Which means they work wonders of course…another killer, star jumps. Ack!
Meghan @ After the Ivy League
Love the leg workout!! Can’t wait to try it
Brooke
Love the workout, I’m definitely doing that at the gym tomorrow!
Laurie @ Love, Laugh, Laurie
That workout looks tough – cardio & strength training combined – stellar combo!
Linz @ Itz Linz
I’ve been seeing more and more pancakes on my Instagram feed lately, and it’s only making me more and more hungry!
Tiff (@LoveSweatBeers)
How do you come up with the supersets you do? Do you just base it on exercises you have in the back of your mind? The reason I ask is, I know a TON of exercises, but I always have trouble figuring out which ones to pair together. I figure it’s kind of just trial by error, but was curious what your method was
Molly @ Just Your Average Athlete
I had the exact same morning, was sleepy when I woke-up & driving to the gym but then rocked it when I got there. I did a very similar workout with my trainer yesterday morning & my butt is so sore today
Good luck tomorrow!
Katie @ KatieEnPursuit
Squat jumps and jumping lunges KILL ME. So I am looking forward to trying this out! The best batch of Pumpkin Pancakes I’ve ever had was from IHop. Man those things were good.
Lyric
I don’t see how you stay so motivated and dedicated. How?
Lisa
plyos with strength-based movements = amazing results too!!
Annette@FitnessPerks
Those pumpkin flour pancakes look de-lish! How heavy of weights did you use for this exercise?
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance
Good job getting to the gym, I tend to hit snooze
Brittany @ DulceVie
That workout looks fantastic! I’m obsessed with quick and ADD friendly workouts!
Natalie @ Twenty-Something Talk
I love super setting my workouts!! I’m thinking pancakes or french toast for breakfast tomo!
Sara @ Fitcupcaker
I bought the fancy, carbonated water. It is chilling in the fridge…I will test it out and report back
Laurel
Ugh I hate the texture of pancakes but all these food blogs make them look so good. I now have a million recipes to adapt into waffles….
Rachel @ Undercover Diva: A Sitcom
I have been looking for a new leg workout recently, this is such a timely post! Looking forward to trying this routine out next time I work the lower body. Those pancakes might be dense, but they look delicious. I find that pancakes are one of those things that are very difficult to mess up
Emilia
Wow! Deadlifts back-to-back with jumping lunges are TOUGH! What a great leg workout!
michelle kim
My son wants to come live with you! He loves pancakes and would be in heaven with as many pancakes as you make. Unfortunately for him, I love my sleep and he catches the school bus at 6:45am, so I don’t like getting up so early and making pancakes from scratch. I have made them from the Bisquick shake and pour. Super fast and easy.
Sonja @ The {Happy} Travel Bug
thanks so much for sharing my post, Julie!
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean
my pleasure! i <3 your blog!
peanutbutterfingers
Your pancakes always look so good. I love all these images you make- what website/program do you use?
Bek @ Crave
Bek – I am pretty sure she has said in the past that she uses picmonkey.com !
Megan
picmonkey.com!
peanutbutterfingers
That work out looks killer! I have been meaning to buy pumpkin for a variety of reasons and definitely need to make that happen asap!
Megan