Today I was feeling a little creative and knew I’d be bored if I stuck to a normal cardio or strength workout, so after a 20 minute warm up on the elliptical, I took myself through a fast-paced circuit workout that looked like this:
The entire circuit took me about 20 minutes to complete and felt like a great total-body workout with some cardio thrown in the mix to keep my heart rate up.
Breakfast
After the gym, it was breakfast time!
I made myself two whole wheat waffles, topped with chia seeds and syrup. I also ate a cup of Greek yogurt with honey while they were toasting because I’m apparently way too impatient to wait a whole two minutes for waffles to cook.
Time to blow dry my hair before hitting the road for Orlando. I’m speaking to a marketing club at UCF today!
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I LOVE circuit workouts! Good luck today at UCF!! 🙂
Great workout idea, and good luck at your event 🙂
No time to be impatient this morning- packed my bfast and lunch cause I went to the gym before work [aka @ 5:30AM]!
Your workouts are seriously so hardcore. Props to you for being able to do something like that.
Looks like a fast and effective workout! I love all the deadlifts you’ve been throwing in lately!!
i thought you would be doing a half marathon in Vegas this weekend? what happened? i remember you writing a post about it. Thought the blogger summit was only a secondary reason of you going to sin city?!
no! the summit was actually the main reason i was planning on going – the run was a byproduct. unfortunately when the summit was canceled, i decided not to go because of financial reasons (i was previously planing on some help w/ travel costs from the summit).
Hey,
I was wondering what is all the fuss with chia seeds? I see they are big now and I would like to add them to my morning oats but I was wondering what is the benefits of them and what effects they have?
here are some of the benefits! 🙂 http://www.mychiaseeds.com/Articles/Top10ChiaBenefits.html i love the texture they add, plus the omega 3s, protein and fiber.
Love your blog, Julie! What kind of weights do you use in your circuit workouts?
THank god for your circuit workouts! I was able to do this one at home with some free weights and a ghetto jumprope, but it worked now i’m panting and dripping as I write to say thanks!!!
modification on the dead lifts is ppl are interested: my weights were only 8lbs so when I went down in the lift i did a row and then came up, activating my back and arms a little more.
This was the first one ive done, but my gym may just never see me anymore 🙂
I just tried this circuit last night and quite enjoyed it! I loved how everything ramped up each round, I will definitely have to work up to the 60 second plank!
Loved it, thanks!
Thanks for the heart pumpin’, Julie! It was a nice change up to my usual Jillian Michael’s routine, but still a butt kicker : )