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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Love that circuit workout. Quick, hard, and efficient…right up my alley! Good luck today 🙂
I love a full-body circuit workout–totally killer! They get the booty movin’ and I feel like I am on top of the world when (and after) I do them. Thanks for the ideas 🙂
Have fun today–and good luck. Pretty sure you’ll just knock their socks off!
Good luck today!
I get the impatient thing…I microwaved my oatmeal today because I didn’t want to wait and the 2 1/2 minutes for that to finish felt like a lifetime. 😉
LOVE LOVE LOVE THE WORKOUT!!!!! i love fun new circuits- thanks, Julie!
this workout is great. i get so stuck in a running rut that really does absolutely nothing for my heart rate. it’s always good (and fun!) to change it up. good luck today!
Nice circuit Julie! I did one this morning as well instead of my usual treadmill cardio and it’s amazing how circuits seem to get my heart rate up just as high, if not higher! Good luck with your speaking engagement! 🙂
Good luck today with your speaking opportunity! I’m sure you will do great! 🙂
I’m always impatient while stuff toasts, too! It’s crazy how long those few minutes can feel!
I dig circuit workouts. I do a lot of CrossFit and they have a TON of them!!! Good for muscular strength, endurance and cardiorespiratory endurance!!! Have fun at your talk today!
Awesome workout! I love that the time/reps increase :). Is that “pin it” button a plug-in?? Have fun speaking to the marketing club today! That is so cool!
it’s not – i couldn’t find a plug in, so i manually do it using coding i found here: http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/
Thought of sadie today when looking at a website for dog collars that a wife of someone at my work makes!
http://www.preppypuppies.net/products-page/classic-collars/sadie/
Enjoy!
Circuit training is so fun- great routine!
Great Circuit workout! I just graduated from UCF in Marketing. B2Cafe was my study spot! Great healthy food! Hope you can try it out while your there!
That’s a fun new workout, Might try that out today since I’m at my inlaws who have a super sweet gym in their club house! I love having access to a gym, just hate paying for it, hence why I don’t belong to one at home.
I love circuit work – you never get bored and time passes quickly!
You’re so creative with those workouts! My gym routine is so standard and it gets really stale really easily – I’ll have to start printing out some of your circuits for a fresh workout!
love the workout!
How exciting! You must miss UCF, what a beautiful campus. You should check out B2 Cafe! One of my favorite places to go for lunch.
When you’re hungry, those two minutes can seem like two hours! 😉
Love the circuit workout – I’m always looking for new workouts so I don’t get bored.
Good luck today!
Looks like a great circuit!!! Can’t wait to try it out!
I love circuit workouts. They never get boring, they make time go by quickly, and you can knock out cardio and strength training in the same workout!
Good luck today!
I love circuits. Especially the one that goes from American Eagle to Forever 21 to J Crew to Antrho!
Love chia seeds, especially in chia seed puddings! So full of antioxidants!
I can’t wait for you to come to Vegas! Can you remind me of
The dates! I would LOVE to meet you!
my link didnt work; so here it is.
http://thislilheartofmine.blogspot.com/
xo
unfortunately i’m no longer coming to vegas. 🙁 it was supposed to be this weekend!
That does look like a goodie. Funnily enough, I actually just created something very similar to that for a client. 🙂
Do you know where you will be speaking on campus today? Some friends and I would love to come watch you speak!! =)
Looks like a great workout! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Yumm breakfast!
Have a nice time in Orlando!
I was watching friends last night and saw that Joey actually suggests peanut butter fingers as a course for Monica and Chandler’s wedding!
Good luck finding a parking spot! I lived on campus and literally drove around for an hour trying to find one!
Circuits are my favorite!! This one looks awesome, I will definitely give it a shot sometime. Yay for UCF!! I go there:D Good luck!
Have fun in Orlando! As a marketing major I would have loved to hear you speak!
A marketing club? Cool. Have fun!! I like that circuit workout! Lots of my favorite moves!
great workout!!
good luck today!
I wish I had you as my personal trainer!
I’ll have to try this workout! Have you ever considered being a trainer? It seems like you’d be great!
I miss waffles! I haven’t had them in ages… 🙂
That’s a nasty looking circuit
🙂
I get the impatient thing! I was so hungry this morning when I woke up that instead of making oats on the stove I made them in the microwave!
Good Luck today…I’m sure you will be great!
ok, this comment does not have to do with the blog…i just wanted to say “WOW” i follow you on twitter and you have like a gazillion followers!!! good for you!! next up, reality show. 🙂 keep on with your posts…love them.
That workout sounds AWESOME!!! I just took a picture of it with my phone, so I can go do it 😉
oOOoo awesome workout!!! I love it 😀 I just pinned it hehe. Have a great day and meeting!
I love the idea of this workout, and I think I’m going to do a modified version of it today! I definitely need to change things up with my workout routine!
Intense workouts rock! They kick butt and this is the place results come from. Keep on rockin’ !
Greatness! I will have to try that circuit workout.
Haven’t tried chia seeds on waffles yet, looks yummy!
Good luck today!
I love your workout and your breakfast looks great. 🙂
I know chia seeds provide a significant amount of omega 3’s. Do you know if they are considered a significant protein source too?
Thanks Julie!
Great workout! I love how it gets progressively more challenging 🙂
Which type of squats do you prefer? regular chair squats, wide leg squats, ? 🙂 Just curious! I love dead lifts by far one of my favorite moves to throw into a circuit workout!
regular squats!