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Bodyweight and Medicine Ball Routine

 

Exercise sample number of reps
Stretch 2x each side 30 seconds
Plank - on elbows or hands 60 seconds
Abs - hip thrust/leg lower combo 30
Pull-ups - overhand or underhand grip 10
Push-ups - on toes 20
Hyper Extensions w/ball/wt- using glutes 15
Dips 10
Hanging L-hold or with Knees up 30 seconds
Medicine Ball Throw with Squat 30
Good Mornings w/ball/bar 20 (bar 10)
Standing Oblique Twist w/ball 60 (30 each direction)
Bicep Curl w/ball (palms ONLY, no fingers) or bar 20 (bar 10)
Squats (w/ball or bar) 10
Standing Military Overhead 10
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Pick a goal number of reps, or amount of time, for each exercise that makes it very difficult to achieve.  Go through the sequence without stopping, moving quickly from one exercise to the next.  If you need to rest in the middle of an exercise in order to get the complete number of reps, that's OK.  Example:  if you are trying to get 20 push-ups, but have to stop at 12, rest briefly, then you can get 5 more and have to rest again before getting the last 3...then that's the perfect number of reps to aim for.  Make this routine hard....muscles are fatigued and heart is pumping.  Think great cardio workout also!!
 
Rest for a few minutes, then go through the sequence again. This time you may need to rest on some exercises that you didn't the first time through.
 
Note:  If you have difficulty completing pull-ups or dips on your own, either use an assisted machine, a spotter or jump up and do negatives.  Eventually you'll be able to do them on your own.  (Those are called cheaters, but in this case it's OK to do!)
 
As you progress with strength and endurance and can complete all the reps without resting, either up the number of reps to aim for, or add a third time through, then even a fourth.
 
 
 
 
 

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