The Thrilling Thirty

Today's workout was amazing! I love a great workout, that just works well, keeps my heart rate up, and keeps me pumped! So today I'm going to call the circuit I created, the "Thrilling Thirty", and share it with ya'll. Its a circuit that you repeat three times, 10 minutes each circuit, and it takes about 30 minutes.....yeah you get it.

1. Bench Press

2. Pull-ups

3. Clean-and-press

4. Jumpe rope

The range here was a really good upper chest, and tricep circuit. The goal for me personally, is to complete the Men's Health 300 workout circuit!! Its killer! But the numbers I'm following right now, that will hopefully lead me into a one successful circuit of the 300, are:

1. Bench Press (135 lbs. as 2 sets of 5 reps each set)

2. Pull-ups (2 sets of 3....I know I know, its the body weight, its gotta go)

3. Clean-and-press (35 lbs. as 2 sets of 7 reps each set, each arm)

4. Jump rope (at least 2-3 minutes 70-80% exhertion)

I'm find circuits are a nice and fast way to get a complete intense workout. It's been shown that circuits burn fat like crazy while toning muscles at the same time. They're deceiving...you could take your time with them and get through them no problem, but circuits are meant to be done fast, in high intensity, and with short breaks (I was trying to keep my breaks under 45 sec.'s to a minute).

This summer I'm going for big, but for right now I've got some winter poundage I gotta burn! Try circuits, maybe this one, you might get addicted.