New Year’s resolutions never pan out. Okay maybe not never for some people, but definitely never for me. I start out with the best of intentions and sooner or later I haven’t lost a pound, those cookies look delicious, and stacks of books go unread. Actually doing better on the book part having read 4 books in February. But I digress.
My goal for March is to lose 10 pounds. I currently weigh 180 (yikes! – was 165 in college) and while my body fat % is below average due to a recent regiment change (phew) still need to work on the bicycle tire built up over the holidays. The candy from Valentine’s didn’t help either.
Leanne thoughtfully bought a subscription to Men’s Health for me that I use frequently to vary workouts and this month’s issue is no exception. This morning’s workout completely kicked my butt.
An article titled Ultimate Fat Fighting provides a 5 groups of exercises including lunges, squats, pushups, chinups, pikes, etc. Readers are instructed to select only one from each group and perform each consecutively for as many reps as possible within 60 seconds or a total of 5 minutes. The idea is to repeat the 5 body weight exercises (with the exception of the medicine ball ab options) 2-3 times.
Sounds simple enough right? Haha!
Let’s just say I thought I was all that and a bag of chips and selected 8 of the exercises to repeat 3 times on a circuit. I made it through 2 cycles and called it a day. Overall a great whole body workout that gets your heart going and provides enough variety to keep even a gym-rat from getting bored.
