Fitness Friday - Gym Rat workout

9/6/2013

I love great workouts that you can do with no equipment - running outside and body-weight exercises are great examples. No matter where you are, you can do these workouts, leaving you with very few excuses for not working out. I was able to do some outside running and hotel-room exercises while I was in Austria and Germany for two weeks, but by the time I got back I realized I REALLY missed working out with other people. As you know, I'm a group-fitness fanatic, but sometimes even being in the gym with other people is enough interaction to motivate me to work harder and get STRONGER! For this reason, I bring you today's 'Gym Rat workout' for Fitness Friday! If you have this equipment in your basement, well then - you beat the system... Otherwise, get to the gym and SWEAT!

Notes about this workout:

This workout alternates cardio with resistance training. You can make the cardio section as high or low impact as you want.
The resistance training portion of the workout involves using a barbell - this doesn't have to be a lot of weight, just something you're comfortable lifting, but is still challenging. You can even use body bars.
Be sure to stretch at the end of the workout. Check out some post-workout stretches from Health.com.
The workout as written should take about 10 minutes to do - you can repeat it as many times as you want to match you fitness ability (suggested repetitions below)
If you're unsure about any of the movements, check out the videos linked to the name of the exercise or google them before you start the workout. You want to be able to do this workout all the way through without stopping to look something up.