Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Workout Wednesday: Valentine's Week Edition

I love/hate manmakers.  I don't remember where I came across them first, but i remember thinking that just the name sounded hard. They're basically a burpee on steroids with some weights thrown in.  I also love dumbbell snatches.  I have no idea why, but I think that they're fun to do in the morning.  They totally wake my whole body up (and the first rep usually produces a strangely satisfying crack from my shoulder, like an amped up knuckle crack).  Combining them is kind of torturous, but who doesn't love a little self-imposed torture every once in a while. 

This is one of my favorite "fall back" workouts.  I use it whenever I don't have any inspiration to come up with something new, or I just want a tried and true, full body workout.

I tried to make this pretty, but then Firefox crapped out on me before I saved it (lesson learned...) and I got frustrated and gave up.  So, text version it is:

*Old Faithful* 
 
15-12-9 (meaning, complete 15 reps of each move for set 1, 12 reps for set 2, and 9 reps for the final set)

~ Manmakers
~ Deadlifts
~ Shoulder push-ups
~ Sumo squats with upward row
~ Dumbbell snatches (each side)
~ 180 squat jumps

Enjoy!

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