Barbell Complex & Weekly Workouts

I am a happy camper when I finish a week with a single Rest Day. While I believe in their importance, I heart exercising!

This week felt running/cardio heavy, relatively speaking (it wasn’t a 40 mile week), so I was overjoyed to end it with a heavy and sweaty WREC workout with P on Sunday.

The workout encompassed too many moves to remember, frankly, but I did my best to recall what went down. Each time I get to play at the WREC, I go nuts like a kid in a candy shop. Needless to say, walking will be rough tomorrow.

Workouts | Week of September 15

Monday – Love Your Body with Yoga + Simple Strength Workout (10/15lb.) + 30 sets of stairs

Tuesday – 30 min. run + (3x) 30 step-ups / 30 lunges / 30 jump squats

Wednesday – 3 sets of the Kettlebell & Dumbbell Workout (12 reps ea.) + 2 x 12 burpees + 2 x 12 spinal roll-ups + (2x) 5-Minute No-Crunches Core Workout

really wasn’t feeling a workout at the end of the day after two consecutive 4:45am wake-up calls 

Thursday – Rest

Friday – 3.1 mile run + 75 step-ups // 75 lunges

Saturday – 40ish minute park run with P

Sunday – WREC DATE!

It went a little something like this…

warm-up:

• 1/2 mile indoor track run
• kettlebell swing tabata set @ 35lb.

“bench press” with dumbbells:

• 2 x 10 reps @ 40lbs.
• 2 x 6 reps @ 50 lbs.

barbell complex*: 6-5-4-3-2-1 reps @ 45-55lb. (+ several warm-up reps with 45lb. bar)

• deadlift + high-pull
• squat clean
• push press
• row
• box jumps

*complex courtesy of P

strength set (3x):

• 10 front-loaded lunges @ 45lb.
• 3-5 “jumping” pull-ups
• 5 decline spiderman push-ups

10 deadlifts @ 115lb.

10 minutes incline treadmill intervals + a few minutes incline walking (1.5 miles)

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Here’s to another sweaty September week!