Workout of the Week: Mirror, Mirror
As I’ve gotten more experienced designing workouts, the art curator in me has really emerged. I notice that I’m often organizing exercise routines with a mindset that’s akin to how I go about curating art exhibitions. In other words, I am motivated and inspired by a thematic concept and the theoretical and physical outcomes of pairing of similar ideas and forms.
For this “Workout of the Week,” I’ve paired together one bodyweight and one dumbbell exercise to make a superset. The common thread among each superset is that the bodyweight and dumbbell exercises are similar in style and form. For example, if I were to start out the set with ten air squats, I’d immediately follow the bodyweight exercise with ten dumbbell thrusters.
Alternating between bodyweight and weight lifting movements is a great way to get the heart and muscles pumping. The goal is to experience a hybrid variety of hypertrophy and endurance training within a single workout.
Set one:
Ten kneeling get up burpees (bodyweight)
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Ten kneeling get up to overhead press (weights)
Rest and repeat twice more, for a total of three sets.
Set two:
Ten Navy Seal burpees
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Ten three pump renegade row low squat curl burpees
Rest and repeat twice more, for a total of three sets.
Set three:
Ten squat hops
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Ten low squat curls
Rest and repeat twice more, for a total of three sets.
This concludes another “Workout of the Week” for your exercise enjoyment. The only rule, aside from maintaining good form, is to always work hard and have fun!
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