Today I had an internal debate about going to the gym and squatting or taking the easy way out and staying home for a metabolic circuit of kettlebell and bodyweight exercises.
The circuit would have been less stressful. No traffic. No having to watch silly people do silly exercises that make me shake my head. No jockeying for equipment at the gym (it was a long wait for the squat rack today).
Plus, those last couple of sets of squats are brutal on the mind and body.
But...
I listened to Bruce:
"...if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it'll spread over into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level." - Bruce Lee
And so I went and did my work.
The program went like this...
1A) Squats
1B) Box Jumps
1C) Pushups
2A) More Squats
2B) Leg Curl
2C) L-Sits
That was an hour of training, including my long old-man warm-up.
Of course, you don't have to go to the gym if you don't have time. You can still burn fat at home. Do this. Here's a sample workout from my Home Workout Revolution NO-equipment bodyweight video workout series:
10-Minute 20-10 Calorie Blaster
1A) Prisoner Squats
1B) Close-Grip Pushups
1C) Total Body Extensions
1D) Cross-Body Mountain Climbers (alternating sides)
– Do each exercise for 20 seconds & rest 10 seconds as you go to the next.
– Go through the circuit 8 times for a total of 4 minutes of workout time.
2A) Jumping Jacks
2B) Run-in-Place
2C) Burpees
2D) Prisoner Reverse Lunges (alternating sides)
– Do each exercise for 20 seconds & rest 10 seconds as you go to the next.
– Go through the circuit 8 times for a total of 4 minutes of workout time.
3A) Pushups (or hold a Pushup Plank)
3B) Total Body Extension
– Do each exercise once for 60 seconds.
The (Brutal) End.
If you liked that, then...
Get 51 NO-Equipment Bodyweight Workouts here (follow-along videos)
Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tips:
"I will do this" is the only attitude that works. "I'll try" or "I think" doesn't work." – Kekich Credo #57 ... Never give up on what is important to you.
Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. - #truth If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. If you don't have 2 solutions for every obstacle, you will feel guilty every time you give in. Prepare your plan and execute on it. Review it regularly. Remove temptations so you stick to it. Once your plan is set, right decisions are easily made. You stay on track, marching towards your milestones. Success will be yours, and it starts now with your planning.
Push on and stay strong,
Craig Ballantyne
PS - "Always give without remembering. Always receive without forgetting." – William Barclay
The circuit would have been less stressful. No traffic. No having to watch silly people do silly exercises that make me shake my head. No jockeying for equipment at the gym (it was a long wait for the squat rack today).
Plus, those last couple of sets of squats are brutal on the mind and body.
But...
I listened to Bruce:
"...if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it'll spread over into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level." - Bruce Lee
And so I went and did my work.
The program went like this...
1A) Squats
1B) Box Jumps
1C) Pushups
2A) More Squats
2B) Leg Curl
2C) L-Sits
That was an hour of training, including my long old-man warm-up.
Of course, you don't have to go to the gym if you don't have time. You can still burn fat at home. Do this. Here's a sample workout from my Home Workout Revolution NO-equipment bodyweight video workout series:
10-Minute 20-10 Calorie Blaster
1A) Prisoner Squats
1B) Close-Grip Pushups
1C) Total Body Extensions
1D) Cross-Body Mountain Climbers (alternating sides)
– Do each exercise for 20 seconds & rest 10 seconds as you go to the next.
– Go through the circuit 8 times for a total of 4 minutes of workout time.
2A) Jumping Jacks
2B) Run-in-Place
2C) Burpees
2D) Prisoner Reverse Lunges (alternating sides)
– Do each exercise for 20 seconds & rest 10 seconds as you go to the next.
– Go through the circuit 8 times for a total of 4 minutes of workout time.
3A) Pushups (or hold a Pushup Plank)
3B) Total Body Extension
– Do each exercise once for 60 seconds.
The (Brutal) End.
If you liked that, then...
Get 51 NO-Equipment Bodyweight Workouts here (follow-along videos)
Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tips:
"I will do this" is the only attitude that works. "I'll try" or "I think" doesn't work." – Kekich Credo #57 ... Never give up on what is important to you.
Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. - #truth If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. If you don't have 2 solutions for every obstacle, you will feel guilty every time you give in. Prepare your plan and execute on it. Review it regularly. Remove temptations so you stick to it. Once your plan is set, right decisions are easily made. You stay on track, marching towards your milestones. Success will be yours, and it starts now with your planning.
Push on and stay strong,
Craig Ballantyne
PS - "Always give without remembering. Always receive without forgetting." – William Barclay
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