The Change-Up

I've now marched on through the first four weeks repeating the same workout over and over again while slowly increasing the number of reps I performed each day, and now I feel it's time to change things up a bit.

As you may or may not have known already, there are countless ways to vary up your workouts, especially when it comes to Burpees. But for now I'm specifically going to focus on three new moves that I'll be adding to my weekly workouts over the next month.

#1 - The Pullup

 

#2 - The Mountain Climber

#3 - The Lunge

Now you may be asking yourselves, "What about the Burpees?!", but don't you worry your pretty little heads. These forms of exercise can easily be added to the workout without compromising the original Burpee technique, the squat thrust. 

I've also attached a quick video not only displaying all three moves, but also showing that this workout is great even in a confined space, such as my office...or a jail cell.

And as always, I've listed my weekly workout results below for the start of Month 2:

Date	Workout	Sets	Total Time	Beak Time Per Set	Total Burpees
1/30/2012	Climber	4	7 min 45 sec	60 sec	40
1/31/2012	Ladder	15	22 min 30 sec	70 sec	120
2/1/2012	Pull-up	5	9 min 38 sec	60 sec	50
2/2/2012	REST
2/3/2012	Lunges	7	13 min 36 sec	60 sec	70
2/4/2012	Mix	6	11 min 42 sec	60 sec	60
2/5/2012	REST

side note:
Pull-ups per set = 10 reps (3 on Mix days)

Lunges per set = 10 reps (2 on Mix days)

Mountain Climbers per set = 10 reps (1 on Mix days)

And in the spirit of change, I'll leave you with a quote from the great Aristotle:

"Change in all things is sweet."

L&R,

Drew