Jumping Jack Circuit Workout

You guys. What a weekend. So great. There was Betty Danger’s, a run with a friend, the first Minneapolis City Running Tour of 2015, many episodes of Comedy Bang Bang (so funny), freshly baked muffins & coffee followed by yoga at a new studio with some friends, Grandma’s Marathon registration (!!!), this delicious butternut squash macaroni-n-tease pasta, The Oscars, and lots of productivity mixed in between. Basically, perfect. I hope yours was fantastic too.

So now let’s take this [figurative] weekend high and start the week on the right foot. Or in the air… with a lot of jumping jacks.

I am really liking this workout routine. For three primary reasons:

1. You can do it basically anywhere, because all you need is a set of dumbbells, a timer, and a mat; however, you really could do it without any of those things.
2. It is a full body workout in 30 minutes.
3. It’s fun.

Need I say more? No. This image says it all:

When you are doing this I don’t want to see any lazy jumping jacks. I know I won’t, because A) I won’t be watching you and B) you aren’t lazy, are you?

While jumping jack-ing (I guess that’s probably how you say it?) keep your core tight, make solid movements with your arms and legs, jump high, and make them count.

Make all these exercises count, not just the jumping jacks. Push yourself lower in the squats, do more pushups on your toes than your knees, bump up a weight for the bicep curls, don’t take a break halfway through the plank hold. You can do it. You really, really can. It’s only 30 minutes.

Your body will love you afterwards. And you will love your body. No unrequited love here, people.

Happy Monday!