Be Still and BURN! A New Workout

As we are socially distancing, it's hard not to fall into the same body weight workout routine day in and day out. Or perhaps it's just plain hard to get off the couch to fall back into the kitchen...I've been both places :) Either way, here's a "fun" new workout that is a challenging way to  NOT move your body AND sill see strength gain, calorie burn and less pressure on the joints.

Interested?

Well, let's get started!

Isometric exercise. So when you do a plank or a wall sit, you aren't moving, you are staying still, but you are still working hard, right? Well those are two great examples of an isometric exercise. Isometric comes from the two words "same" and "length" which is exactly what the muscle is doing when you are performing an isometric exercise. Exercises like this are used to prevent and treat injuries as they are low impact and require little to no equipment.

I did this 45 minute gem of a workout this morning and I'll tell you what...it was freakin' hard...AND....I loved it. You stay sill a lot and then do cardio bursts in between. It felt good to challenge myself in a different way. I hope you can appreciate it as well!

E. H. Fitness Isometric Timed Ladder Workout

Here's the deal: do each exercise for the allotted amount of time, then go through again for the next amount of time until you've gone "up the ladder" and then back down again. 

15 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds 1 minute, 45 seconds, 30 seconds, 15 seconds

Right Lunge (go down and hold at a 90 degree angle)
Left Lunge
Cardio: 4 Jumping Jacks, 4 Jump Squats, 1 Burpee (repeat until time is up)
Hovering Plank/Push Up (alternate between a 15 second plank, 15 second hovering push up for time allotment)
Cardio: 4 Jumping Jacks, 4 Jump Squats, 1 Burpee (repeat until time is up)
Right Single Leg Bridge (go up and hold!)
Left Single Leg Bridge
Cardio: 4 Jumping Jacks, 4 Jump Squats, 1 Burpee (repeat until time is up)
Static Leg Low Hover (lay on your back with your hands under your glutes, lower your legs and hold them while keeping the lower back on the floor)

Make sure to stretch!