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Up And Down

Up And Down

You’ll do this circuit one time through, but what goes up must come down.

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5280

5280

We all know that there are 5280 feet in a mile – especially us Denver folks who live in the “mile high” city.  Well in this workout, all you have to do is run 5280 feet.  Not too hard, is it?  Problem is, you’ll be doing lots of other things along the way.

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Presidential Workout

Presidential Workout

This workout is in honor of President’s Day.  There have been 44 U.S. Presidents, so we’ve got 44 reps of each exercise. One time through as quickly as possible.

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6 Minute Couplets

6 Minute Couplets

With a Couplet, you have 2 exercises.  You alternate between the 2 exercises for the prescribed number of reps for the prescribed number of minutes.  Definitely these workouts are one of the best way to melt fat and build lean muscle.  We’ve got three 6-minute couplets today.

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Valentine Cardio Blast

Valentine Cardio Blast

Since Valentine’s Day is for the heart, here’s a good Heart Healthy Cardio Workout for you… It’s a high intensity interval workout and consists of 6 rounds, where you’ll work hard for 1 minute, and then recover for 2 minutes with a moderate intensity exercise.  The total workout will take 18 minutes.

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20 Minute Meltdown

20 Minute Meltdown

Fast and intense 20 minute workout.  My favorite way to melt fat. Complete as many rounds of the following circuit as you can in 20 minutes

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Super Bowl XLVI

Super Bowl XLVI

We started the week with a Super Bowl workout and we end the week with one.  The Giants and Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI (that’s 46).  In their honor, perform 46 reps of the following:

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Power Run

Power Run

Pure conditioning today as we combine 400 meter sprints with 2 power moves to make it an all out fat blasting conditioning workout.

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Super Bowl Shuffle

Super Bowl Shuffle

Kind of like Thanksgiving, there’s a good chance you stuffed yourself during the Super Bowl.  After days like that, you just need a good ‘ole fashion smack down. That’s what you’re getting with this nasty workout.

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Fun Run

Fun Run

Today’s a great enhanced interval training workout.  We’ve got a lil running and some other fun.  This workout shouldn’t take too long, so you may want to supplement it with this Finisher.

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Party Of 5

Party Of 5

Today we’ve got 5 exercises that you’ll do for 5 rounds.  Reps aren’t too high, so perform heavy weights or a hard version of the exercise.  Push yourself here:

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Tabata This

Tabata This

What is a Tabata? For twenty seconds do as many reps of the assigned exercise as you can – then rest 10 seconds. Repeat this seven more times for a total of 8 intervals, 4 minutes total exercise. The score is the least number of reps for any of the eight intervals.

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300 Workout – Version 5.0

300 Workout – Version 5.0

Since we did the Spartacus Workout on Wednesday, might as well finish the week with a 300 Workout.  I think this is my 5th version of putting together a 300 Workout.  We’ve done a few of these in the past.  The original 300 workout was used by the cast of the movie 300, to train [...]

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Spartacus Workout – Version Scott Colby

Spartacus Workout – Version Scott Colby

Last week I did the latest Spartacus workout from Men’s Health.  It was such a great workout, I decided to put together my own version of it. You’ve got 10 exercises.  Each one you’ll do for 40 seconds, and then rest for 20 seconds before going on to the next exercises.  After you complete the [...]

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Run And Gun

Run And Gun

Here’s a great enhanced interval training workout to start of the week as we combine some sprints with strength training – one of the fastest ways to melt fat..  Here we go…

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Upper Body Strength Endurance

Upper Body Strength Endurance

This is an upper body strength endurace workout.  You’ll want to partition the reps as needed and pace yourself.  You want to AVOID total muscular shutdown.  DON’T do an exercise to complete failure.  Pacing and partitioning reps are key.

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3 Minute Intervals

3 Minute Intervals

This workout is a little different.  Each round is 3 minutes and starts with a 200 meter run (1/8th of a mile).  Once you complete the run, you will do the prescribed exercise in however much time is left from the 3 minutes.  Once 3 minutes hits, the round is over.

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Heavy Weight Training Intervals

Heavy Weight Training Intervals

There is nothing better to burn fat than weight training that gets your heart rate up.  The dumbbell exercises are low reps, so go pretty heavy on the weight, especially the first couple of exercises (although the first exercise is a toughy, so you can’t go too heavy).  It should be challenging to complete the [...]

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Workout Schedule For January 9 – January 15

Workout Schedule For January 9 – January 15

It’s Ladder Week! Your workouts this week include an Upper Body Push Ladder, the Ultimate Leg Ladder and a Upper Body Pull Ladder.   Your workout schedule for the week is below.

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Upper Body Pull Ladder

Upper Body Pull Ladder

Round 1: DB Renegade Rows x 1 each,  DB Bent Over Row and Raise  x 2 , Bodyweight Rows x 3 Round 2: DB Renegade Rows x 2 each,  DB Bent Over Row and Raise  x 4 , Bodyweight Rows x 6

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