Backyard Butt Blaster

By jennincat • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: Exercise

This is one of my favorite workouts to do when I’m crunched for time or can’t get to the gym. It takes about 15-25 minutes and all you need is a jump rope and that isn’t even necessary.

Jump rope -2 minutes (or jumping jacks)
25 lunges - each leg for 50 total (remember to lunge deep)
50 squats (azz to the grazz)
15 burpees
15 jump squats

Rest 2 minutes and repeat sequence 2 more times. If you need to, decrease the reps. For instance, if you are just starting out you could do 10-15 lunges each leg, 20-25 squats, 5 burpees, 5 jump squats. I know when I’m pushing myself and when I’m not. I also listen to my body closely so I know when to pull back so I don’t overdo it. If this is too easy for you, increase reps or repeat the sequence until you those last few jump squats feel like your jumping in 3 feet deep mud. Have fun!

xoxo
j

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jennincat is is no longer a yo-yo dieter. For over half my life, I’ve struggled with my weight and self-image. I’ve tried every diet under the sun and most of them worked - temporarily. Each diet left me more frustrated with myself than the first. One day, I realized it wasn’t the diet it was me and I decided I was going to make the changes I needed to get my best body ever. One problem was motivation and discipline. So after some serious internal reflection I felt like I should prepare for a figure competition. My goal is not to win the competition but to lose that fat and bad habits I’ve accumulated over the years, in other words, I’m competing to lose. I live in California with my wonderful husband and two rambunctious boys. We own and operate Nims Media, from our home. I enjoy most things but some of my favorites are reading, acting, camping, cooking, writing and daydreaming.
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2 Responses »

  1. Aimee on October 28th, 2008 at 8:01 pm:

    This sounds good but, what’s a burpee?

  2. jennincat on October 29th, 2008 at 3:53 pm:

    I’ll do my best to “describe” a burpee.

    Start standing
    Put your hands on the ground while simultaneously and as smoothly as possible jump your legs out behind you to a push-up/plank position
    Do a push up
    Jump your legs back in and jump up off the ground

    Make sense??

    These kill my butt. A lot of the times I forget the push up in the middle and just hold the plank for a few seconds.

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