Office Chair Workouts: Week 1
I don’t do static stretching warm-ups, I save that for the end of the workout. Instead, I do about 5-10 minutes of active stretching warm-ups by dancing. Usually in some horrible, but effective, combination of terpsichorean techniques: chiefly, merengue, samba, and skanking. They’re the only dances I know.
Monday: Easing Back Into It. Riiiight.
In between each exercise, I do 100 jump rope skips!
100 jump rope
Bird dogs x 16 on each side
100 jump rope
Burpee Squats x 16
100 jump rope
X-Pos x 16 on each side
100 jump rope
Squat Jumps x 16
100 jump rope
Shoulder Taps x 16
This full set x 3
Tuesday: Planktastic
100 jump rope
Shoulder Taps x 16
100 jump rope
Toe Taps x 16
100 jump rope
1/2 burpee hold x 16
100 jump rope
Linedance x 16
100 jump rope
Sleeper Planks x 16 (8 on each side)
Full set x 3
Wednesday: Jesus.
This workout was a leg killer.
100 jump rope
1/2 burpee hold x 16
100 jump rope
Mule Kicks x 16
100 jump rope
Ugi Jump x 16
100 jump rope
Mountain Climbers x 16 on each side
Full set x 3
Thursday: I really need to buy a kettlebell :/
I did these with my dumbbell. Lame, but I needed some weights today. But I only have a 10 lb weight, which made this all very silly since I do all of this with 20 or 25 lbs typically. I’ve never tried more weight because my gyms kettlebells only went up to 25 lbs, lol. I might secretly be a total hoss and not even know it. Today, this was just to get the blood flowing and the muscles moving. Each exercise was done with 12 reps on each side x 2.
Friday: Quick & Killer
I set the timer for 15 minutes (that’s all the time I had today) with the goal of doing as many sets as I could. The exercises are paired, meaning that you go right from one to the next. Yeah.
Mt. Climbers x 10 —-> 1/2 Burpee Hold x 5
Shoulder Taps x 10 —–> Burpee Jacks x 5
Prison Jacks x 10 ——> High Knees x 10
I think I could have gotten one more set in, but my son accidentally locked himself out of the house while taking out the compost, and I forgot to stop the timer when I ran to let him in. Still, 9 sets wasn’t awful. :D
