What’s something that’s both challenging yet achievable?
One thousand repetitions of 10 of your favourite, no gym required exercises.
It’s time to spice things up and think outside the box, whilst having some fun.
The current situation
In light of the pandemic going on right now across the planet, we’ve had to become more open minded when it comes to keeping ourselves fit and healthy.
So, a couple of my house mates and I decided to get out of the house, walk down to the beach and work up a sweat – don’t worry we all ensured to stay 1.5m away from each other whilst training.
Plenty of space on the sand.
The workout
Long story short, here’s the workout we did.
Credit goes to my partner Krista for the idea and writing it out. We all got involved adjusting some of the exercises to suit completing the workout on the beach.
Warmup (5-10 minutes of light jogging/walking in the sand and dynamic stretching)
- Push ups
- Ab bicycles
- Bodyweight squats
- Upright rows (kettlebell)
- Glute bridges
- Commandoes
- Kettlebell swings
- Crunches
- Bodyweight lunges
- Exercise of your choice
Notes:
- You don’t need to complete all 100 reps for each exercise all in one set
- Some of us did 50 reps (once the lactic acid really starts kicking in) and moved to the next and coming back to it later on
- Some of us did 25 reps and moved on
- Or for some of the more difficult moves, slowly worked through the reps 5 at a time
- For exercise 10 we did either high knees, bicep curls with a resistant band or short sprints
- If you’re doing it with a couple of other people, each person can offset starting with different exercises so no one person is waiting for another to finish
- A quick google images and/or YouTube search can provide you with all the demonstrations of how to perform all the movements correctly and with proper form (remember, even though the workout is centred around performing 1,000 repetitions, quality technique must not be hindered. This prevents injury and promotes the best results
- No short cuts, skipping 1 rep is just cheating yourself
- Again for the dynamic stretching, a quick google images/YouTube search does the trick
Conclusion
Go and have a crack.
Good luck and happy isolation, hope the time lapse turned out okay!
“Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending. – John C. Maxwell”
What’s your 1,000 rep workout look like?
