Good morning everyone and happy first day of spring! Something that I am going to do more of is post video snippets of my workouts on my Instagram page - hence the #15SecondFitness hashtag - and the full workouts here on my blog. I tend to jump around a lot at the gym and sometimes I feel like I can get a little creative with it, so I want to be able to share what I do. If your routine starts to feel a little stagnant, I hope I can help you out!

This morning I did a workout inspired by Juli at PaleOMG.com from one of her weekly workout posts. If you can't tell, I love circuit workouts. Circuit workouts tend to work best for me because I can sweat a lot and save time. I started my workout with a warmup and then four supersets of 10 barbell squats and 10 single leg deadlifts (each side.) And then I completed another fun circuit workout with a lot of ball throwing and slamming! Gets the stress out, am I right?

Here are some links that show how to properly do some of these exercises:

V-ups, Lateral Wall Ball Throws, Wall Ball Throws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfT8l6lEtjc

Tag me on Instagram (@ahealthfulheart) if you try this out! I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend :)

Rach

Hello there! I have another great workout for you today. This workout is adapted from a class that I teach on campus called Cycle Circuits. It mixes cycling and strength work on the floor for a sweaty total body workout. For the class, I alternated between two drills on the bike (about seven minutes) and the total body circuit on the floor. You can use any type of cardio for the workout though! I would do about five minutes of cardio and then complete the circuit and complete those two portions three times in total. This class always flies by. You could even give it more variety by switching up the type of cardio you do in between circuits. For example, five minutes running, five minutes on the bicycle and then five minutes jumping rope or battle rope intervals.

The best part is that for the circuit portion, all you need is a set of dumbbells. This workout can easily be done anywhere!

For the squat with a press and twist, you literally just squat, overhead press and pivot one foot to twist to one side - this exercise is great, it works the entire body and engages the core. Alternate sides!

If you have not heard of a renegade row, it looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gja70kgtvoQ

A spiderman plank looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvAm7Gw0klA

Enjoy!