8 Minutes - No Excuses!

12/17/2011

Quick and easy. Ok, NOT EASY! There's a reason it's only 8 minutes!

Intervals of 50 seconds exercise with 10 seconds rest between exercises. After you go through the four exercises once, do it again for a second round! Take a 30 second to 1 minute break between doing the second round.

1. 2 squat jumps, touching the floor, 1 high squat jump (get your knees hip height if you can!), hands hit knees. Then 2 lunge jumps.

2. Knee to elbow push ups

3. Low lunge jumps with kicks. TO DO THIS: get in a low lunge, the opposite hand of the front foot rests on floor parallel to front foot. Jump lunge, switching this position 3 x. Then take back foot and kick it forward, coming to a standing position. Keep repeating!

4. 2 frog jumps, burpee, jump squat and 180 degree jump squat.

Cardio-wise and leg wise, this rocked! Have fun!

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