I am actually warming up to the idea of the 5 minute stations — but in perspective, it’s week 3 so they tend to be a bit more of a reasonable ask than it was the first week. The Plumbline group was small again today but a lot of the regulars were there – so the energy was good and helped pull me through till the end.

Warmup
checkpoints
lunge jumps
frankensteins
push-ups

Core work 2 rounds 1 min each
partner dynamax ball tear drops 14lb
ball twists
holding your body 6 in off the ground
25 partner side high-five push-ups

Workout
5 min stations/AMRAP
BOSU burpees/BOSU squats 25lb kettlebells –– this requires balance and core work — things that I need to work on!
Assisted Rope Climb/26in box jumps
Seated sandbag twists/Halos — sandbag is 45lbs
Swing twist squats 25lbs*
Power clean push press 65lbs

*One trick to help get through the swing twist squats is to actually keep your eye on the dumbbell when you have it above your head. It helps keep your balance while you reach down to squat.

You know I was thinking about what keeps my commitment and motivation going day after day to head out at too freakin’ early in the AM to workout – I am no different than most of you out there — I think what keeps me going is I don’t want to break the commitment I made to myself. At 5A there is no one else responsible for me missing my workout — my kids and husband are sleeping — it’s me and me alone that has to do the work and I know I do what I say..put my money where my mouth is. Unless there is some force that is greater than me at work (like a blizzard or sickness that sidelines me). Get it over with early in the AM and I am done with it for the day. The work that I have done the past 2 years has paid off and it is way too easy to lose all of that work — I do not EVER want to be that out of shape again.

Just something for you all to think about as you recommit to your fitness and health goals. It really is up to you. Ok, enough deep thoughts for today.