Legs & Glute Circuit – 5/12

Legs:
-Single leg smith machine deadlifts
-Smith machine Bulgarian split squats
-Leg press
     superset with squat jumps
-Lying leg curls
     superset with dumbbell walking lunges

Glute Circuit:
-Skaters
-Alternating jumping lunges
-High knees
….rest & repeat _x

Cardio:
-Sprints (30 sec on, 30 sec off)

Dollar a Day Training: Sets, reps, and weight suggestions are included on the downloadable
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For this week’s combo pack (TWO meal plan & 5 workouts):

My morning blunder: wearing a neon bra with a white shirt. #morningworkoutfail

Gym Style Details:

Top & Shorts: Lululemon

Hat: Nike

Tip of the Day: Cardio before, after or during a workout? That is the question. Like so many of you, I’ve wondered which approach is most beneficial.  The arguably most common approach is to do cardio following a weight training workout because the glycogen stores in your muscles are depleted; therefore, the argument states that you will be burning more fat rather than you body working off of glycogen (carbohydrate) stores. It makes sense, right?! However, I recently read an article that put that question to the test and they
found no significant different between the three approaches. My approach is 1) on leg days, I like cardio pre and post workout because it warms up the leg muscles and fatigues the muscles. On certain days where I find it harder to elevate my heart rate, such as when training arm muscles, I like to integrate cardio into the workout in the form of a circuit. The key, in my opinion is to constantly switch up your routine to not only keep you body/muscles guessing, but also to keep things fun and exciting for you!