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Brain Gains: Study Break Busters

Don’t have time to go to the gym? Do these workouts in your room!

These exercises are a great way to squeeze in a workout during finals week. Timed circuits keep you moving and keep track of your rest so you finish your workout on time. If you need an interval timer download the Interval Timer app or try intervaltimer.com.

Want more workouts? Check out our Group Fitness classes or Workout of the Week!

Workout #1

Arm & Ab Shaper

40 sec work/ 20 sec rest

Circuit 1: 2x

  • Pushups
  • Ab Bikes
  • Chair dips
  • V-ups
  • Plank Walk out

Circuit 2: 2x

  • Sprawlees
  • Situps
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Superman Lat Pull-down
  • Russian Twist

 

Workout #2

Booty Bust


Exercises:

  • Bodyweight squats
  • Bodyweight lunge with trunk rotation
  • Fire Hydrant (per side)
  • Glute Kickback
  • Glute Bridges

Round 1- 25 reps
Round 2- 20 reps
Round 3- 15 reps
Round 4- 10 reps
Round 5- 10 reps

 

Workout #3

Ab Sculpt


Exercises:

  • Sit ups
  • Russian Twist
  • Heel touches
  • Superman
  • Plank (seconds)

Round 1- 30
Round 2- 25
Round 3- 20
Round 4- 15
Round 5- 10

 

Workout #4

HIIT The Stairs

40 seconds effort/ 20 seconds rest

  • High knee single step
  • Sprint skip a step
  • Glute kickback step
  • Jumps
  • Toe Taps
    • 1:00 Rest then repeat whole cycle 4x

Workout #5

Total Body Tabata

 

4 min each round, 20 second work/ 10 second rest, exercises, x8

  1. Air Squats
    Sprawls
  2. Pushups
    V-ups
  3. Alt Jumping Lunge
    Spider Monkeys
  4. Bear Crawl Up-Downs
    Hollow Body Hold
  5. Repeat your favorite!

Tabata format explained:

Round 1: 20 second Air Squat 10 second Rest, 20 second Sprawls 10 second rest, repeat 4x for 4 min rounds

Round 2: 20 second Pushups, 10 second Rest, 20 second V-ups, 10 second rest, repeat 4x, Round 3… 4… 5