My workout began with a quick 10 minutes on the elliptical before I headed into the weight room to complete a leg workout.
It was definitely an explosive workout!
I paired a strength exercise with a plyometric exercise and completed three rounds of each superset. In between each superset, I hit the elliptical for five minutes.
This workout had a little bit of everything and made my time at the gym pass very quickly which is always a good thing! I also took a few minutes to stretch before heading home to make breakfast.
Breakfast
Pancakes for breakfast!
I made a batch of pumpkin almond flour pancakes and probably should’ve measured my ingredients because they were a little too dense. At least the taste was fantastic!
Of Possible Interest
- DIY Workout Tank Top (TheLeanGreenBean.com)
- 5K Training Plans for Your First (or Fastest) 5K (WomensRunning.competitor.com)
- A Healthier Mardi Gras Menu (FitSugar.com)
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That sounds like a great workout! The Mr got a bonus so we’re getting rid of our “dreadmill” that is injuring both of us in favor for an elliptical. I can’t wait to get it and have a new cardio option that wouldn’t kill my soleus muscles. I’ll take some dense pancakes please! 🙂
That’s great! Although I favor the other cardio machines usually, these days I’ve been enjoying the elliptical as well. I also love that it gives me an upper body workout all at the same time. 🙂 Ohhh jumping lunges are a killer, Julie!!
That seems funny to me, because we are currently storing our elliptical machine out in the garage because I got a new treadmill. The elliptical would make my toes go numb. Maybe I was doing something wrong, but my toes definitley don’t go numb on the treadmill…though I much prefer running outside!
Love mixing plyo moves with strength moves – feel the burn!
jump squats and jumping lunges? Owww my legs are protesting just at the thought! 🙂
I love almond flour pancakes – they are wonderful!!
Love that you had pancakes for breakfast today – how very apt :). That workout certainly looks explosive!
That workout looks awesome. As soon as the stress fracture in my foot is completely healed I want to try it!
Ugh, Julie, can’t you come to DC and be my personal trainer? 😉
Looks like a CrossFit style workout 😉 looks good! Maybe that’s what I need to do today–I am feeling lazy and I’m off work since it’s Mardi Gras day here!!
Sounds intense! It’s a run day for me.
And I think I need to make banana chocolate chip pancakes this weekend!
I agree with Dotsie – it does look like a Crossfit workout. Speaking of, I went to Crossfit last night and we had to do like a million burpees, made me think of your post yesterday! And although it was torturous, yes I did feel like a badass when I was finished. 😉
Love the links today! I have SO many t-shirts I want to make into workout shirts now. (I can’t work out with sleeves. Just can’t do it). 🙂
That workout sounds extreme & awesome. I don’t know if I would be able to walk afterwards – and I kinda love that feeling!
I love workouts like that, that are broken up into a ton of little parts and just fly by.
me toooooo! i get bored so easily, so i need to change it up.
Even though things sometimes do not turn out “perfectly” when it comes to cooking in the kitchen, all that really matters is that it tastes GOOD. I have no doubt that those pumpkin pancakes tasted amazing. How could they not?? 😉
Also, I am loving the healthier Mardi Gras meal ideas. Thanks for sharing the link :).
I love jumping on the elliptical mid-strength training, it makes time fly and keeps my heart rate up!
Yay, legs! One of my favorite parts to workout. Thanks for the 5K linkage, too!
Love when workouts turn out unexpectedly great!
I can feel the burn just from reading this! I will def have to try it soon! Too bad I already ate breakfast because pancakes sound amazing right now!
I love your fun customized workouts! I’ve printed some out and been taking them with me to the gym or doing them at home 🙂 Not sure how I would do a box jump without a box though.. that could get dangerous..
I love plyo exercises so this workout looks like a lot of fun to me. Definitely pinning it for down the road! 😉
I made your banana bread protein pancakes today with greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese because I didnt have any in the house, they were SO good! This was the first time I have ever successfully made pancakes at home, embarrassing I know! I love how there made with oats instead of flour, the thicker consistency made them much easier to cook.
awesome! thanks so much for reporting back, nicole!
Ohhhh jumping lunges, I need to incorporate these into my workouts!
I wish I was as dedicated to workouts as you are! I’m more interested in the nutrition aspects of healthiness, so exercise is my next bear to tackle!
Plyo moves are killer, jumping lunges and squat jumps are two of my least favorite exercises ever haha! Which means they work wonders of course…another killer, star jumps. Ack!
Love the leg workout!! Can’t wait to try it 🙂
Love the workout, I’m definitely doing that at the gym tomorrow!
That workout looks tough – cardio & strength training combined – stellar combo!
I’ve been seeing more and more pancakes on my Instagram feed lately, and it’s only making me more and more hungry! 🙂
How do you come up with the supersets you do? Do you just base it on exercises you have in the back of your mind? The reason I ask is, I know a TON of exercises, but I always have trouble figuring out which ones to pair together. I figure it’s kind of just trial by error, but was curious what your method was 🙂
I had the exact same morning, was sleepy when I woke-up & driving to the gym but then rocked it when I got there. I did a very similar workout with my trainer yesterday morning & my butt is so sore today 🙂 Good luck tomorrow!
Squat jumps and jumping lunges KILL ME. So I am looking forward to trying this out! The best batch of Pumpkin Pancakes I’ve ever had was from IHop. Man those things were good.
I don’t see how you stay so motivated and dedicated. How?
plyos with strength-based movements = amazing results too!!
Those pumpkin flour pancakes look de-lish! How heavy of weights did you use for this exercise?
Good job getting to the gym, I tend to hit snooze 🙂
That workout looks fantastic! I’m obsessed with quick and ADD friendly workouts!
I love super setting my workouts!! I’m thinking pancakes or french toast for breakfast tomo!
I bought the fancy, carbonated water. It is chilling in the fridge…I will test it out and report back 🙂
Ugh I hate the texture of pancakes but all these food blogs make them look so good. I now have a million recipes to adapt into waffles….
I have been looking for a new leg workout recently, this is such a timely post! Looking forward to trying this routine out next time I work the lower body. Those pancakes might be dense, but they look delicious. I find that pancakes are one of those things that are very difficult to mess up 🙂
Wow! Deadlifts back-to-back with jumping lunges are TOUGH! What a great leg workout!
My son wants to come live with you! He loves pancakes and would be in heaven with as many pancakes as you make. Unfortunately for him, I love my sleep and he catches the school bus at 6:45am, so I don’t like getting up so early and making pancakes from scratch. I have made them from the Bisquick shake and pour. Super fast and easy.
thanks so much for sharing my post, Julie!
my pleasure! i <3 your blog!
Your pancakes always look so good. I love all these images you make- what website/program do you use?
Bek – I am pretty sure she has said in the past that she uses picmonkey.com !
picmonkey.com!
That work out looks killer! I have been meaning to buy pumpkin for a variety of reasons and definitely need to make that happen asap!
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