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Your Weekly Workout with Sarah and Rachel- Week 16

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.

Hey, collegiettes!! It’s the LAST two weeks of the semester, meaning it’s the last two weeks of Sarah and Rachel’s Weekly Workout! Let’s go out with a BLAST and work on those swimsuit bodies for the summer!

This week’s focus is a full body workout centralized on your arms and legs! Get ready for next week too – which will be focused on your abs! Enjoy!!
 
Day 1
15 minute cardio warm up and stretch
Squat 3×10
Assisted Pull Up 3×15
Lunges 3×8 each leg
Squat down and do 3x15s of plate raises
15 fire hydrants on each leg
15 minute cardio
Cool down/stretch

Day 2
Warm up/stretch
Run/walk 25-30 minutes on treadmill
Cool down/stretch

Day 3
Warm up/stretch
Bench Press 3×10
Triceps Extension 3×10 (do each arm separately so you will have to use a lighter dumbbell)
DB Chest press on exercise ball 3×10
Push Ups 3×10
Core circuit: 
            35 second plank
            25 second plank each side
            30 crunches
            30 toe touches
            30 Russian twists
            30 windshield wipers
            35 second plank
            25 second plank each side
Cool down/stretch

Day 4
Warm up/stretch
25-30 minute run/walk
Cool down/stretch

Day 5
5 minute cardio warm up/stretch
8 minute workout:
            1minute of jumping jacks
            30 seconds of lunges
            30 seconds of push ups
            1minute of jumping jacks
            30seconds of squats
            30seconds of pull up/ assisted pull ups
            1minute of jumping jacks
            30 second wall sit
            30 second tricep dips
            1 minute of jumping jacks
            30 second plank
            30 second Russian twists
Cool down/stretch

Mary is a senior at St. Ambrose University majoring in English and journalism. She is originally from Naperville, IL and hopes to one day be back in Chicago. In the past Mary has interned for Sourcebooks, a publishing company in Naperville, and this past year she studied abroad in London and interned at Parliament. She hopes to one day be an editor in publishing at a magazine or at a publishing group like Penguin. Besides being the founding editor of Her Campus St. Ambrose, Mary is also a writing tutor at St. Ambrose. In her free time, she loves to travel, hang out with family and friends, and shop a little bit too much at Gap and J. Crew!