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Your Weekly Workout with Sarah and Rachel- Week 4

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Sarah Medland Student Contributor, St. Ambrose University
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Mary Madormo Student Contributor, St. Ambrose University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Well, as Halloween approaches, candy cravings begin. So, collegiettes™, here are more leg and booty focused workouts. 

Rachel provided a harder workout—if you’re looking for more of a challenge—and an easier workout—if you’re feeling sore or not up for a tough workout. Have fun and stay healthy!

Harder Workout

Day 1

Warm up/stretch
3 rounds of: 25 body weight squats
                       1 minute of jump rope or jumping jacks
                      20 lunges (10 on each leg)

Day 2

Warm Up/ Stretch
Walk/Run 30 minutes
Abs:  3 – 30 second planks
                  OR
         30 crunches
         30 baby makers
         30 toe touches
Cool down/ Stretch

Day 3

Warm Up/stretch
DB bench press 3×10
Push ups  5,10,15,10,5
Tricep Kickbacks  3×10 each arm
Plank into DB Row 2×10 each arm
Cool down/ stretch

Day 4

Warm Up/ Stretch
Run/ Walk 30 minutes or HILLS
Abs:  30 crunches
          15 bicycles then go right into 15 climb the rope
          30 toes touches
          30 crunches
Cool down/stretch

Day 5

Warm Up/ Stretch
Walk/run up stairs OR run on a treadmill with incline if you didn’t do hills on Day 4
Lunges with Med Ball overhead 2×10 each leg
10 fire hydrants each leg
10 donkey kicks each leg
40 calf raises
Cool down/stretch

Easier Workout

Day 1

Warm up/stretch
Leg extension 3×10
Leg curl 3×10
Lunges 10 each leg
3x: 45 seconds of jumping jacks
Leg press or squats 10 reps

Day 2

Warm Up/ Stretch
Walk/Run 30 minutes
Abs:  3- 30 second planks
                  OR
         30 crunches
         30 baby makers
         30 toe touches
cool down/ Stretch

Day 3

Warm Up/stretch
DB bench press 3×10
Do push ups on knees 15x in between each set of DB bench press
Tricep Kickbacks  3×10 each arm
3-30 second planks
Cool down/ stretch

Day 4

Warm Up/ Stretch
Run/ Walk 30 minutes or HILLS
Abs:  30 crunches
          15 bicycles then go right into 15 climb the rope
          30 toes touches
          30 crunches
Cool down/stretch

Day 5

Warm Up/ Stretch
Walk/run up stairs or run  on a treadmill with incline if you didn’t do hills on day 4
Lunges with Med Ball overhead 2×10 each leg
10 fire hydrants each leg
10 donkey kicks each leg
40 calf raises
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!