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Your Weekly Workout with Sarah and Rachel- Week 5

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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, collegiettes™ – here’s a full-body workout to make up for that candy craving you’ve been having all Halloween season and now gear up for November’s Thanksgiving!
 

Day 1- “Get your rear in gear”
Warm up/stretch
Leg Extension 3×10
Leg Curl 3×10
Circuit spend 1 minute at each station:
Backwards lunges
Step ups
Stairs
Body weight squats or wall sit
Donkey kicks 2×20 each leg
Cool down/stretch

Day 2- “Sweat off the pounds”
Warm up/stretch
30-35 minute walk or run. If you’re in good shape already, then mix it up and add some hills to the workout or pick up speed every few blocks.
Cool down/stretch

Day 3- “Michelle Obama arms”
Warm up/stretch
Bench Press 3×8
Circuit – 6x for each:
                    5 Push Ups
                            5 Burpees   
(If this is too difficult – take breaks in between each set or substitute the burpees with a jump rope for 20 seconds.)
3×10 tricep kick back (each arm)
cool down/stretch

Day 4- “Fergalicious”
Warm up/ stretch
Cardio circuit:  Run/walk stairs for 2 minutes
                           30 crunches
                           Jump rope for 2 minutes
                           Climb the rope abs
                           Run/walk stairs for 2 minutes

Rest 2-5 minutes and repeat.

OR

Interval training on bike:
Warm up 5 minutes at comfortable speed, then alternate going hard at a tough resistance for 1 minute followed by 3 minutes of past cycling at a lower resistance.  Do this for 15-20minutes.
Cool down/stretch

Day 5- ” Sexy and I know it”
Stretch/warm up
TOTAL BODY WORKOUT TABATA STYLE
20 seconds on followed by 10 seconds rest of the following exercises:
Shoulder raises
Lunges
Assisted pull up machine
Squats
Repeat each exercise 3x for 20 seconds on and 10 seconds off then move on to the next exercise.
                  *squats can be substituted for a leg press
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!