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Your Weekly Workout with Sarah and Rachel- Week 7

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

It’s almost time for Thanksgiving break, and I know everyone is very busy this week.  Rachel designed a quicker cardio workout for the week– so that all of you collegiettes™ can squeeze a workout into your busy schedule!

Have fun!

Day 1
Warm up/stretch
Run/walk 30+ minutes
Cool down/stretch
 
Day 2
Warm up/stretch
Squats or wall sits – 3 sets of 10
Lunges – 3 sets of 10
Leg circuit: 3x’s through
                        25 calf raises
                        25 fire hydrants
                        25 donkey kicks
Cool down/stretch
 
Day 3
Warm up/stretch
Hills or bike until you feel confident that you’ve worked hard enough
Cool down/stretch
 
Day 4
Warm up/stretch
Bench press – 3 sets of 10 with 5 push ups between each set
Circuit –  3 times through           
                        10 overhead tricep extensions
                        10 shoulder raises
                        30 second plank
Cool down/stretch
 
Day 5
Warm up/stretch
Hills or bike (whichever you didn’t do on Day 3)
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!