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Your Weekly Workout with Sarah and Rachel- Weeks 8, 9

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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.

Here’s the workout for the next two weeks, collegiettes! Enjoy your spring break!!
 
Week of 3/5:

Day 1
Warm Up
Run/ walk 3 or more minutes on treadmill or do the elliptical
Core: 30 seconds of each. Repeat 2x
         toe touches
         Russian twists
         crunches
         plank
         bicycles
         supermans       
Cool down/stretch

Day 2
Warm Up
20 minutes of cardio of your choice
Leg circuit 1 min of each repeat 2-3x
            Split Squats
            Plank leg lifts
            Jumping jacks
            body weigh squats
            step ups
Cool down/stretch

Day 3
Warm Up
Walk/run stairs 4×10
Cool down/stretch

Day 4
Warm Up
50 Jump Ropes
40 lunges
30 leg lifts
20 single leg squats (10 on each leg) or body weight squats
10 stability ball hamstring curls
            -Rest 2 min and repeat
Cool down/ stretch

Day 5
Warm Up
Cardio of your choice 30+ minutes

Week of 3/12:

Day 1
Warm up/stretch
Squat 3×12 lighter weight
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
Warm up/stretch
30-35 minute walk or run
Cool down/stretch

Day 3
Warm up/stretch
Repeat 5x:
            10 Pushup
            10 body weight squat
            10 lateral lunges (with weight)
            10 burpees
Cool down/stretch

Day 4
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 15-20 minutes
Cool down/stretch

Day 5
Stretch/warm up
20 seconds on followed by 10 seconds rest of the following exercises:
            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.
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!