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Tag Archives: circuits
Wk45 – Wednesday Circuits wi Gill
Wednesday morning was circuits with Gill again at Bellahouston. Last week I decided to up the game a little and changed the circuits so that instead of doing 3 x 4 exercises, we’d do 2 x 8 exercises. And it … Continue reading
Lorn’s Crazy Intense Circuits
A little bit inspired by the circuit class last night… I thought I’d try and mix my circuits up a bit – and make them even more challenging! I was doing a warm up of 7 exercises repeated 3 times, then 3 circuits … Continue reading
Wk44 – 5k then circuits wi Naadra
Wednesday night and I met my basketball buddy Naadra for a ‘wee jog and circuits’ at Bella. Naadra is some character! 🙂 We met at Bella at half 5 and it was already dark. She lives near Tollcross which is … Continue reading
Wk44 – Early morning Circuits
This morning was Circuits with Gill at Bella. 45 minutes of high intensity interval training. 🙂 We did the following: WARM UP 3 repeats of: 7 exercises, 30 secs work: 5 secs rest Sprints (10m) Power Squats Log Jumps 123 … Continue reading
Wk43 – Circuits wi Gill
Wednesday morning and it was circuits with Gill again at Bellahouston. I wasn’t really in the mood for it as I’d done the long 12 miles the night before, but had arranged to meet her so couldn’t let her down. … Continue reading
Posted in Circuits
Tagged beat your boots, bellahouston, circuits, gill, heart rate, intervals, push ups
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Lorn’s Intense Crazy Circuits – II
I’ve created a new Intense Crazy Circuits routine for me and Gill to do tomorrow morning…mix it up a bit. 😀 – still the same format: Warm up: 7 exercises repeated 3 times. Main set: 3 sets of 4 exercises, … Continue reading
Wk40 – Circuits wi Gill
I thought I would struggle to get up this morning considering what happened last night… but I was ok. The alarm went off at 6:02, then at 6:10, then my iphone went off at 6:12 and I got up at … Continue reading
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Tagged circuits, heart, interval, jumps, max, rate, sprint
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Wk39 – Circuits wi Gill
Wednesday morning and I met Gill at Bella for circuits. Last week I thought it was pretty easy so I thought I’d introduce sprints in every circuit we did. It did the trick…made us work hard and had the following … Continue reading
Posted in Circuits, Intervals
Tagged bellahouston, circuits, gill, intense, intervals, sweat
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Wk38 – Intense Interval Circuits with Gill
Wednesday morning and it was circuits with Gill. We haven’t done my Intense Interval Circuits since before I went away on holiday, so I’d kind of forgotten the format of it. We started off with 4 x 30 second sprints, … Continue reading
Lorn’s Intense Interval Circuits
My friend Gill has tasked me with coming up with an ‘abs’ circuit so that she can ‘lose her belly’ (not that she has one. but anyway…) I imagine she is expecting a circuit filled with crunches and sit ups … Continue reading
Posted in Circuits, Intervals, Tabata
Tagged basketball drills, circuits, gill, hop squats, intervals, mountain climbers, push ups, sweat, tabatas, thursday, workout
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