02/28/2024 - rosewater - (Early) St. Patty’s Day Beatdown

BackBlast:

So, funny story today…I totally didn’t check who was Q for today, so was just waiting for someone send out a pre-blast but there was none… so I finally checked who was scheduled, and it was ME (or so I thought), for March 6… so I was like, oh ok let me just use my St. Patty’s Day beatdown since it’s at least the month of March….it was only at the workout this am when DIY casually mentioned it was still Feb, that I realized I was NOT the Q for today, because it was NOT March 6, and I was early on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day lol!!! But it worked out because the scheduled Q was not present (as I did not send a reminder), and we needed a beatdown anyway haha.

So in any case, I played the  electric “fiddle” music of Lindsey Stirling and went all in on St. Patty’s!

Leprechaun Warmups:

We did some stretching together to ready our muscles, then –

Leprechaun prances across the garage:

Skipping

Hi-knees

Walk with heel tap hops!

The Thang: FULL-BODY FOUR-LEAF CLOVERS!

Worked every body part in 4-part rounds involving HIIT, weight training, and mat exercises. Each exercise 30sec on, 10 sec off.

Optional adjustments:

One-up – Add jump or weights, ppetc

Ease-up – No jump, on knees etc

Cardio – Heart/lungs:

Jumping jacks

Cross-jacks

Star jumps

Tuck jumps

Mountain climbers

Boy bands

Side hops

Burpees

Legs:

Forward lunges

Backward lunges

Side lunges

Skaters

Football quick-feet shuffle

Pendulum squats

Side kicks

Calf raises

Squats  (add jump/weights)

Sumo squats  (add jump/weights)

Single-leg runner’s squats  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Single-leg squats with one leg out (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

(On all fours -)
Leg back/leg to the side  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Fire hydrants  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Leg kick-backs   (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Leg rainbows  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

(On side -)

Jane Fondas  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Leg circles  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Bent leg raises  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

High kick/low kick  (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Arms:

(With weights -)
Bicep curls

Shoulder press

Bench press on back

Flys on back

Tricep curls over the head

Tricep extensions (switch after 15sec)

Jelly shooters (lifting weights to the front and to the side)

Chicken wings (raising elbows while holding weights)

Back/glutes:

Bird-dogs

Bird-dog crunches

Straight-leg glute pumps (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Bent-leg glute pumps (SWITCH LEGS at 15sec)

Hand-release push-ups

Glute bridges

Standing deadlifts

Standing Reverse flys

Abs:

Bicycle crunches

Butterfly kicks

LBCs

Russian twists (add weight)

For our Cooldown, we stretched it out while I shared –

The COT:

TWO THINGS we can try to do daily:

1. Think of 3 things we’re grateful for (maybe even write them down in a gratefulness journal)
2. Encourage at least ONE person with words in person, in a note, a text, or email

OUR attitudes will change for the better because of it, and we’ll affect someone else for the better too! And as a result we’ll surely feel “lucky,” or what I like to call BLESSED, as a result!