HIIT Workouts

8 must try exercises in 2017 {+ launch of the healthy glow collective}

because i love coming up with new ways to move my body i’ve rounded up my 8 must try exercises in 2017 and turned them into a quick, effective 25 minute circuit workout!

Hello 2017! And hello new year’s resolutions. As a fitness blogger I really should be jumping all over the new year’s resolution bandwagon and encouraging you to set health and fitness goals; and purchase my workout videos {ok I had to throw a shameless plug in there}.

But being pregnant, it’s the first year I’m not looking at New Year’s as an opportunity to tighten up my diet and waistline. Rather, I’m looking at New Year’s as an opportunity to renew. To Renew my love for working out, teaching classes, cooking healthy meals in the kitchen, believing in myself and my business. To spend less time running and scheduling, and more time enjoying and savoring these activities. 

I invite you to join me on renewing versus resoluting this year! And to kick things off, I’m sharing my 8 must try exercise in 2017.

If you follow two of my favorite healthy lifestyle bloggers, Lee of Fit Foodie Finds and Monique of Ambitious Kitchen you know that they recently launched The Healthy Glow Collective {or, HealthyGlow.Co} — a community and resource that encourages women to live a healthier, vibrant lifestyle and glow from the inside out!

When they approached me about helping write the workout program for their signature Glow Guide {a 6-week, flexible plan including workouts, meal plans, grocery lists and boat loads of motivation}, naturally I jumped all over the opportunity. I’m sharing all the details about the The Healthy Glow Collective and Glow Guide below, but first I wanted to round up my 8 favorite exercises from the Glow Guide and share them with you in the form of a 25 minute circuit workout! 

If you like these exercises, you’ll love the Glow Guide from The Healthy Glow Collective! The first live program kicks off January 8, 2017 where everyone who has purchased the Glow Guide will complete the 6-week program as a group, sharing progress and accountability via social media {and this private Facebook group}! 

the workout: 8 must try exercises in 2017 + 25 minute circuit workout

This workout consists of my eight favorite exercises from the Glow Guide and can be turned into a power 8 circuit workout. Perform each exercise for 1 minute {30 seconds per leg/arm/side as needed}. Make this a quick, 8-minute workout or extend it into a 16 or 24 minute workout by repeating the entire circuit x 2-3 sets. 

All you need is a medium-to-heavy set of dumbbells to complete the mix of bodyweight and strength training exercises below.

1. Plank + Crescent Lunge + Toe Tap
2. 180 Rotating Lunges
3. Weighted Rocket Squats
4. Single Arm Squat Jump + Punch {30 seconds per arm}
5. Windmill  {30 seconds per side}
6. Dumbbell Speed Skater 
7. 3 Way Lunge {30 seconds per leg}
8. 2-Pulse Sumo Squat + Hop

Option to repeat entire circuit x 2-3 sets.

See video above for complete workout and proper exercise form. 

plank + crescent lunge + toe tap

180 Rotating Lunges

Weighted Rocket Squats

Single Arm Squat Jump + Punch {30 seconds per arm}

Windmill {30 seconds per side}

Dumbbell Speed Skater 

3 Way Lunge {30 seconds per leg}

2-Pulse Sumo Squat + Hop

about the healthy glow collective

Remember the Sweat Series I helped write the workouts for this past summer? You guys loved it so much, that Lee of Fit Foodie Finds and Monique of Ambitious Kitchen turned the program into community and healthy living resource that encourages women to live a healthier, vibrant lifestyle and glow from the inside out; now re-branded as The Healthy Glow Collective.

It’s a balanced approach to health that’s free from guilt or restriction. Lee and Monique are showing you how to kick off the new year on the absolute best foot, every day of the week with the launch of the Glow Guide — a signature 6-week health + fitness program, including: 

• Weekly meal plan with full recipes
• Weekly grocery list organized by recipe
• 3 workouts per week including access to a video library

We are talking 6-weeks of workouts, workout videos and a meal plan with recipes created by wellness gurus Fit Foodie Finds and Ambitious Kitchen! And I designed all the workouts and can assure you they are challenging! From Bodyweight Pyramids and Lower Body AMRAP workouts to 30 Minute HIIT and upper body strength training with cardio and plyometrics.

Ready to sign up?! 

The first live program kicks off January 8, 2017 where everyone who has purchased the Glow Guide will complete the 6-week program as a group, sharing progress and accountability via social media.

Bonus — anyone who purchases the guide by Saturday, January 7th will receive 4 bonus bodyweight workouts + access to a workout video library as a free gift!

the workout recap: 8 must try exercises in 2017 + 25 minute circuit workout

Perform each exercise for 1 minute {30 seconds per leg/arm/side as needed}. Make this a quick, 8-minute workout or extend it into a 16 or 24 minute workout by repeating the entire circuit x 2-3 sets. 

1. Plank + Crescent Lunge + Toe Tap
2. 180 Rotating Lunges
3. Weighted Rocket Squats
4. Single Arm Squat Jump + Punch {30 seconds per arm}
5. Windmill  {30 seconds per side}
6. Dumbbell Speed Skater 
7. 3 Way Lunge {30 seconds per leg}
8. 2-Pulse Sumo Squat + Hop

Option to repeat entire circuit x 2-3 sets.

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