Upper Body Workout and Sprint Circuit

As I mentioned in a previous post, Steph and I have been doing lunchtime circuits together every Tuesday for the last few weeks.

She's helped push me to get out the office, when I maybe haven't felt like it- knowing I've got somebody to meet makes it more fun and I don't want to let her down. Plus it's nice to do something different from the usual run, and give my upper body a bit of a workout too!

Unfortunately this week was our last session together as the lucky lady has a new job, and we won't be working 5minutes down the road from each other anymore. I will definitely be continuing with the circuits though! Perhaps we can do a "virtual" training session together every Tuesday still- feel free to join in 🙂

These are two of the circuits we completed in the last couple of weeks- check out my Pinterest board for more inspiration.

This Upper Body Circuit doesn't require any equipment or even a timer, as you just count reps for each move, so can be done anywhere. On the second (or third!) round you really start to feel the burn so it's worth repeating!

I took inspiration from Body Combat for the "punch" moves, and they're quite therapeutic too if you're having a bad day...

If you're unsure about any of the other moves have a look at these links:

Stepping front plank
Side plank with twist
Spidermans
Single leg dips
Wide arm circles

One week we followed up our Upper Body workout with this short Sprint Circuit- you can also modify it to 15/20 reps if you don't have a timer, and just pick two points (eg. tree and lamp-post) to run between. This was a particularly hard one as it really keeps your heart rate high throughout!

This week, we followed my Upper Body Circuit (x2!) with a No Weights, No Worries workout from Charlie's blog too- my arms were dead by the end!

Do you have a local fitness buddy to keep you accountable? Any new moves I could add to my lunchtime circuits?

Beki x

PS. Just a quick reminder that my Tefal Juicer Giveaway ends today!