Fitness Safari

It's been a few weeks since the Warrior Challenge and my strength has been steadily gaining. I'm nearly back to my PR of 205 x 3 for deads...about 5 lbs and another couple of weeks away and I'll bust through that plateau. Weighted pullups and chinups are increasing again as are weighted dips, bench and DB military press. I've also added stiff-legged deadlifts to my 20-rep breathing squat day and I feel good..I'll give a more specific accounting soon as I don't have my training log with me right now. The diet - going to a 2-day rest period interval in between workouts instead of just 1 day. So workouts will look like this: Day 1: Deads, weighted chins Day 4: flat bench, incline dumbbell press, seated dumbbell military press OR standing barbell push press; calves and dips if I have anything left. Day 7: breathing squats, stiff-legged deads, weighted pullups For macros, on rest days, I'm keeping carbs at 50g or less and eating the rest almost split be...

If you're a 125 lb woman like me, grab a 30 or 40 lb barbell and do the following circuit with no rest between exercises: 10 Romanian Deadlifts (stiff-legged) 10 Bent Over Rows 10 Hang Cleans 10 Push Presses 10 Front Squats (using your hands/shoulders, hold barbell up against your upper chest/neck) 10 Lunges (ea. leg) with barbell behind your head resting across your shoulders. Rest 1-3 minutes. Repeat entire circuit 2-4 more times. I did this 4 x's with a 40 lb barbell (except for the push press I used the 30) and one more time through the entire circuit with the 30 and I could barely walk on the stairmaster! I was flushed, hot, sweaty and my legs were shaking. Even now, at my desk 3 hours later, my shoulders are feeling it. Followed this routine with a 30-minute walk on a slight incline and called it a day. This circuit seems like it would be nice to throw in a couple of times a week for fat-burning instead of just running intervals. It's the equivalent of HIIT training ...