12 Week Transformation - Week 3

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Day 1 - Lower Body

Warm Up Ideas

  • Incline walk on treadmill for 5-10 minutes
  • Bodyweight Squats
  • High Knee Marches to Buttkicks for 2 minutes
  • Monsterwalks
  • Hip Circles

Workout

Spanish Squats

  • 2 sets
  • 12 reps each

Heel Elevated Goblet Squats

  • 3 sets
  • 10-12 reps

Toe Elevated DB RDL 

  • 3 sets
  • 12 reps

Incline Bench Reverse Hypers 

  • 3 sets
  • 12-15 reps

Bodyweight Calf Raises 

  • 2 sets
  • 30 reps
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Day 2 - Upper Body

Warm Up Ideas

  • Arm circles
  • Thoracic star stretch
  • Shoulder flossing

Workout

Underhand DB Row (aka Yates Row) 

  • 3 sets
  • 10-12 reps

Push Up off a bench 

  • 3 sets
  • 10-12 reps

Ironcross

  • 3 sets
  • 10-12 reps

DB Single Arm Row superset with Pullover 

  • 3 sets
  • 12 reps
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Day 3 - Abs/HIIT

Warm Up Ideas

  • Walk on Treadmill for 10 minutes
  • High Knees to Butt kicks for 2 minutes

Workout

You will go 4 Rounds, resting 10 seconds between each exercise.  Resting as little as possible between rounds.

DB Thrusters

  • 12 reps

Plank

  • 30 seconds

Plank Jacks 

  • 30 seconds

Oblique Crunch 

  • 30 seconds each side

Mountain Climbers 

  • 15 seconds
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Day 4 - Lower Body

Warm Up Ideas

  • Treadmill for 10 minutes
  • High Knees to Butt kicks for 2 minutes
  • Monsterwalks
  • Hip Circles

Workout

Toe Tap Leg Raise 

  • 2 sets
  • 12 reps each

Weighted Glute Bridges 

  • 3 sets 
  • 12-15 reps

Clams

  • 3 sets 
  • 10 reps

Bench Assisted Single Leg Squat 

  • 3 sets 
  • 10 reps

Bodyweight Calf Raises 

  • 3 sets 
  • 20-25 reps

Squat Pulses   

  • 3 sets 
  • 30 seconds
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Day 5 - Upper Body

Warm Up Ideas

  • Shoulder Flossing
  • Arm Circles
  • Thoracic Star Stretch

Workout

Incline Bench Press 

  • 4 sets 
  • 8 reps (try going a little heavier than you have been)

Cuban Press superset with Lateral Raise 

  • 3 sets 
  • 10 reps

Incline Curls superset with Bench Dips 

  • 3 sets
  • 10 reps
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WOW!

Week 3 is complete. You killed it!  Nice work.  You might be feeling stronger, so in the following weeks consider trying a heavier weight for some of the bigger lifts like Squats, Rows, and Chest Press.  Rest up for Week 4 🙂