Bodyweight Workout – Week 1 Day 4

Bodyweight Workout – Week 1 Day 4

Fourth (and final) day this week doing bodyweight exercises. This time it was similar to Day 2, Legs and Core.

Side Lunges

7.5 minutes

I was confused by these quite a bit and kept wanting to just shift my weight back and forth. I’ll do better next week.

  • one ladder of 8
  • Total: 64 lunges

Alternating 1-Legged Romanian Dead Lifts

7.5 minutes

Got into a good rhythm with these and did a lot better than last time.

  • one ladder of 10
  • 15 extra reps
  • Total: 115 lifts for each side (30 more than Tuesday)

Squats with 1 second pause at the bottom

7.5 minutes

The pause really threw off my pacing. Ended up doing a few less reps but not by much.

  • one ladder of 11
  • Total: 121 squats (-5 from Tuesday)

Side Crunches

7.5 minutes

These were almost bicycle crunches, just without the leg movement (legs are fixed at 90°). Afterwards I noticed I was pulling on my neck too much and had some neck pain for about an hour later.

  • one ladder of 9
  • 18 extra reps
  • Total: 99 crunches

Overall

Was a pretty good workout. I need to practice my side lunges some more but I was happy with how hard I pushed on the other exercises. 7/10

The plan only calls for 4 days this week so I get to take a few days off until next Monday. I might try to get in a run on Saturday if the weather stays nice, I found a route that is just over a 5K and I’d like to see how I can do.