Making the Cut (32 page)

Read Making the Cut Online

Authors: Jillian Michaels

    
DAY 4

 

CIRCUIT
 1

Dumbbell Presses on Body Ball

 

Perform 20 repetitions (10 on each arm)

 

Dumbbell Flys on Body Ball with Crunches

 

Use half the weight of the Dumbbell Press and perform 15 repetitions

 

Squats

 

Perform 50 fast (no added weight)

 

One-minute sprint at 7 mph (women) or 9 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 2

Plank

 

Hold pose for 10 seconds

 

Close-Grip Push-ups

 

Perform 5 repetitions

 

Side Planks with Inner Thigh Raise

 

Perform 10 repetitions

 

Flip back into Plank pose and hold for 5 seconds

 

Close-Grip Push-ups

 

Perform 5 repetitions

 

Side Planks with Inner Thigh Raise

 

Perform 10 repetitions

 

Flip back into Plank pose and hold for 5 seconds

 

Burpies

 

Straight from Plank, perform 10 repetitions

 

Sumo Squats

 

Perform 50 repetitions.

 

One-minute sprint at 7 mph (women) or 9 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 3

Frog Push-ups

 

Perform 20 repetitions

 

Squat Thrusts

 

Perform 20 repetitions, then hold a static Squat for 30 seconds

 

W Shoulder Presses with Leg Extension

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each leg

 

Jump rope for 1 minute

 

CIRCUIT
 4

Bench Dips

 

Perform 20 repetitions

 

Rope Tricep Presses

 

Perform repetitions to triceps muscle failure

 

Static Lunges with Lateral Shoulder Raise

 

Perform 10 repetitions with each leg forward

 

Mountain Climbers

 

Perform repetitions for 1 minute.

 

CIRCUIT
 5

Jump rope for 1 minute

 

Bicycle Crunches

 

Perform 50 repetitions

 

Extended Plank

 

Hold pose for 30 seconds

 

    
DAY 5

 

CIRCUIT
 1

Wide-Grip Lat Pull-downs (pyramid up with weight)

 

First set 20 reps; second set 12 reps; third set 6–8 reps

 

Dumbbell Row

 

Perform 15 repetitions

 

Lunges (Basic)

 

Perform 50 repetitions on alternating legs (25 repetitions on each leg, no added weight)

 

One-minute hill run at incline 10, speed 5.5 mph (women) or 8 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 2

Low Dumbbell Rows

 

Perform 15 repetitions

 

Seated Hamstring Curls

 

Perform 15 repetitions

 

Step-ups

 

Perform 20 repetitions on each leg (40 total)

 

One-minute hill run at incline 10, speed 5.5 mph (women) or 8 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 3

Crab Walk

 

Go 10 steps forward

 

Reverse Plank

 

Perform 5 leg lifts on each leg (10 total)

 

Crab Walk

 

Go 10 steps backward

 

Reverse Plank

 

Perform 5 leg lifts on each leg (10 total)

 

Supermans

 

Perform 20 repetitions, then hold the midpoint position 20 seconds

 

Reverse Crunches

 

Perform 25 repetitions

 

Mountain Climbers

 

Perform repetitions for 1 minute

 

CIRCUIT
 4

Pendulum Lunges with Hammer Curls

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each leg (20 repetitions total)

 

Hammer Curls

 

Perform repetitions to bicep muscle failure

 

Static Lunges with Reverse Cable Fly

 

Perform 10 repetitions with each leg forward (20 repetitions total)

 

One-minute hill run at incline 10, speed 5.5 mph (women) or 8 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 5

One-Leg Pelvic Thrusts

 

Perform 15 repetitions per leg (30 repetitions total)

 

Toe Touch Crunches

 

Perform 25 repetitions

 

Mountain Climbers

 

Perform repetitions for 1 minute

 

    
DAYS 6 AND 7 OFF

    
DAY 8

 

CIRCUIT
 1

Scorpion Push-ups

 

Perform 20 repetitions

 

Dumbbell Flys on Body Ball with Crunches

 

Perform 10 repetitions

 

Leg Extensions (pyramid up with weight)

 

First set 20 reps; second set 12 reps; third set 6–8 reps

 

Jump Squats

 

Perform repetitions to muscle failure

 

CIRCUIT
 2

Decline Dumbbell Presses

 

10 repetitions on each arm (20 repetitions total)

 

V Cable Flys

 

Perform 15 repetitions

 

Squat Thrusts

 

Perform 20 repetitions

 

Side Lunges

 

Perform 20 repetitions on alternating legs (10 on each leg)

 

CIRCUIT
 3

Close-Grip Push-ups

 

Perform as many as you can to muscle failure

 

Plank-ups

 

Perform as many as you can to muscle failure

 

Jump Squats

 

Perform repetitions to muscle failure

 

One-Leg Squats

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each leg (20 repetitions total)

 

Jumping jacks for 1 minute

 

CIRCUIT
 4

Military Shoulder Press

 

Perform 8 repetitions

 

Wood Choppers

 

Perform 15 repetitions on each side of the body

 

Knee Tuck Jumps

 

Perform 10 repetitions

 

Static Lunges with Lateral Shoulder Raise

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each leg

 

Reverse Crunches

 

Perform 5 repetitions

 

Hanging Abs with a Twist

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each side (20 total)

 

CIRCUIT
 5

30-second sprints (perform 5 over 5 minutes)

 

(do circuit only once)

Run 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off, 9 mph (women) or 12 mph (men)

 

    
DAY 9

 

CIRCUIT
 1

Wide-Grip Lat Pull-downs (drop set)

 

1–3 repetitions at maximum; drop 1/3 of weight, then perform 6–8 more repetitions

 

Medium-Underhand-Grip Pull-downs

 

Perform 15 repetitions, then hold a midpoint position until muscle failure

 

Seated Hamstring Curls

 

Perform 15 repetitions

 

Jumping Lunges

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each leg

 

One-minute hill run at incline 12, speed 6 mph (women) or 8.5 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 2

Terry Pulls (pyramid up with weight)

 

First set 20 reps; second set 12 reps; third set 6–8 reps

 

Standing Lat Pull-downs

 

Perform 10 repetitions

 

Back Kicks with Shoulder Press

 

Perform 10 repetitions on each leg (20 repetitions total)

 

One-minute hill run at incline 12, speed 6 mph (women) or 8.5 mph (men)

 

CIRCUIT
 3

Seated Cable Rows

 

1–3 repetitions at maximum; drop 1/3 of weight, then perform 6–8 more repetitions

 

Step-ups

 

Perform 40 repetitions on alternating legs (20 repetitions on each leg)

Other books

House of Dark Delights by Louisa Burton
Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Spark of Life by Erich Maria Remarque
Hunter Moran Digs Deep by Patricia Reilly Giff
Submarino by Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Silhouette by Justin Richards
Vanquished by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié