Legs, Butt & Abs – I’m Alive Workout

Feb 18, 2012 by

Legs, Butt and Abs Workout Routine

 

Hi everyone,

Today’s workout was lower body focused routine and it was a follow up to ” Break The Rules Workout “. I got the name by the suggestions of one of my readers on Facebook, and this name of today’s routine fit perfectly, I was barely alive by the end. This was no joke, one of the hardest workouts I’ve ever done. I used the concept of combos one’s again and there were a lot of reps. It’s good to switch up the training from time to time, this way we don’t hit plateau.

One thing that I always cannot stress enough about is a proper form. When we workout and use the proper form for every exercise, our body develops faster and better. Proper form is keeping your back straight, shoulders back, abs tight ( these are the basics for every exercise ). Try to use mirrors when you workout, and alway s watch your form.

Please remember to do a warm-up before starting to exercise. I have a full length video warm-up video where you can follow me along.

 

For workout recap and beginners variation fast forward the video.

 

 

Workout Explanation

 

In this routine I was using my timer, a chair, a pair of dumbbells ( 10 lbs each ), a balance ball and a 40 lbs Versa Fit bag from Power Systems ( if you don’t have a this then you can use either a dumbbells or kettle bells, or you can make your own bag that looks like mine, you can find full instructions on how to make a bag that looks like mine very un expensively, here is post with a video and the instuctions ).

This workout is broken down into 2 parts, first part is timed and second part is interval training ( with super short intervals and no breaks ). There is only one round of this routine, but there are enough reps to stress your muscles out efficiently.

 

Part one

Set your timer as a stopwatch. This routine is made of combo exercises and each combo counts as one rep.

  • Dumbbell Swing, Star Leap & Low Squat with Side To Side Leg Lifts ( all counts as one rep ) – 30 reps total
  • Chair Kicks ( 2 kicks counts as one rep ) – 30 reps
  • Bulgarian Split Squat & Bicep Curl – 30 reps per leg
  • Bag Clean, 2 squats & 1 overhead squat press ( the whole thing counts as one rep ) – 30 reps
  • Bridges On The Balance Ball – 30 reps
  • Myostatic Crunch – 30 reps
  • Toe Lifts ( I used my 40 lbs VersaFit ) – 30 reps

 

Part 2

Set your timer for 2 intervals of 15 seconds and 15 seconds and the total of 8 rounds. Or you can set it for 1 interval of 16 rounds. There are 2 exercises and you will go through them back and forth 8 times.

  • Jump Lunges with hands behind your head
  • Side To Side Forward Jump

 

My Scores

It took me 27 minutes and 56 seconds to finish the first part.

Part 2

1) 10, 8, 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 5

2) 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4

 

 


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  • http://www.facebook.com/inna.vishnevskaya Inna Vishnevskaya

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    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Isus spasibki bolshoe :) , mne toge ponravilas eto trenerovka ochen, nado inogda menyat sistemu sklasivaniya upragnenij.

  • http://www.facebook.com/inna.vishnevskaya Inna Vishnevskaya

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  • http://twitter.com/TaniaLav Tatyana Lavrinenko

    It was a true massacre workout, my time for the first part is 29 min 33 sec. and I really proud of it :) , I didn’t even count my reps for the 2nd part coz my goal was to manage to finish it :D . But after all it was WOW!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      I had fun with it as well :) , I haven’t been this sore in a while!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/levanen.aeres Levanen Aeres

    OMG…it’s a tough tough workout and Iwill give it a try this week with some modifications (my weights are not heavier enough so I willl try with my kettlebell …I think I will be crying right in the middle and feel very alive (lol).

    My youtube ID is also LevanenAeres and I am waiting your cool down/stretching routine.

    Take care

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      I will definitely make a stretching routine, It’s time :)

  • Bibi

    Ooouuuuch my thighs!!! To be honest, I didn’t feel that much in my thighs and my butt after I had done  the first part. But when it came up to the jump lunges … oh my god. Afterwards, I couldn’t move my legs anymore and neede to pause in lying on my floor for  while :-D !
    Great workout!!! Thank you!!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Hey Bibi :)

      That was the idea, the bodyweight at the end was just a good finisher to pull those muscles inn really good. I was pretty much on the floor my self, it’s tough to go through without rest, but sometimes it’s good :) .

      • Bibi

         Hehe, you rather mean “burn out” those muscles than “pull them in” ;) ! And yes, it’s tough at the end but the burn feels sooooooo good! And now, a few hours later, I am even able to climb the stairs again ;)

        • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

          Yep, that’s what I meant :) . I have another cool workout we will be filming tomorrow, omg it’s going to be crazy hard and it’s for the butt and legs as well, and some core of course. I usually put them together in a way so it tires out certain muscle groups, and when you add those extra exercises it gives it a really good burn, which will gather them all up and make them tight. :)

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  • Kane

    I consider myself fairly fit, and I’ve been doing Tatianna’s workouts for a while – and this was one of the toughest workouts I’ve ever done! Split squat jumps + plank moguls were evil! Awesome!!!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Hey Kane,

      It was pretty tough for me as well! The reason It was harder then usual for us is because I switched up the way I put together the workouts, since it’s only one round, we have to get as much work as possible to activate all the muscle fibers.

      We’ll keep it this way for a bit longer and then we will switch it up again :) .

  • http://www.facebook.com/levanen.aeres Levanen Aeres

    Hi Tatianna,

    Did it this morning before going to
    work…this is the first routine since a very long time done before working and
    I’ve paid more attention to my warm up routine…

    I’ve made some modifications because
    my dumbbells aren’t heavy enough:

    Part one

    Kettlebell Swing, Star Leap
    & Low Squat with Side To Side Leg Lifts Chair Kicks Bulgarian Split Squat & KB
    overhead pressOne arm Kettlebell Clean, 2
    squats & 1 overhead squat press Bridges On The Balance Ball Myostatic
    Crunch Toe Lifts with Kettlebell in a
    wide squat position  (more
    challenging as my KB weighs only 6kgs)

    My time:
    33 min and 41 seconds

    Part 2

    (timer set it for 1 interval of 16 rounds)

    Jump Lunges with hands behind
    your head : 7, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4, 4Side To Side Forward Jump 6, 6,
    5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 0 (not able to finish… lol)

    Curiously, there will always be exercises you actually
    try to avoid because it looks scary…and all kind of side plank jumps or half
    burpees are part of my “black” list…this is very tricky to overcome
    self-restriction in your fitness journey. I was very tempted to change the
    second exo of Part 2 but this morning I told myself “Just give it a try” and I
    was thinking about the other title of one of your latest routines “Break the
    rules”…

     

    So I have to admit than even if the burn reached
    its height with this workout, my core is strong enough to do this kind
    of exercise and it’s time to break my own rules of kind of self-limitation.

     

    Thanks for those great combos.

     

    I wish you a belated very Happy Birthday:
    Health, Love, Peace of mind as always and a successful life journey!!!!

     Take care…
     

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Yes, we have to break our own limits all the time. With exercise you just have to give it a little bit of a try and see if you can get the hang of it, the body adapts super fast, as long as you learn to do it in the proper form. If you learn with the proper form, it will become a habit.

      I use to practice this very simple trick when I did trapeze, and in the beginning I was so afraid to let go of the bar, it took me number ( a lot of numbers LOL ) of tries to actually let go, but I was still afraid to turn my body. It was seriously so scary, I would get tears in my eyes from fear. But once I overcame that fear and actually let go, I realized that it was a lot more simple then I thought, and the fear went away.

      I think the more we put things away and not try them, the harder it becomes to try it.

  • Tough cookie

    Hi Tatianna,

    First workout after a week off.  I know I’m gonna feel this one tomorrow!…Ouch!

    My time was 26:48.

    Thank you!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Awesome! Welcome back! I need to take a week off as well, maybe next week. But I will still film videos, probably about nutrition.

  • carmen riveira

    What an amazing routine. I loved feeling my legs burn with dumbbell swing, star leap and low squat and I thought I was either going to pass out or puke when doing part two. My time was 28m33s using 7.5 lbs dumbbells; although for bag clean, 2 squats and overhead squat press I did 15 reps using 7.5 lbs dumbbells and the other 15 reps with 10 lbs dumbbells. I hope I can biuld up to do the set with 10 lbs soon.

    Part two was challenging but here is my score 7.8.4.4.4.4.3.3 and 6.6.6.6.5.5.5.5

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Hey Carmen,

      That one was definitely a burner, you would be surprised how quickly your body will adopt.  Next time you will do this workout it will be so much easier.  Next time if you feel like you’re going to pass out, take a 30-40 sec break.

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  • ltwin

    Sdrawstwuyte Tatianna,
    I did this one today, it was a BRUTAL workout… I felt my heart pumping like crazy all the 28 minutes long.. The first part was more psychical challenge and the second part just… wow.. pure cardio and pure sweat ;) spasibo boljschoje za etu trenerowku! o4nj o4enj ponrawilasj!!!
    Have a great day and lots of positivity!
    Poka, Lilja

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Spasibo ogromnoe Lilija :) , ochen rada chto vam ponravilas trenirovka :)

      Have a wonderful day :)