Core Circuit-Workout of the Day

I'm back from vacation! I had a great time visiting friends and clients in Phoenix. I hope everyone had a great week and kept up your workouts.
People are always asking me how I stay in shape. The truth of the matter is I never make excuses. Being in Phoenix was a great excuse to take it easy. I didn't have access to a gym or equiptment, so I could have taken a whole week off. But, I planned ahead by taking my jumprope and making up workouts so I'd be prepared when I got down there. As it turned out, the weather was beautiful so I did alot of hiking and running and most of my workouts I did outside. Its amazing the workouts you can come up with if you just use a little imagination. You don't need fancy equiptment or a gym membership, most of the time your bodyweight is all you need to get a good workout. Stop making excuses for why you can't workout out. I've trained alot of people who were told they shouldn't be working out. But, suprise suprise, once they started some daily activity most of their ailments went away. I refuse to sugar coat things for my clients or friends. Losing weight and staying in shape is hard work. Yeah your're going to be challenged and your're going to sweat and be out of breath, but if you put in the hardwork it will eventually pay off. Start challenging yourself today! If you fail, learn from it. If your workout has stopped challenging you, change it. Don't ever be content with a life that has become stagnant and void of new challenges. People are capable of so much more then they ever give themselves credit for, it's just easier to adapt and settle into normalcy.
Todays workout will be focused on core and chest. The whole circuit will be completed five rounds for time. Push yourself from one exercise to the next using proper form. Write your time and how you felt in your workout log.
Complete 5 rounds for time
Jumprope-200 reps
Pushup to half burpee-10 reps (Start in pushup position with feet out wide. Do pushup, then hop feet forward and together like doing burpee without getting up. Hope feet back out wide then back into a pushup)
Plank hold with kickback-1min (While in plank position on elbows, alternate kicking legs up)
Up down plank to pushup hop-12 reps (Start on elbows in plank position, put hand under shoulder then pushup into a pushup position. Hop hands out wide and do a pushup then hop back together and down into plank)
Plank hold frog-1min (In plank position, alternate bringing legs toward elbows)
Knee Hop ups-12 reps (Starting on knees, hop up and land on feet. Kneel back down and repeat)
Pullup to knee tucks-10 reps(Do one Pullup followed by knee lift)
Box hops-20 reps