Back in the Fight in 30 Days: Day 26
Categories: Back in the Fight: 30 Day Challenge, Fitness
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Don’t just say you’re going to get into shape. Do it.
Welcome to our Back in the Fight 30-day fitness challenge! This workout program is designed to get you from sitting on the couch to, ultimately, building habits of fitness that continue beyond the 30-day period.
This program is intended to be done 5 days a week, with two dedicated rest days. We recommend working out Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
This program is intended more for people who are recovering from injury or haven’t exercised in a while. If you’re looking for something a bit more challenging, try our Harder to Kill series.
Over the course of our Back in the Fight 30-day fitness challenge, we’ll be doing quite a bit of calisthenics, body weight exercises and running. We’ll also set foot inside the gym a couple of times to get you familiar with some key weightlifting movements, like back squats, overhead press and deadlifts.
Eventually, you’ll want to transition into a workout program that incorporates bodyweight exercises, weightlifting, functional fitness and cardiovascular endurance for your long-term physical fitness. American Grit’s “Harder to Kill” daily workouts are great for that.
Some of these workouts will require access to a gym with basic equipment, as we’re going to be introducing you to some weightlifting techniques. Lifting weights gives you better results, faster, and is a proven way of reducing fat and building muscle.
Are you ready? Here we go!
Every day begins with a warmup. The workouts are all designed to be done in under an hour.
Back in the Fight: Day 26
- Warmup: Heavy object lifting: try to find something you can toss over your shoulder for 30 reps. Every 5 reps perform one burpee.
- Workout:
- Sumo Deadlift:
- Every minute, on the minute, for 20 minutes, perform one sumo deadlift. Take plenty of time to warm up before performing this workout.
- Add weight every minute and for every successful lift.
- If you are uncomfortable with Sumo deadlifts, do a conventional stance.
- If you miss a lift, take off the last four weight additions and continue the next round as usual.
- Start light, end heavy.
- Then, 10 minute AMRAP of:
- 3 burpee over the bar
- 5 pullups
- 7 weight toss over the shoulder (use what you used during the warmup, or find a medball or sandbag, or perform a kettlebell clean).
- Sumo Deadlift: