Beach Workout to Lose Weight

What do you get when you combine a 24kg kettlebell, TRX Trainer, and sand? An epic workout! I have always found the sand along the canal has been a nuisance. But now I realize it is an excellent training tool! With minimal equipment you can get an amazing strength endurance workout like the one you see here:

In this workout, I chose four different exercises:

1. Backward Drag-In a squatted position, keep your butt tucked and torso vertical. Reach your arms and drive back through your heels. You should feel your core, quads, and butt working.

2. Forward Drag-In an upright position with the handles by your shoulders, extend your hip as you drive your leg back. Keep your ribs down so you don’t overuse your lower back.

3. Kettlebell Row-Start in a squatted position with the arms extended, explosively extend the hips while pulling with your upper back and arms. Step back until your arms are extended and repeat.

4. Explosive Press-Start with the arms by the shoulders and a staggered stance with one foot in front of the other. Drive the handles away from the body. Step forward resetting the arms and repeat.

Each of these exercises were done for 25m in succession for 20 minutes. Keep the pace consistent and have some fun!

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Strength and Conditioning In One Workout

Finding time for both strength work and conditioning can be really challenging sometimes. In a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of fitness app creator Freeletics, it turns out “not having time” took home the first-place crown with 42 percent saying that time is the biggest reason they fail to work out. If you fall into this category, kettlebell complexes should be your friend! I really like kettlebell complexes for a few reasons:

1. Because of the ergonomic design, you don’t need to warm-up nearly as much as with a barbell

2. You can do hundreds of different exercises

3. You can combine strength work and conditioning at the same time

I was pressed for time the other day, so I threw together this complex:

• 10 Single Leg RDL

• 10 Single Arm Press

• 10 Front Rack Reverse Lunges

• 10 Bent Over Rows

I performed all four exercises in a row on one side, then did all four on the opposite side. I rested 2 minutes, then I repeated for 3 sets. In total, with a brief warm-up, this workout took be 20 minutes. In other words, if you have 20 minutes and a kettlebell, you can get a fantastic total body conditioning workout in!

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