Testing the Kellan Lutz - Men's Health Workout

The Kellan Lutz/Men's Health Workout

Date - Completed on June 1, 2011

Pre-game thoughts - I've done all of these exercises before.  Men's Health tends to sprinkle these multi-joint movement exercises, using large muscle groups, into most of their intermediate to advanced workouts.  I don't really love how deep the pictures suggest you should drop during the front squat to press and goblet squat, so I plan to drop down until my thighs are parallel to the floor.
I also did my own bootcamp with neighbors the day before so I'm not sure if I will be sore.

Goal - Complete 2 sets of each exercise, working in a circuit

Result - I worked out with a friend and we did all of the exercises, except for the two abdominal exercises (we did 50 crunches on a stability ball), in a circuit.  My friend only had one little issue with the explosive push-up when he got a little whip-lash during his second rep and decided to finish the push-ups with his hands on the ground.
I also felt the workout was a bit heavy on the "mirror muscles" (the muscles you can see when you stand in the mirror - chest, abs, arms, quads) so I added in a reverse fly for the upper back and backs of the shoulders, and back extensions.
I did not feel sore the next morning but we do a lot of the movements in the bootcamp we participate in on Tuesday and Thursdays.

If you try this workout, let me know what you think!

Standing in line...

It's Memorial Day Weekend and there is a good chance you will be standing in line.  It's also 90 degrees outside and your kids will be cranky...so you will be cranky.

Standing in line is the perfect opportunity to make friends (at least for the rest of the time you are standing in line.)  I was at a beer festival last night and was in line for a beer and chatted up several people who also enjoyed laughing with (ok, AT) the lady who was enjoying the vibrating chair/foot massager a little too much.  I also made friends with a nice kindergarden teacher who didn't read the sign to figure out how the portable hand wash station worked.  (Summer break started so I guess she was done reading.)

Get some exercise!  A former co-worker of mine would challenge her daughters to see how many rail push-ups they could do while standing in line at Disney World.

Make up stories about other people.  Some call it gossip.  I call it, story telling.

What ways do you kill time while standing in line?