Vacations, and Injuries, and Overeating, Oh My!

There is nothing like taking a vacation to throw you off your regular fitness routine. Take one vacation, add extended family (Italians, to boot), a birthday party (or two), a foot injury, and a music festival, put it all in a 5 day span and what do you get? NO EXERCISE, TOO MUCH FOOD AND DRINK, NO SLEEP, AND TOTALLY AWESOME MEMORIES. Oh, and about an extra 4-5 lbs of weight gain. I don't think it's muscle either;)

So I'm back to the real world, yet I had no time to get to my regular Tuesday routine and had to do a late night circuit workout. So, here it is:

5 minute warm-up - get warm, don't putz around!

Round 1: 20 seconds of work, 8 seconds of rest (just enough time to set up the next move) Repeat 4 times, consecutively.

• push-ups (add variety)
• dips
• split squat with weights-right leg
• split sqat-left leg
• weighted squat jacks/180 squat jumps
• box jump
• bicep curls

Round 2: Repeat 3 times, 30 seconds between sets.

• burpees x 10
• pull-ups - to failure

Round 3: Repeat 4 times, recover somewhat between sets

• forearm plank (10 seconds)
• forearm plank arm raise (5 each side, alternate)
• forearm plank with hip rotation (5 each side, alt., bring hip to the floor)
• straight arm plank w/ knee to tricep (5 each side, rotate hip externally)
• straight arm plank w/ knee to opposite elbow (5 each side, alt.)
• v-ups with weight (10-holding a dumbbell with both hands)
• side to side abs (5 each side,hold boat pose, rotate from waist to bring dumbbell to the floor)
• hold boat and use dumbbell to "incline press" 10 times.

End with hip stretches, splits work and a handstand, for good measure.