Workout: Monster Partner Challenge

Time: 45 minutes

Equipment Needed: 2 Friends, Battle Rope / Medicine Ball, Box / Bench, Kettlebells (optional), and a Bar for Pull-Ups (optional)

Warm Up: 5 - 10 minutes

Challenge: 

Find two friends to join you. Perform the following exercises as a TEAM to complete the total number of reps (not as individuals). Modify and scale if necessary. 

If you do not have a workout partner, just divide the number of reps by 3!

Complete 2 rounds as fast as possible and with perfect form!

• ½ mile Run (as a Team!)

• 200 Battle Rope Slams (or medicine ball slams)

• 120 Box Jumps to Burpees - This is ADVANCED, modify when necessary

• 120 Push-Ups

• 120 Pull-Ups (sub with rows or pull-overs if you don’t have pull-up equipment)

• 120 Squat & Press (with kettlebells if possible)

Cool Down & Stretch: 5 - 10 minutes

Workout by: Dr. Saara Haapanen

Photo Credit: Canva by Creativa Images

Workout: Partner Tabatas

Time: 45 - 60 minutes

Equipment Needed: A Partner (optional), Box / Bench, and Dumbbells

Warm Up: 5 - 10 minutes

How to Tabatas:

Find a partner for the following Tabata Exercises. One partner can do one exercise for 20 seconds while the other one performs the other exercise for 20 seconds. Rest 10 seconds and then switch exercises. After you have completed 4 minutes (8 sets), rest for 1-2 minutes and then move to the next set. This will take the entire workout. If you don’t have a partner, just alternate through the exercises.

Example:

The 2 Tabata Exercises are Box Jumps and Skull Crushers.

• 20 seconds Partner #1: Box Jumps and Partner #2: Skull Crushers

• 10 seconds Rest or Transition Time

• 20 seconds Partner #1: Skull Crushers and Partner #2: Box Jumps

• 10 seconds Rest or Transition Time

• Repeat for 4 minutes total (8 sets - 4 of each exercise)

• Rest 1 - 2 minutes before moving onto the next set.

Tabatas:

• Set #1: Box Jumps and Skull Crushers

• Set #2: Split Squats (right foot on the bench the whole set) and Jump Squats

• Set #3: Step-Ups with Lateral Leg Raise (right foot on the bench the whole set) and Floor Jacks

• Set #4: Bent-Over Rows and Burpees

• Set #5: Split Squats (left food on the bench the whole set) and Jump Squats

• Set #6: Step-Ups with Lateral Leg Raise (left foot on the bench the whole set) and Floor Jacks

• Set #7: Knee Lifts with Overhead Press and Bench/Chair Dips

• Set #8: Plank and Cross-Over Mountain Climbers

Finisher:

Together, complete the following for 2 minutes (4 sets).

• 20 seconds Butt Kicks

• 10 seconds Rest

Cool Down & Stretch: 5 - 10 minutes

Workout by: Saara Haapanen

Photo Credit: Canva by FamingoImages from Getty Images