Melissa bender

Hi Everyone!Tonight's workout was fun, and challenging. I already went through it twice, and I want to go through it one more time. It's a full body workout, with plenty of cardio moves built in. It had me pretty sweaty! Yesterday I did a 6.91 mile run with Jesse. We were doing an easy run, and I was happy to check out my stats from the running watch after my run and see that the last 4 miles were between 7:25 and 7:52 pace. It felt comfortable, and we were talking a lot so I was expecting…

Hi Everyone!I hope you're ready for a new workout! This is a full body workout that will get you sweating and get your heart rate up!During this workout I accidentally skipped the left side of Curt...

HI Everyone! Welcome to the 3rd workout in my February Get Lean Workout Challenge! I hope you're ready to push yourself during today's workout! One round of this workout will take 16-Minutes. I used a dumbbell for the last two exercises, but you can also choose to do them with body weight. If you don't have dumbbells and want to add resistance you can use something from around the house (a book bag with some books, water bottles, etc.) Challenge yourself to get in as many reps as possible of…

Hi Everyone!Today's workout is quick and easy to fit into your schedule. I repeated it, but another option would be to fit it in a couple different times during the day (surely you can find 12 minu...

Hi Everyone, Tonight's workout is finally up! It was a tough one (as I am sure you can tell by how sweaty I am in the photo and the video!) Jesse went through the workout as soon as I was done. He's an endurance athlete and the muscles of his abs and butt were quivering after this workout. Prior to this workout I had yoga class, which made some of the exercises focusing on my thighs a little extra difficult. This workout combines interval training, and repetitions. It took me about 23…

Hi Everyone!This was my workout tonight (and last night). I had planned to film this workout yesterday, but my internet connectivity issues were frustrating me so I saved filming for today. I really liked this workout because it's a full body challenge. I used a lot of compound movements to increase the challenge. I used two twenty pound dumbbells, but you can do this as a body weight routine, or with light weights, soup cans, or even milk jugs. I posted another weekly workout plan: Weekly…

Hi Everyone,This was my second workout today! First was: 10 Minute Standing Ab WorkoutThis workout really focuses on your thighs, hamstrings, and glutes. It helps keep everything tight, toned, and gives your butt a nice round shape. You can see in the picture at the bottom of the page (and in the video) that I got super sweaty during this workout! It's quick but it's tough. You can pair this workout with any of my other videos, or repeat it several times if you want it to be your only…

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Hi Everyone,This is the first part of my workout today. It's the second part if you count the pushup challenge that I did before this. This section of the workout is only 8 minutes long, but it's very intense! I did it interval style, so maximum reps during each 50 second interval, with 10 seconds of rest between exercises. I found the pulsing lunge jump to be especially challenging today. My thighs burned like crazy! I am posting each section of this workout separately to make it easy to…

Good Morning Everyone! It's workout time again! I hope you are having a good week! We are slowly working our way back towards the weekend (which I am really looking forward to!) Today's workout is ...

Hi Everyone!It's another day, so that means a brand new workout. :) I found the third exercise in this workout (pop ups) to be very challenging, and I share a modified version in the video below. &...

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Day 13 of my 4-Week Workout Challenge! I hope you're ready to work your lower body! I have two workout videos for you today. The first video is done for reps and the second ...

Hi Everyone,This was my second workout today! First was: 10 Minute Standing Ab WorkoutThis workout really focuses on your thighs, hamstrings, and glutes. It helps keep everything tight, toned, and gives your butt a nice round shape. You can see in the picture at the bottom of the page (and in the video) that I got super sweaty during this workout! It's quick but it's tough. You can pair this workout with any of my other videos, or repeat it several times if you want it to be your only…

Got Sweat? Full Body Fat Burning Body Weight Workout

Hi Everyone! Today's workout is a full body workout. We had technical difficulties with the original video so I re-filmed the workout today after my Ballet class. I work full time as an Occupationa...

Hi Everyone!This workout is excellent for burning fat and sculpting lean muscle mass. One round takes 20 minutes. It's quick but intense. Every other exercise is a 30 second round of Jump Roping. If you don't have a jump rope you can do rope less jumping or high knees. I repeated this workout twice. We filmed the second round, so I was feeling tired, but it felt great to push through it. It started to pour immediately after we finished the workout so we were treated to a double rainbow when…

Hi Everyone!Today is Day 11 of the 30 Day Challenge. Today's workout is focused on the arms, but utilizes compound exercises to maximize the lean muscle building and fat burning. Compound exercises...