Fit Tip Friday #52

💪3 Steps to Create Your Own 20-Minute Workouts

Welcome to this week's Fit Tip Friday!Learning how to write my own workouts was liberating for me in my body-stewardship journey. And this is a skill you can learn. The following blog post shares how you can write your own full-body, 20-minute interval workouts, that will leave you feeling energized at the end instead of spent. This is the perfect programming method for busy parents.The blog post has more details on these steps, along with 3 example workouts I wrote following this framework, plus 4 principles behind this type of programming.  

1. Pick 2-4 compound exercises

2. Budget 20-30 seconds of work

3. Budget 30-90 seconds of rest

If you follow these steps and practice, you will have a program that you can do at home for months with minimal equipment.Have fun with this, apply stewardship, learn skills, and build strength for the glory of God!

🔗 Create Your Own 20 Minute Full Body Workouts, with 3 Examples 

 💡The Layman's Fitness Hub 

Previously known as the "Videos" page, The Hub is a centralized page for exercise resources needed for diligent body-stewardship.  

Over the next few weeks, I will share my vision for the Hub, but for now feel free to browse through its resources.I recently added 3 more kettlebell video posts to the Hub and put an 8-week core program and warm-up routine on the Hub page (links below). 1. The Kettlebell March2. The Kettlebell Halo3. The Kettlebell Lunge4. The 8-Week Core Program, the Six-Pack, and the Christian5. Warm-Up Routine

📃Resources

Here are some of my favorite resources from the last few weeks. 

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Drinking Water When you Wake Up

This little, daily practice of drinking water first thing in the morning has been a welcome benefit of my morning routine for years. This article shares 6 benefits of this practice.

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Kettlebell Programming 101

This is an Instagram Post from Grant Anderson, who shares some of the best kettlebell content out there on Instagram. In this post, he shares the basics of Kettlebell Programming.  

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Get a Grip: Millennial Guys have Weaker Handshakes than Their Father's Did

This post is a few years old now, but still relevant, and its findings are now probably worse. This article shares a study that found that modern 20-30 years old's have demonstrably weaker grip strength than men did in 1985. A regular Farmer's Carry ought to remedy that.