The Blizzard Blaster In-Home Workout Circuit [Workout Plans]

So we’ve got an itty bitty blizzard situation pummeling the Northeast. Like an actual, real life, non hyperbole blizzard, as defined by the National Weather Service. And it’s impacting a whopping 29 million people. That means there’s about a 0.0% chance your gym is open and you’re actually getting there.

Lucky for you—or unlucky if you had a date set up with Netflix and a bottle of vino—we’re bringing the HEAT inside with a brand new, uber-intense, monster in-home workout plan. And it involves approximately zero shoveling, driving, or venturing into the impending polar vortex.

Unless you want to throw a little shoveling on top as a little extra bonus round. SHOVELING HIIT!

The Blizzard Blaster In-Home Workout Circuit is a beast of a routine that anyone can do—wherever you’re hunkered down—without the need for any fancy equipment, snow boots, snow blowers, cars, snowballs, or skis. Pants are optional, too.

It’s designed in supercircuit fashion and consists of 4 high tempo, non-stop circuits that use bodyweight to thrash your muscles, send your heart rate into overdrive, and unleash heavy streams of sweat. You’ll move fast, you’ll lose your breath, and it’ll burn like the roaring fire in the corner of your living room.

But suck it up, bang it out, and sweat it up and you’ll log a workout that’s likely harder than anything you’d do otherwise. Go ahead, celebrate your accomplishment with a little hot cocoa and a fuzzy blanket (it’s especially delicious with Bailey’s involved).

The Blizzard Blaster In-Home Workout Circuit

The Blizzard Blaster In-Home Workout Circuit consists of 4 micro-circuits, each of which focuses on a specific element of the body. Circuits run in sequence in this order:

• Circuit 1 — Cardio
• Circuit 2 — Upper Body
• Circuit 3 — Abs/Core
• Circuit 4 — Lower Body

Complete a total of THREE ROUNDS. Effectively, you’ll do circuits 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 (that’s 1 round) and then repeat it two more times. Do each individual circuit without rest, if possible, and rest for 1 minute in between each circuit. Take a longer breather between rounds.

GO MELT THAT SNOW DAY.

*Click on each applicable exercise name for a full pop-out video demo. A printable recap is available here.

Circuit 1 — Cardio

How To:

Target Muscle(s): Cardio, Legs, Chest, Arms

• Exercise 1: Burpees — 15 reps
• Exercise 2: Mountain Climbers — 40 reps (20 per side)
• Exercise 3: Jumping Jacks — 50 reps
• Exercise 4: Butt Kickers — 40 reps

Circuit 2 — Upper Body

How To:

Target Muscle(s): Chest, Triceps, Back

If any of the push up variations are too difficult at first, do them on your knees. Do as many reps as possible and gradually work your way up.

• Exercise 1: Twisting Push Ups — 10 reps per side
• Exercise 2: Chair Dips — 20 reps
• Exercise 3: Triangle Push Ups — 15 reps
• Exercise 4: Lying Supermans — 20 reps

Circuit 3 — Abs/Core

How To:

Target Muscle(s): Abs (All)

• Exercise 1: Plank — 90 seconds
• Exercise 2: Bicycle Crunches — 45 reps
• Exercise 3: Flutter Kicks — 60 seconds
• Exercise 4: Sprinters — 30 reps (15 per side)

Circuit 4 — Lower Body

How To:

Target Muscle(s): Cardio, Legs, Butt

• Exercise 1: Air Squats — 30 reps
• Exercise 2: Lying Hip Thrusts — 25 reps
• Exercise 3: Bulgarian Split Squats — 30 reps (15 per side)
• Exercise 4: Wall Sits — 90 seconds

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Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, an ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

He also contributes to Men's Health Magazine.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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