Oh, Track Star Saturdays….how I love thee.
You know you’ve got something good going on when people will wake up at 7:15 for you on a WEEKEND morning.
They don’t complain.
They show up on time.
They show up consistently.
And they look up to ME for motivation and instruction.
I love all of that.
Most of all, I love having people around me who are willing to WORK. My typical clientele at the gym are 60 year old women who want to lose weight. While I LOVE those women, they can’t do all of the things that I love to teach.
But my Saturday Track Stars…..they’ll do anything asked of them, and then some!
The “then some.”
Since you guys probably live way too far away to join us (anybody within a 2 hour drive better come!), I thought I’d share some of the workouts we’ve been doing so far. Feel free to pin these, use them for yourself or start up a Track Star group in your own hometown!
It’s just too good not to keep pushing one another!! Engaging others to become a better, fitter version of themselves? YES. Let’s do that.
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These workouts are FREE to anyone who wants to come! I think this one was the second one we did. I was honestly surprised that anyone came – but I’m so glad they did!
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Most of these workouts take, on average, 40 minutes to perform. But this particular one took us what seemed like FOREVER. A goodie for sure!
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It rained one Saturday, so we moved the show from the track to my gym. Combined these two workouts, minus the 20 minute run.
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And here’s the one we did two days ago….the “Baton Pass”…You’ll need at least FIVE people. If you have more, just double up at some of the 100m. marks. It seems complicated, but it’s not. It’s just puketastic.
I’ll keep organizing this event as long as people show interest. It’s so much fun to exercise. Even better when you do it with other STRONG WOMEN!
**Don’t forget to have your Tuesday Trainer submissions to me by 8pm EST tonight!! Yoga/Stretching!**
QUESTION: Have you ever done a track workout? What’s your favorite body-weight exercise?
splendid…lindsay
Ahhh! I SO wish I lived close enough for you to kick my booty on a Saturday morning…I may be a night walker now, but I’d totally be there…with bells on…since the ringing would probably help keep me awake! ;)
come to atlanta and have a meetup with Laura Hall and I! I’m only about 2 hours away!
Omg, I AM!!! I’m planning on visiting Veteran’s Day weekend! We have to meet up! :D
Man, this makes me wish that I had a track nearby!
I love doing workouts at tracks! I used to go to a boot camp at a high school track and it was great to have a place to run and do workouts! Thanks for sharing this one, it looks great and challenging!
During my 5 1/2 mile run yesterday, I ran past my old high school track and it made me think of your track star workouts. Sadly, they lock up the high school track but if I choose to run 1 1/2 miles away, I can use the middle school track. ;)
I’ve actually never done a track workout, but it’s been something I’ve wanted to try. I’ll pin this for when I get into town to do so!
thanks for the pin!!
Man! I wish I could come, your class sounds AWESOME! I’ll follow your plan this week though, I am traveling for work and love that I can do all of this outside of the gym.
YAY! Where are you traveling to?
Yes.
Burpees. They suck when done en masse, but they are the absolute best. The value of an exercise is often directly in proportion to the degree it sucks to do!
quote of the day – love it!
Ooh, so many awesome workouts in one place! Thanks, Lindsay!
Awesome! Great track workouts, thanks I’ll have to one of them out!
A really fun movement to do on tracks in groups (I’m an instructor for an outdoor boot camp in Orlando) are INDIAN RUNS! Basically runners line up single file and run one in front of the other at a consistent pace and the last in line steps out and sprints up to front of group and becomes leader, then you just keep running like that for however many laps around the track. Works great to push a big group, and if it’s too big you can break them up into “teams” and make it competitive.
Favorite body weight exercises definitely have to be squats (all different kinds! I like mixing it up sometimes and throwing a calf raise with a squat or doing plie squats, etc) and lunges. LOVE them. And they get the job done, which I love.
YES! Love Indian Runs – one of my all time favorites that we used to do in cross country!
Thank you for sharing this! I love exercising at the track and I have one right across the street from us at the middle school. Can’t wait to try these!
I wanna virtually participate next time!! Can I be there in spirit?? :)
Submitting my video today (and filming it, haha)
yes – you can be here in spirit. Wear something cute.
I guess I need to round up some friends! baton passing sounds so fun!
Can never get enough of these at home workouts…I like to do different ones every time. Therefore…pinned!!!
Michelle and I used to do track workouts a lot during high school. our volleyball coach loved doing workouts out there, and I remember them being killer but also helped get me in bette shape ;)
Looks like awesome workouts!!! Thanks for sharing! I’m definitely pinning!!!
my muscles are burning just reading the workouts ;)
lol..how’s LR going?
love it so far! we’re finally almost completely unpacked and life is ALMOST back to normal!
Two things.
1. I LOVE track workouts.
2. You guys are rocking the muscle poses!!! great group workin hard!!!!
thanks, Eric! It’s true…we pretty much rock.
What a cute group of ladies! Glad you guys are rockin’ your track workouts – they look like some great ones!
I absolutely LOVED the one that I did last week — your first track-star workout. I’m eyeing the second one for tomorrow … looking forward to it!! (As long as it’s not too cold/frosty, in which case I might save it for another morning and just go for a middle-distance run. We’ll see, but I have my fingers crossed for the track!)
These are actually SO great, Linds! I just wish I lived closer so I could join in!!
Holy cow. You guys get AFTER it. Those are some serious workouts. That last one sounds like so much fun!
That looks like an awesome workout! I just might have to go to a track someday soon to try it out!
i love track workouts! I used to do them all the time with my bootcamp/run club. Ahh, good days. You’ve got one good looking crew! Bring them to BLEND!
I’ve never done a track workout. Unless I had access to attending your shindig, I don’t think I will. It’s too intimidating for me on my own. :) Best body weight exercise are squats and lunges!
IM A BURPPPEEEE misfit whos never done a track workout!
Burpees are still my enemy and they don’t seem to be getting any easier… that’s why I love ’em at the same time I guess!