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15-Minute Workout: Rainy Day Burner

Ughh, summer seemed like it was just around the corner – now it’s raining cats and dogs in Portland. Need a cure for the gray weather? How about 15 minutes of painful pleasure? Ahem… in the garage gym of course. … Continue reading

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Garage Gym Workout: As Fast As Possible

Need to add some variety to your workout structure? Try this brutal variation: AFAP, aka “As Fast As Possible.” Take a handful of movements, determine how many sets you are aiming to do of each exercise, then try to get … Continue reading

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12-minute AMRAP Workout

Four exercises: Barbell push press, toes-to-bar leg raises, medicine ball cleans, and squat jumps. Do ten repetitions of each one. Rotate continuously through all four movements as quickly as you can for an entire twelve minutes. It will be hard. You … Continue reading

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30-minute Workout

I just bought my first squat rack, so you know I had to throw in some back squats in today’s workout! Without a squat rack you are really limited in how much weight you can squat, by what you can … Continue reading

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30-minute Garage Workout

Monday’s workout was heavy on the upper body pulling, so today we’ll opt for some intense pressing motions. How intense? How about a strict barbell shoulder press? No push-pressing. Strict. Tighten those calves, hips and trunk, then fire that bar … Continue reading

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20-minute AMRAP Workout

We’re mixing things up over here at Strength Mob, playing around with some different workout designs. Today’s circuit training is designed as a 20-minute AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) of barbell squat pushes, ring dips, burpees, and wide grip … Continue reading

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15 Minute Workout: Kettlebell + Bodyweight

For this quick 15-minute burner all you need is a kettlebell and a plyo-box. Warm-up with 2-3 minutes of jump rope, then rotate 3 times through these 4 exercises: kettlebell swing, handstand push-up, box jump, and get-up sit-ups. See the … Continue reading

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Circuit Training Workout: March 11th, 2013

Spring is almost here – that means it’s time for Power Cleans! You know… to get you psyched up for all of that Spring cleaning that you should be doing soon. You’ll need to dust off your trusty barbell, gymnastic … Continue reading

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Circuit Training Workout: 3-4-2013

Time to get dirty in the garage! Of course, by dirty I mean sweaty and stuff. Wait – not that type of sweaty. You’re kinda gross, you know that? Oh well, let’s just jump to the good stuff: Today’s circuit … Continue reading

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Circuit Training Workout: 2-25-2013

Shoulders in the warm-up, circuit training, AND cool-down? Eesh… you know this is gonna be a brutally heavy shoulder workout. Start off with a few minutes of split jacks and then 60 knee-to-face leg thrusts as a warm-up. The bulk … Continue reading

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