It’s definitely better to do my stretching and calisthenics first, it gets the motor running quicker and needs almost no prep time to get moving.

Stretching and Calisthenics Routine

Ab Wheel Ten sets of Three
Standing Bicycle Crunch Five sets of Eight.
Horse Stance Cross Punch Five sets of Eight.
Oblique Knee Raise Five sets of Eight.
Front Kick Five sets of Eight.
Leaning Knee Raise Five sets of Eight.
Round House Kick Five sets of Eight.
Front Kick Five sets of Eight.
Back Kick Five sets of Eight.

Sometimes I change up how I do my lower-body workout, today is one of those days. Instead of the usual three sets of ten then on to the next exercise I did Super Sets.

In a Super Set I do my ten squats then go straight to ten straight leg dead-lifts and finish with my calf raises. I can’t say if it works better, worse or about the same but it does take less time.

Lower Body

Squats Three Sets of ten at 45 lbs
Straight Leg Dead-lift Three Sets of ten at 45 lbs
Calf Raises Three Sets of ten at 45 lbs

I rest 30 seconds between exercises and about two minutes between sets.

I think I like the new running workout I’m doing, run a quarter mile, walk a tenth mile and so on until I’ve gone as far as I’m planning. Today i covered 2.75 miles, running two of them.

Michael Cole