Jessica Simpson’s Circuit Training and Crossfit Workout Activities
Before her movies, Jessica Simpson was by no means out of shape. She had what they would call a bikini body, which is all there, but not athletically toned. She then enlisted the aid of a personal trainer and began a fitness crusade. Her regimen included working out for up to 2 hours a day, 6 days a week in order to get the look she wanted for The Dukes of Hazzard. And what a look it was, sporting legs that would be the envy of many a gymnast.
She incorporated a combination of running and resistance training into her workout routine, putting special emphasis on squats and lunges, which is most likely why those legs and glutes looked so great on the screen. Her diet was pretty simple; she followed the famous South Beach Diet, which is pretty much low carb and high
With all that training and hardcore dieting, you’d think that Jessica Simpson would have been able to keep that toned, feminine physique. However, I think she experienced the common case of over-training and yo-yo dieting. Her routine was not sustainable and she fell off the wagon.
My professional opinion is that Ms. Simpson shares this experience with a lot of women who need to find a happy medium, a healthy lifestyle balance. With the right amount of exercise (not too much, not too little) and a diet you can maintain year round anyone can keep up a good level of health and fitness.
Jessica Simpson’s Monday-Wednesday-Friday: Circuit Training and Crossfit Tips:
- This is a great way to get in shape FAST! Because the pace at which you workout can be regulated by either yourself or your trainer and getting your heart rate into the ‘fat burning zone’ can be done quite easily.
- Also, the resistance aspect of the exercises outlined below will tone and sculpt the physique to what is desired, so you are actually killing two birds with one stone so to speak. You are burning fat by keeping a good pace with little rest between exercises, and you are building lean muscle through the chosen exercises.
- When designing a circuit training plan, it is important to ensure that the exercises are laid out in an appropriate order so as to maximize recovery in a particular muscle group, while keeping the intensity of the workout high.
- This is done by following a very simple guideline of working the upper body; core to lower body. For example, we do pushups, working the chest, shoulders and arms. The next exercise would be abdominals or back, followed by a leg exercise.
- From the exercises below, choose 3 from each section for your circuit. There are 9 exercises in all. Perform 4 sets of each one, getting 20 – 25 reps per exercise before moving on. Make sure to keep the format upper to middle to lower.
Circuit Training:
- Upper Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Middle Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Lower Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Upper Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Middle Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Lower Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Upper Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Middle Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
- Lower Body Exercise – 4 sets of 20-25 reps
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