Workout Update: 25 Minute Speed Train: Day 1

Day one of the 25-Minute Speed Train is a lower-body workout. It consists of three blocks. In the first, you do a front-loaded goblet sumo followed by squat pulses, wearing a resistance loop for both exercises. In the second block, you do two variations of deadlifts. First, you do traditional deadlifts, holding two dumbbells, starting standing up and then bending over (high to low). Then, you use a resistance band and go from low to high. In the third block, you do front-loaded single-leg lunges with a single dumbbell, followed by single-leg floating deadlifts with a band. Each block has the same timing, in which you do each exercise for a minute, with fifteen seconds between exercises. You get a one-minute rest period between blocks. At the end of the workout, you have a burnout round in which you wear a band and do leg lifts (one leg then the other), followed by pigeon calf raises, and ending with duck calf raises, all for 45 seconds with no rest between them. 

Even though this is only 25 minutes, the workout is challenging. I wouldn't say it is as tough as Lift 4, but I was using lighter weights than I should have, as I wasn't sure what my strength level would be after a month and a half of not working out. Even so, I could feel the workout, and I was getting winded at times, so it was not easy.