Quite Contrary Workout
To celebrate the purchase of my Gymboss Max Timer, which I love dearly and you can read all about in my review, of course today I did a workout that did not require a timer. Why, you may ask? Because I'm a rebel, that's why. I love walking around in my Vibrams, attracting the ubiquitous, "What a freak" eyebrow raises from passerbys, I love eating like a cavewoman when everyone is endorsing whole grains, and dammit, I like doing an untimed circuit workout a week after I buy a brand spanking new timer that has every feature I've ever dreamed of.
Today's workout was a marathon by my wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am workout standards. There's nothing very creative in this workout, but it felt nice to change up the style. I tried to perform all the repetitions without breaks, but of course by the second time through the circuit, I had to take some breaks for some of them.
Rep Challenge 1
Components: Circuit of 22 exercises performed for repetitions, then repeated
Equipment: 20 lb sandbag, stabilility ball, suspension trainer, pullup bar
Repetitions: Each exercise has a specific number of repetitions; circuit is then repeated
Structure: Just do all the reps 
1. 20 lunge power ups on each leg
2. 30 stability ball pelvic bridges
3. 10 wide arm pullups
4. 20 side plank oblique crunches with stability ball on each side
5. 20 frog half burpees
6. 30 sandbag swings
7. 10 sets of 4 mountain climbers + 4 pushups
8. 10 chinups
9. 1 minute forearm plank
10. 20 jump kicks on each leg
11. 20 sandbag curtsy squats on each leg
12. 20 spider pushups alternating
13. 20 straight-legged hanging leg lifts
14. 50 alternating plyometric jump lunges
15. 20 alternating one-legged squats
16. 20 triceps pushups
17. 20 suspended triceps dips
18. 20 suspended plank presses
19. 20 log jumps
20. 20 suspended lunges on each leg
21. 20 alternating pushups to side planks
22. 4 sets of 4 suspension plank tucks and 1 suspension pike
The verdict? It was nice to change things up, and I ended up doing more repetitions than I normally do when I'm timed. Still, without the timer, I found myself going a little more slowly. It took me just over an hour to do the whole circuit twice. But I felt nice and teetery at the end. I was pretty happy that I split up the pullups and chinups, because normally I do them in the same interval, and this meant that I could do way more repetitions. I'm up to 9 pullups without a break now, and I pulled off 6 chinups in a row easily with the break in between. Pullup count: 20. Chinup count: 20. Pushup count for this workout: 200 even, not counting the burpees, pikes and planks.