The past couple months, a couple of my online boot camp groups (note: I will be opening these to the public again starting late July! You can get on the waitlist by filling out the form here) have been enjoying a little exercise I like to call More than a Man Maker

Basically, it’s a man maker on speed.

For those of you who don’t know what a man maker is, it’s a renegade row into a push up, into a burpee, into an overhead press.

The “more than” is simply the addition of an overhead press, and then overhead reverse lunge, left and right.

Yeah, not for the faint of heart!

I thought it was time I shared this workout move with you, and decided to incorporate it into one of my favorite formats for a workout: the giant EMOM.

Ultimate Man Maker EMOM Workout 

For this Giant EMOM, you’ll set a timer for 5 minutes, and complete the following:

5 Man Makers + Some

100 Jump Ropes

15 KB Swings

200m sprint (on bike, rower, or treadmill or outdoors)

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After you complete all of the exercises, you’ll rest until the remainder of the 5:00 is up. If 5:00 proves to be not enough time, make it 6 minutes. You’ll complete 4 5-minute rounds total. Good luck!

This workout will be featured in the Polar Ebook as part of the #PolarShapeUpChallenge – be on the look out! 🙂

Before this workout, I ate what I’ve been having as a pre-workout breakfast for a little while now: homemade ground bison sausage (ground bison + my breakfast sausage seasoning) with an egg, cooked in a little coconut oil, with some veggies.

w/ some kombucha, too!

Coconut oil, as a medium chain triglyceride, is actually a great source of fuel in a workout. Since it’s a medium chain triglyceride, it increases free fatty acids during exercise. MCT’s are actually broken down and used as fuel as quickly as glucose, unlike other fats like vegetable oils, nuts, etc.

As you know, I’m teaming up with Polar this month for their Shape Up Challenge, as well as their brand new Polar Balance scale, which pairs with their Polar Flow app and training devices.

I mentioned in this post, that there are caveats to using a scale, such as knowing exactly what it all measures. Remember: it measures body fat and lean mass (and water retention) alike, but it doesn’t measure worth. So, it’s best to use a scale over long term, rather than weighing yourself every day.

One cool thing about the Polar Balance scale is that it syncs with the Polar Flow App, as well as your wrist device, in order to ensure you’re staying on track and everything is in…you guessed, balance!

All you have to do is set your goal weight, and it helps you to stay on track with your goal. It also gives basic advice on calories, and what to eat more or less of, and how to change your daily activity level to hit your goals.

Pretty cool, right? Polar’s been a high quality product for years – I remember when I very first got really into fitness back in 2008, my first heart rate monitor was a Polar FT model! Now I’m using the Polar A360, which I’ve mentioned a time or two before, is my favorite because of the touch screen, appealing interface, and lack of HR chest strap 🙂

If you’re already a Polar girl, be sure to check out the app and balance and see how everything syncs up to help you stay on track toward your goals.

And if you do go that route, I’d love to offer you 20% off toward any Polar product, using the code: POLARFITBLOG

And let me know if you give the workout a whirl! It’s a doozy 😉

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Polar US . The opinions and text are all mine.