TRAIN
BODY WEIGHT
ANDY McDERMOTT is a personal trainer
in L.A. Follow him on Twitter: @andymcd23, and
Instagram: @andymcdermottfitness
King Crab
Your fat stores aren’t going to like this intense
combination of exercises—starting with ab- and
pec-shredding crab walks.
WHAT IT IS
WHY IT WORKS
A 15-minute four-exercise
total-body circuit from L.A.-
based celebrity trainer Andy
McDermott. You start with 10
reps of crab walks (five in each
direction), then go into walking
lunges, handstands, and a stair
run. If you don’t have access to
a stairwell, you can hit an incline
treadmill or jump rope.
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MUSCLE & FITNESS
McDermott’s body-weight
circuits usually alternate upper-
and lower-body movements,
then send you on a run, but the
intensity of lunges and hand-
stands (or handstand pushups,
for the advanced) are amplified
to a huge degree by the crab
walks. “Your core is taxed the
whole time,” McDermott says.
FEBRUARY 2016
THE WORKOUT
Set a timer for 15 minutes and do the following
circuit nonstop. Record your rounds completed.
EXERCISE REPS
Crab Walk Pushup 10
Walking Lunge 30
Handstand/Handstand
Pushup* 10/5*
Stair Run 60 sec.
*Beginners should hold a handstand (with your
feet resting against a wall) for 10 seconds. For
the advanced lifter, do five handstand pushups.
CRAB WALK
Start with hands apart, feet together,
then “walk” to the right, hands together,
feet apart. Continue for five reps, then
do five reps in the other direction.
IAN SPANIER