Feel the Yoga Burn with Sadie Nardini's Yoga Supersets

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Are you ready to kick your yoga practice into high gear? Looking for a workout that you can use to burn through all the calories of the holiday season?

Or maybe you are just in need of a way to escape your latest yoga plateau.

Check out Sadie Nardini's supersets. She's got three wonderful circuits that will have your muscles buzzing and your blood flowing in no time. The best part about these simple exercises  is that if you keep them up, you'll start to notice an increase in your strength, endurance and power during class, too!

Sadie suggests that if you regularly practice yoga three times a week, adding in three days of supersets on your off days is a great way to go. You can alternate them, giving your different muscle groups the chance to rebuild tissue on your rest days.

Superset 1 will have your biceps, triceps and abs glowing as you do Chaturanga Knee-Down Pushups, Cobra Waves, and Core Curls.

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Superset 2 will help you build strength in your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and side abs as you kick into Downdog Splits, bend into Knee-Bent Lunges, and do Navasana Twists.

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And once you've been doing Superset 3 for little while, you'll be ready for a handstand or two! This set strengthens the chest, back and low abs as you do Shakti Kicks, Swimming Locust and Crossed Kicks.  

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I was pleased to find that after only two days of practicing #3, I already felt stronger in my pecs and core. The Shakti Kicks were significantly easier, and I could feel myself start to gain the balance I'll need for handstand. It's quite empowering!

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