Up the ladder (down the ladder)

I was putting together a workout for myself the other day and wanted something a little different than I have been doing and remembered my workouts I put trainers through on interviews where they would like to see me in action.

The ladder is challenging and will easily leave you out of breath by the end.  The main idea is to add an exercise to each set with increasing your rest periods.  Start off with 2 exercises that will last 20 seconds each and rest.  These exercises will mainly be bodyweight exercises and with a partner you can add med ball passes.

An example of this would look like:  (all exercises are for 20 sec, increase work time as you get better conditioned up to 30 sec)
jumping jacks - bodyweight squats with 20 sec rest
jj - bw squats - mtn climbers with 30 sec rest
jj - bw squats - mc's - russian twists w/med ball optional with 40 sec rest
jj - bw squats - mc's - rt's - lunges with 50 sec rest
jj - bw squats - mc's - rt's - lunges - plank
if you wanted to go back down the ladder, it'd be the opposite starting with:
jj - bw squats - mc's - rt's - lunges - plank set

These are just sample exercises.  You can add in any other exercises such as push ups and their many variations.  If you are close to a bar, you can add in pullups.  The options are nearly endless, let me know if you'd like some ideas.  I try to make sure there are lower body, upper body, core, and conditioning exercises sprinkled throughout.  If you aren't gassed after going through it, you weren't working to your peak effort.

Please let me know if you have any exercises to add or any comments.  Good Luck until next time.