It’s been a while since I’ve shared my weekly workouts (if you’re new here, I used to share them frequently).
Before I moved to Florida (one year ago!), I considered myself a “gym rat.” Making the cross-country move led to a lot of changes, one of them being not joining a gym right away. At the end of July, I bit the bullet and decided to give Orangetheory Fitness a shot. One month in with 15 workouts completed, I wrote my thoughts about it here. I love OTF. I had a lot of fun with it, and it was a change of pace from coming up with my own workouts. But then I got burnt out — mentally (and financially). Boutique fitness gyms are not budget friendly; so, after 6 months of consistent heart-rate based HIIT workouts, I decided to put my membership on hold.
Which brings me back to home workouts — something I am very familiar with. I think it’s going to take me a bit to switch back into the mental game of home workouts + running. I’ve been considering purchasing an at-home based workout program, but can’t make up my mind. There are so many good ones out there — Madeline Moves and the Good Sweat Guide are both catching my eye.
Workouts | Week of February 4
Thoughts overall: I’m glad I got in six days of intentional movement, but I consider several of my workouts “light.” Wednesday, I had killer headache and only managed a sluggish 2 mile jog, but Thursday’s strength workout felt great and left me so very sore. This week’s workouts were a good reminder that workouts don’t need to be long to be effective!
Monday, February 4
+ 100 high knees, 10lb. overhead
(3x)
5 “shoulder rainbows”, 10lb.
5 push-ups
2 mi. dog walk
Tuesday, February 5
2 mi. dog walk
Wednesday, February 6
2 mi. jog
Thursday, February 7
home workout:
(3x)
5 walkout push-ups
10 goblet squats, 25lb.
15 kettlebell swings, 25lb.
(3x)
5 single arm dumbbell snatch each arm, 25lb.
5 burpees
(3x)
10 deadlift, 75lb.
5 single leg deadlift each leg, 25lb.
10 glute bridges, 25lb.
(3x)
10 reverse lunge + shoulder press, 25lb.
10 reverse lunge + squat, 25lb.
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50 walking lunges, 50lb.
50 cruches, 15lb. plate overhead
15 deadlifts, 135lb.
Friday, February 8
rest day
Saturday, February 9
Madeline Moves full body workout
2 mi. jog
Sunday, February 10
I often share snippets of my workouts in my Instagram stories, so feel free to follow along for ideas!