I’ve been doing the same fitness routine for about 2 years now, and I’ve decided to switch it up. No, I’m not doing the same moves every day because that would be incredibly boring, but I’ve been following the same day 5 day a week plan. I alternate between a slew of workout DVD’s that I have at home, workouts on the treadmill in my basement, and following routines that I find in Shape and Fitness magazines. But I’ve been getting bored. I’m planning on replacing a few DVD’s in my collection, but I’ve also been pinning a lot of different workouts on my Pinterest page, and I decided it’s time for a change. I like to follow a 4 week plan for my workouts, so I’m going to do the same this time around. I’ll have four weeks to really focus on this specific Pinterest workout, and also dabble in my DVD’s and magazine workouts as well. If anyone decides to try this certain workout and you want to share your thoughts/progress, feel free to leave those in the comment section! I’m really excited to up my workout plan because sometimes in the winter it’s easy to feel sluggish and not want to get that workout done, but I’m hoping it will be the opposite for me! If I can blog about it each week I sure will try, but I will be sure to get a wrap-up post done at the end of the four weeks. I’m hoping blogging about it will help keep me on track also 🙂 The workout I’ll be following is below. I plan on doing this 4 days a week, plus have 1 day for a workout DVD and 1 day for a magazine workout. I hope I can still walk at the end of this week!
Update!
I have been doing this workout for about two weeks and am loving it. It’s difficult without being impossible and tough enough not to be boring. I highly recommend having water and a towel with you on the treadmill, because I am super sweaty at the end. I also recommend wearing tall socks, as I made the mistake one day of wearing short socks and now have an unfortunate blister on the back of my left ankle and that has hindered my workout some. I also got a sinus infection (amazing, right?) but I still pushed through the workout, though I had to take frequent breaks and couldn’t run due to the pounding in my head. I’ll be doing a final thoughts post once I’m finished after week 4, but so far I really recommend this if you need some more cardio in your workout!
Final Update!
I finished with this workout last week, and overall I thought it was great. My blister finally healed so I was able to get in a full week without feeling like my heel was on fire, which made it even better. Tall socks, I can’t stress it enough! I did this 4-5 days a week for 4 weeks, and at the end, I could definitely tell that my body had gotten used to the workout. It wasn’t as challenging and I wasn’t sweating as much or as soon. So I think 4 weeks is a good time frame to strive for. I’m excited to share my routine for January, as it’s a DVD and I’m pretty excited about this – and it was on my 2014 Goals List! Coming soon 🙂
I too have changed my routine. I use to be a gym rat, but I find the gyms around here are not pricey and overcrowded. So I have been working out on my own. I have a slew of short youtube videos I accrued to work out too. I also have a total gym so I can look like chuck norris. lol. i start yoga class once a week and of course i ride my horse a lot. you would think being an equestrian would naturally keep you in good shape. but you have to cross train. thanks for sharing this post! 😉
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Thanks for sharing Joelle! I love working out at home as opposed to gyms – less expensive, less people to worry about, and I know my treadmill will always be open when I want it!