Getting a routine down is hard especially if you are a full time student, work, kids, life, etc. but having a simple workout routine is really important for your sanity. If you just want to get up and move and not really looking for something in particular to work out I have a simple routine I use as my go to when I just want to get moving.
I AM NOT a personal trainer, nor a gym guru, I am just a college graduate blogging about some work outs that have helped me out. This is where you can start playing the 80's music: Make sure you stretch! Simple Stretches whatever you desire for at least 5 minutes. Warm-up: 10-15 minutes jog on treadmill or track. (No need to sprint you are not trying to prove anything) Make sure you jog though to get your heart rate going. Squats: 3 sets of 15 reps of body squats, I like to incorporate a cowbell weight by holding the weight between my legs and squatting down with it. Abs: 3 sets of 15 reps of Russian twists, grab a medicine ball and use that as a weight (right to left counts as 1 rep) so another words if you go right thats not a rep, twist right to left. I like to alternate legs and ab workouts so that I don't die :) Lunges: You can either do walking lunges or in-place lunges, nether the less 10 reps each leg. (2 sets) Crunches with medicine ball: 3 sets of 12 reps, just a regular crunch but instead of putting you hands behind your head or to your side, use a medicine ball and extend it past your head (like if you are stretching your arms out but just with a medicine ball. When you crunch makes sure the medicine ball passes your knees. (Flew your tummy!) Donkey kicks: 3 sets of 15 reps, hands and knees down as if you were going to start a plank, raise one leg up, and kick out. Do one leg at a time and then alternate. Finish off Hip thrust: 3 sets of 12 reps. Lay flat on your back with your arms to your side, make sure your knees are bent up. Bring your hips up without lifting you legs or arms. Make sure to be flexing your abs and your butt :) That's it :) Simple workout and you will definitely get a sweat going. P.S. I really do like to workout to 80's music it helps. here is a link to some workouts that might need a visual explanation :) Russian twist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_MsoqTpIJ8 Donkey Kicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5nE3J558k Hip Thrust: https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/blog/strength-training/hip-thrust/
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Now that I have officially graduated from college, I am band from my school gym (no longer student, no membership). Low and behold, a new gym opens down the street from my house and I am saved.
Day 1 of my new gym experience, I go to the squat rack and this is nothing like the squat racks I am accustomed to. No matter I give it a try, one set in and the hook which is holding the bar falls of hits my new and falls on my toe. Moments later I find one squat rack like the OG squat racks at my old gym and curse away the other fancy contraption that I had tried earlier. Going on day 24 of my new gym and I have no other injuries to report. Stay tuned... Im sure it will happen again. Note: I have been going to the gym five days a week for about three years so the gym isn't Narnia to me, I just get hurt a lot (easily). |
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