Today is quite a different post for me and is a topic I've never really spoken about on my blog before: fitness. My fitness story is a bit of a joke really, I tend to go through a phase of being really active and getting to the point where I feel like my fitness is quite good and then I'll fall off the bandwagon and find it really difficult to get back on it again. Since my gym membership ran out in September of last year I haven't done any exercise apart from walking and the odd workout video and I'm really feeling it. I'm determined to get back into it and I've decided February is the month I'm going to get back on it! I then thought if I logged my progress on here then I would have no excuses to not exercise because it doesn't make a very interesting post if I say I haven't been doing anything!
For my first week of 'Fit February' I'm doing circuit training. I started on Monday and doing them every other day (my legs definitely can't take every day when I first start!). I decided on circuits because I find doing circuits really gets my fitness up fast because of their intensity. I'm going to list my workout below so you can see what I've been doing and then you can try it too if you fancy! I do need to stress that I'm definitely not a fitness expert and although these circuits were given to me by a personal trainer I've switched them around a bit to suit me!
Circuit 1
10 x squat jumps
10 second rest
10 x plyo lunges (jumping straight from one lunge into the other)
10 second rest
10 x burpees (squat to a press up to a jump to a squat etc)
10 second rest
Repeat whole circuit three times.
Circuit 2
15 x crunches
15 second rest
15 x Russian twist with feet up
15 second rest
15 seconds plank
15 second rest
Repeat whole circuit three times.
Circuit 3
15 x press ups (I do them with my knees on the floor!)
15 second rest
15 secs left side plank
15 second rest
15 secs right side plank
15 second rest
Repeat whole circuit three times.
I purposefully do the circuit I find the most difficult first to get it out of the way and I get so tired after these even though they only take about half an hour. I would love to hear what you do for a workout as fitness inspiration is definitely needed right now! Also if you've written any posts about fitness please leave me the link so I can go and read them!
Amy x
Circuit 1
10 x squat jumps
10 second rest
10 x plyo lunges (jumping straight from one lunge into the other)
10 second rest
10 x burpees (squat to a press up to a jump to a squat etc)
10 second rest
Repeat whole circuit three times.
Circuit 2
15 x crunches
15 second rest
15 x Russian twist with feet up
15 second rest
15 seconds plank
15 second rest
Repeat whole circuit three times.
Circuit 3
15 x press ups (I do them with my knees on the floor!)
15 second rest
15 secs left side plank
15 second rest
15 secs right side plank
15 second rest
Repeat whole circuit three times.
I purposefully do the circuit I find the most difficult first to get it out of the way and I get so tired after these even though they only take about half an hour. I would love to hear what you do for a workout as fitness inspiration is definitely needed right now! Also if you've written any posts about fitness please leave me the link so I can go and read them!
Amy x
OMG you go girl I need some inspiration to get fit as I am such a potato at the moment and might actually give this a go xxx
ReplyDeleteOoh let me know if you do! It's so hard but over so quickly which is nice haha xxx
DeleteThis makes me feeling so lazy XD love this routine
ReplyDeleteNati xx
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Luckily it's over so quick it's actually quite good for lazy people which is why I can do it haha xx
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