Home workouts

Anything from weights all the way to CrossFit and ofcourse spinning ...,😄

I started with the workout videos in the Planet Fitness app, just following those on my phone. I did the Beginner Strength, Beginner Dumbbells, and Beginner Cardio series (1-6) twice through. At some point I may revisit them and try the Intermediate videos.

I found a "beginner" bodyweight strength 28-day challenge from Adidas that I did in February but I hated it. It, like so many "beginner" workout infographics slithering around on Pinterest, assumes a base level of fitness that most true beginners simply don't have. It was also both difficult and boring, which is the worst possible combination of things for an exercise regimen to be.

My husband got Ring Fit Adventure for the Nintendo Switch for his birthday so I started playing that in March - it's a ton of fun and the story mode seems to go on forever. There's also minigames and a custom mode where you can focus more on the workout and less on playing a video game, lol.

Once the public parks opened up again in my town I started going there a couple of days a week and walking for 30 minutes to an hour, then I discovered that my county has like 25 "natural areas" with short public hiking trails, so now I'm trying to explore a new one of those each week. That's not so much "at home," but it's outdoors at least - my local mask rules have relaxed recently but even before that happened it was rare to encounter many other people on the trails.

Some of the PF Cardio videos incorporated some kickboxing/shadowboxing moves into the routine and I thought those were pretty fun, so I looked on Youtube for other beginner kickboxing workouts. I found a basic 20-minute one that was actually pretty beginner friendly, and one from Popsugar that seemed doable when I watched it but I haven't actually attempted it yet.

I've also incorporated some simple beginner yoga into my weekly routine and done that in my living room, mostly from doyou.com. This month I'm stringing together 3 flows I've done in the past at various times into one big 20-minute session twice a week.

I'm now vaccinated so I've started going back to PF; this month I'm starting Strong Curves. And honestly I could probably do 75-80% of Strong Curves at home - the only thing is I don't have any resistance training equipment of my own, except for a pair of 5lb dumbbells.

I have a spin bike and a bunch of bands and hand weights. In those cold winder months, I all of that plus I bundled up and went jogging and/or walking.

I have to say that the spin bike is a price performer. A good treadmill costs ~>2$k, but you can get a reasonable spin bike for much less than an $k.

Resistance bands (the tubing kind with handles) are an incredible price performer and allow for a full-body workout at home or on travel. I have broken a lot of them, so replace them as soon as they start to look worn and be careful! (Don't aim the band at anyone's face!)

Beachbody on demand

Winter: Machine rowing, stationary biking, strength training (dumbbells, couple kettlebells, resistance bands, pull-up bar, FID bench at home that I generally leave flat), maybe the occasional video (used to do them a lot when I was building fitness, now haven't found any that really ring my bell, but haven't looked too hard), occasional floor exercises with stability ball, sliders, or other small/inexpensive equipment aids.

Summer: Biking from home, walking from home, same strength training stuff as Winter. (Rowing moves to on-water in boats, not from/at home but a few miles away.)

I try to mix it up a little. I run, lift weights, cycle, and sometimes jump rope

resistance training and exercise bicycling - i use both a recumbent or semi-recumbent.