My Workouts of the Week

My week of fitness started last Sunday with the filming session that I did for my company's YouTube channel. The workouts we did were quick but challenging, and we filmed five of them in about 90 minutes, so by the end of it, I was pretty wiped out. The all-over soreness I felt the next day really surprised me, but it was welcome. Muscle soreness is motivational for me - it makes me feel confident that my muscles are changing.

Since I was so sore on Monday, I took it relatively easy at the gym that day with some hiking on the treadmill. Here's how the week looked in workouts:

3/2 (cardio)

45 mins hiking* on the treadmill

3/4 (upper body)

5 mins elliptical

3x: 13 chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand

3x: 13 bent over rows, 12.5 lbs each hand

3x: 13 close grip chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand

3x: 20 alternating single arm deltoid raise + deltoid fly, 5 lbs each hand

3x: 13 seated rows, 37.5 lbs

3x: 26 alternating chest flys, 5 lbs each hand

3x: 13 lat pulldowns, 37.5 lbs

10 push-ups (Note: my push-ups are NOT bad-ass status yet. I can currently only go about halfway down to the ground before pushing back up, but I'm going to work on it!)

3/5 (lower body)

5 mins elliptical

3x: 30 calf raises, 15 lbs each hand

3x: 15 leg lifts from side plank, each leg

3x: 15 static lunges each leg, holding 6 lb medicine ball overhead

3x: 40 bridges

3x: 15 sumo squats, holding 17.5 lbs

3/6 (core)

3x: 15 dynamic side planks each side

3x: 15 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 5 lbs

4x: 5 plank pike up on exercise ball

3x: 20 v-sit twists, holding 15 lbs

3x: 30 cobras

3x: 15 leg raises + reverse crunch

3x: 30 Brazilian crunches

3/7 (cardio)

35 mins hiking on the treadmill

* When I go "hiking" on the treadmill, I adjust the intensity and/or incline every minute for the entire duration, making sure to go through the entire range of available inclines (0-15).

About 35 minutes into my "hike" last night, I was surprised by a trainer who came up to me to tell me they were closing. Until then I hadn't realized that everyone else in the entire gym had left! #Focus. So I had to cut my cardio session short, but I plan to go back today to do some arm work.

Sidebar - I added a new exercise into my core workout this week: the plank pike up. It's an exercise that I'd never attempted before last weekend (when I was filming those workout videos), but it ended up being a really awesome move that I couldn't wait to try on my own. It's challenging and effective, and I'm excited to get better at it!

Have you learned any new exercises lately? I'd love to hear about it!

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