Hellooo!
How are you guys doing today?
I drove to the gym early this morning to sneak in my workout for the day before I had to train a client. I began my time at the gym with a 20 minute elliptical workout. The workout incorporated intervals to challenge me a bit and get me sweatin’! After my time on the elliptical, I completed an upper body workout in the weight room.
The rest of my day was spent at the gym working away and teaching water fitness. I was a little nervous because one of my fellow instructors was hanging out at the pool with her kids. I think her presence made me nervous because she was one of the instructors I shadowed when I first learned how to teach the class and I didn’t want to disappoint her.
Fortunately the class went well and I felt like everyone was bringing their A-game. High energy!
After class today, I had an exciting conversation with my boss. She asked if I would take over the functional training whiteboard at our gym.
This is right up my alley and I’m pumped to keep it updated with challenging workouts. When I was a member of the gym, before I became an employee, the functional training board was always one of my favorite features. I used it for inspiration and would follow the workouts when the creativity wasn’t flowing and I was feeling less than motivated. If you guys are interested, I’ll snap a picture when it’s updated and share it here as well. Just let me know!
I am also planning to put together a binder with picture demonstrations of many of the exercises to have right by the board so everyone can look up exercises that may be unfamiliar to them. I’ve actually been planning to put together something similar on this blog forever – an exercise glossary page of sorts – so look for that soon!
Lunch
Lunch today was a chopped salad from Subway that I picked up before it was time to teach water fitness. I ate it while I downloaded new music to use in today’s class.
I also ate the bowl of fruit salad that I packed once I got back.
Hooray for Publix buy one, get one free deals!
Hope you guys are having a great Thursday!
Question of the Afternoon
- When you’re feeling unmotivated to work out, what do you do to pump yourself up?
I look to my fitness board on Pinterest for workout inspiration and update my workout playlist. That usually does the trick!
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Looks like a great workout! Your lunch looks DELICIOUS by the way. And when I saw FREE on the fruits I thought, “How nice!” Then I read the whole thing.
Please do snap a pic of your functional board updates!!! You always have a workout that motivates me when I don’t feel like doing anything 🙂 thank you!
I love the idea of posting the workout boards on here, I can always use a good challenge when I’m feeling unmotivated!
The functional training board looks super cool! I think it’s a really good idea to put a binder together, too. When I need motivation for working out I play upbeat pop or hip-hop music super loud on my speakers. The beat usually gets me motivated to go ham at the gym. haha 🙂
I love gyms that post workouts to help motivate there members! Even me, a personal trainer needs a little switch up sometimes! You should post these more often , I think they are great for the community!! Thanks for sharing 🙂 LOVE + SHINE CourtStar
I would love to see your functional workouts!!! They inspire me. Also it would be great to have picture demonstrations.
I agree! I have been following you for a while and I think you should put more pictures and video of training so it is easyier to do it too!
Pinterest all the way for motivation! Good luck with the board! You’ll be amazing at it!
I would love if you continued to put pictures of the board! It can give all of us readers such great ideas!
I loveeee your functional workout board workouts, I recently moved after graduating college (hooray) but have yet been able to get a gym membership so your functional workouts are right up my alley as I can usually manage to get them done at my home!! I’d love for you to put pictures of them! 🙂
I would love to see the functional workouts! I also think the binder and glossary are a GREAT idea! It’s funny how there are different names for exercises and sometimes when writing them up I can’t decide if I am making something up by describing what I did so I look it up, that’d be a great source! Thanks Julie!
The functional board is PERFECT for you! Congrats!!! And I love the binder idea! Can’t wait to see that. I don’t know if I have a secret to pumping myself up for a workout. I just suck it up, get it done, and I’m always SO glad I did when it’s over. 🙂
A new running route and new music always do the trick! And..new running shoes or clothes. Basically something new and fresh gets me out of bed pretty quickly.
Music!!! Nothing like a dance party to get into the groove! 🙂
Usually, reading a fitness blog or (like you), looking at Pinterest for inspiration helps remind me that even a 20 minute workout is better than nothing!
PLEASE definitely post white board pics! I’d love em’! Even every day!
That workout looks killer – I just got back from a week-long vacation, where I ate ice cream at least once every day…definitely trying out a variation of this workout tonight!!
Yes! I would love if you posted when you updated the Functional Training board. I use your tips when I am too lazy to come up with my own!
Oh can’t wait for your exercise glossary page! 🙂
Hi There! I just recently began following your site and have found some really great workout and recipe ideas! I’m wondering if you ever post the nutritional information for your recipes?
Great website!
Thanks,
Jen
Beyonce always gets me going! When I’m having trouble during any sort of cardio I just listen to her superbowl halftime show which is 14 minutes long. Everyt time she picks it up so do I!
Functional Workout!!!! I love the idea! I am steeling it and try to get it to inspired me to move more. Thanks for this helpful tips. I use post-it to inspired my kids to clean their room all the time lol!