Hellooo!
I hope all is well in your neck of the woods this afternoon.
My day began with work, but I had a longer-than-usual lunch break which was fabulous. I didn’t feel like hanging out at the gym for my workout, so I completed a workout outside and at home with Sadie and my computer. First up was a 25-minute jog around the neighborhood with my favorite furry running buddy.
Once we made it back to the house, I flipped open my laptop and searched YouTube for some fitness inspiration. I looked for upper body workout videos and completed the following short workout videos with dumbbells I had on hand.
It was a fun way to shake up my usual routine and try something new. Completing two short new-to-me workout videos made the time fly by!
After my workout, I took a quick shower and headed out the door with Sadie to meet up with my friend Amanda and her two kids for a 30-minute walk at a local park.
Sadie enjoyed the extra exercise and I had fun chatting with my friend before it was time to work again.
Lunch
Before my walk, I inhaled another one of my microwaveable quesadillas (cheese + tortilla microwaved for 40 seconds) and made myself a more satisfying lunch once I arrived back at the house to drop Sadie off before work.
For lunch, I felt inspired by Caitlin’s brown rice and egg scramble, so I recreated it at home.
My version wasn’t quite as healthy because I used fried rice that we had leftover from last night’s Chinese takeout dinner, but it was quite delicious!
Off to work again! It will likely be a late night at work today, but I’m hoping it will be a fun one, too!
Question of the Afternoon
- Do you ever use YouTube videos to complete workouts at home? Any favorites? (I think this may be a fun blog post topic, so I’d love to hear your recommendations!)
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I will second these and add SparkPeople’s workouts for quick exercises. I like doing them when I’m taking a little break at work.
Yum that lunch combo sounds amazing! For YouTube videos, I usually do the Tone It Up videos – they even have workout video playlists on their site for abs, arms, etc that go through a few videos at a time for a full, targeted workout.
I love love love Fitness Blender YouTube channel!
I usually do a blogilates workout if I’m using youtube to search for something new. Her videos are set to fun music too!
I love Fitsugar! Totally with you on shaking up a regular workout routine and trying something new to keep it interesting. I only wish we had nice weather up here in the North – East to workout outside… I’m too much of a freezy-cat to do that before the temps hit at least 60 degrees!
Workout videos are so fun! It’s funny to think that’s what truly got me more involved in fitness writing etc! I started watching Katrina from Tone it Up’s videos (before she was Tone it up) & was working with Diet.com & Sarah D. Their workouts always add a little extra motivation to my step 🙂
Just did that 10 minute arms, it was great!
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I usually do a blogilates workout if I’m using youtube to search for something new. Her videos are set to fun music too!