I’ve always been more of a get-out-and-go exerciser. I love the group exercise environment and enjoy both taking and teaching fitness classes, but after Chase was born, I quickly realized that making it out of the house to work out five or six days a week might be a little unrealistic. Class times don’t always coordinate well with Chase’s nap schedule (or lack of a nap schedule…) and I’m not about to wake a sleeping baby to drag him off to the gym. And if Chase ever has a runny nose or a cough, I try to be cognizant of the other little ones at my gym’s childcare and keep him (and his potential germs) at home.
So workouts seem to happen at home more and more these days! I often look to my Fitness Pinterest Board and the At Home Workouts I’ve shared on the blog in the past for inspiration. I have a small handful of workout DVDs to choose from as well, but after I saw one of my blogging buddies, Janae, blog about Grokker, I signed up for a free two-week trial.
Grokker is a community and resource for busy people who want to make time for wellness. The site offers more than 1,500 full-length, expert led fitness and wellness-related videos, ranging from barre, cardio and strength training videos to meditation, sports conditioning, flexibility and healthy cooking videos. Videos range in length from 10 minutes to more than an hour which is perfect for someone like me who sometimes has only 20 minutes to work out but also occasionally wants to get in a quality 60-minute sweat session.
During my free two-week trial, Grokker caught wind of my love for one of their yoga flow videos that focused on my hips when I briefly mentioned it on the blog a couple of weeks ago. They reached out to offer to extend my membership to 90 days and give you guys a chance to try out the site, too! I was psyched since my two weeks was quickly ending and I was already beginning to count on Grokker videos as a go-to resource for me during my at home workouts.
So far, I’ve really enjoyed most of the videos I’ve tried, but since there are tons to choose from, if one isn’t really my speed/style, I can quickly browse around to find one that it a better fit. I REALLY like the 20-minute HIIT videos by Kelly Lee and find myself turning to them again and again.
Here’s an example of one of the Grokker HIIT arm workouts I found in the HIIT Club Arms Workout by Kelly Lee that I completed last week:
As a personal trainer, I really love the way the HIIT Club Arm Workout video offers modifications for beginners and also offers ways to make the workout harder for those who might be a little more advanced. (There were also two people physically doing the workout with Kelly Lee who were demonstrating these modifications the entire time.) You can also interact with the trainers in the videos by leaving them comments and participating in the Grokker community.
One thing I didn’t think I’d really use all that much that completely surprised me is the Cooking section of Grokker. There are tons of healthy recipe videos on the site, but if you don’t have time to watch the video, you can find all the details from the recipes mentioned in the videos right below the video on the site.
(If you’re looking for a place to start, I’ve made two of Stephanie O’Dea’s slow cooker recipes and we loved them. Her sweet potato chili is awesome.)
You can sort through the cooking videos by a myriad of topics ranging from specific cuisines and interests to specialty diets and specific meals. (FYI for my fellow parents out there, Grokker has an entire section of their cooking videos dedicated to baby and toddler-friendly food.)
And now it’s time for a Grokker G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y!
Grokker PBF Reader Discount and Giveaway
One PBF reader will win a ONE YEAR free membership to Grokker! To enter this giveaway, simply visit the Grokker website and tell me what type of videos they offer sound the most appealing to you. Are you excited to check out yoga videos or barre workouts? Do the cooking videos or toning and interval training videos appeal to you most? Let me know! I will randomly select a winner next Friday.
Grokker is also offering the first 100 PBF readers who sign up for Grokker one year full access to Grokker for less than the cost of one hour personal training. That’s 40 percent off their annual plan! Just use the promo code NEWYEAR16 at registration to get a full year of Grokker for $71.93. Click here to get started!
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Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Grokker but I am personally sponsoring the giveaway portion of this post. I truly appreciate your support surrounding the sponsored posts that help support our family. Thank you!
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I would love to do the yoga videos!
This is really cool! I’d definitely use the HIIT workouts, but have been wanting to add in more barre style workouts. This would be a fun way to be able to access all of that!
It’s my new years resolution to fit more yoga into my workout routine – so I would love to try out Grokker’s yoga videos!
Barre or yoga would be great!
I’d love to try some of their yoga or pilates videos.
I’m excited to try a barre workout! I’ve heard so much about them, but have never had the chance to do one :))
I have ALWAYS wanted to do Barre workouts, I used to dance competitively and thought it would be something I love! Unfortunately, I live in the middle of nowhere and the closest studio is about an hour away-not very convenient when you work and have a one year old! I would love to checkout these workouts and the cooking!
I’d love to try out their strength and yoga!
I want to try some of the HIIT workouts and yoga! This momma needs some relaxation in her life!
I am really interested in the yoga and barre workouts! The studio near me is so expensive so I constantly turn to youtube for these types of workouts!
I can’t wait to try the barre and yoga work outs! Hoping to incorporate some HIIT workouts into my routine too!
I’d love to check out their yoga videos for tight hips! Now that I’m back to triathlon training after having a baby my hips have gotten so tight!
I’ve been wanting to start meditating and learning more about myself and my body. The problem is I have no idea where to start! I think Grokker’s meditation videos would be a great starting point and I’m definitely interested in what they have to offer
I would love to try the interval workouts!
Cool website. I seem to turn to youtube right now for workouts… not always the best. I would be interested most in the tone and trim. I don’t have a lot of weights at home, so no equipment workouts are my go too when my daughter is sleeping.
Since I am due in April, I will be looking for at home workouts to get back in shape. I especially love Yoga!
I love love at home HIIT workouts when the day is too busy to make it to the gym but I want a good sweat session! Would love to try this! And to try more Barre and food lessons would be awesome!
I’d love to try their Barre workouts! I haven’t been able to find a studio here that offers it and would love to be able to do workouts at home.
Oh.. this could be a new addiction. All of these: Interval Training/HIIT, Cardio, Dance & Indoor Spinning! I take barre classes 4x/week. I used to drag myself out of bed for an early morning Circuit 7 class with Xtend Barre. It was an incredible workout, but my studio only offers it Saturday mornings 7:15am or during 9-5 while I’m working M-F. I just can’t seem to pull myself out of bed that early on a Saturday for torture… But, I’d love to supplement the barre workouts with a few intense cardio sessions 🙂 Also, the cooking classes could really help out my lack of skills.
I would love to explore their HITT and Barre workouts! I have been doing Bikram lately and love it but it takes up a lot of time in my evenings. Would love to find another alternative to do on my off days that is full body and quick and effective.
Great feature on Grokker! If I win the giveaway, I’d really like to try the HIIT workouts/program, and secondly, the Cardio program. The recipes look delicious too and so I’d like to try those!
I would be eager to use their Barre workouts to incorporate something new yet challenging in my workouts!
I would love to try Barre workouts and I also enjoy yoga and HIIT!
Wow, this looks great! I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it before. I think I’d probably most like to try the barrre workouts, but the strength and HIIT workouts look great as well!
This is so amazing! I’d love to do more barre workouts (the one studio in town is far away and expensive). Plus, it’d be great to add some new healthy recipes to my rotation.
Yoga and cooking, for sure!
I would love the yoga kids to get my son more involved and for myself I would love the flexibility and balance!
The yoga or the hit work outs look great! With a baby arriving in May, I know my time to get to the gym will seriously diminish!
I’d love to check out the HIIT and yoga videos!
I would love to try yoga and barre and HIIT. The cooking video/recipes would be great. I’m always looking for healthy dinner ideas!
I also would like to use it for HIIT and yoga videos.
These videos would be perfect for my schedule too! Like you, I have an infant son that requires most of my attention and there are times when I only have 20 – 30 minutes to workout. I’m very interested in the barre and HIIT videos as well as the recipes. Anytime I can find yummy healthy recipes I’m all for it! 🙂
The interval workouts look very interesting! I love short quick tough workouts!
I would love interval workouts, especially to do before work! The meditation would be a nice way to start incorporating more mindfulness as well.
Interval workouts and barre workouts! Stay at home mom here always looking for quick nap time workouts 🙂
After falling off the Pure Barre LKN wagon, I’m dying to find some great at-home videos and these seem awesome! I also love a good yoga flow and am always on the lookout for good, clean dinner ideas. Thanks for the giveaway, Julie!
I would try the HIIT workouts!
I would love to try several of the workouts. I am always looking for something new and have never tried a HIIT workout or several of the others.
I would love to try the HIIT workouts. I love HIIT workouts because you can do them from home early in the morning and save on travel time to the gym, especially up here in the Northeast when its cold and dark out!!
I would definitely be interested in teh HIIT workouts.
I love HIIT workouts and barre!
Yoga Yoga Yoga. My gym doesn’t have a beginners class that I can fit into my schedule. This would be a great intro for me.
The barre videos look great! I’m also a new mom and am finding it so challenging to squeeze in workouts. This looks amazing.
I would definitely use the cooking videos and wondering if I could do the Barre ones at my house. Sounds interesting!
The yoga videos! I want to incorporate more yoga at home, and videos would really help with that 🙂
I want to try the Barre workouts.
definitely the hiit and yoga videos! I’m always looking for ways to motivate myself to sweat when I only have a little time
I’m moving in a couple weeks to a new city and won’t be able to join a gym for about a month. I’d love to try this out to stay active at home!
How perfect! This sounds awesome. I would first love to check out the yoga and cooking videos!
I would love to try the yoga video!