My weekly workouts change frequently but often include a mix of nap time at home workouts, Burn Boot Camp (BBC) workouts, rest days and walks or runs around the neighborhood with Chase and Sadie.
Last week, I spent the first few days in Florida but concluded the week back in North Carolina. Below you will find a little glimpse into what my fitness routine looked during a random week in November 2016!
A Week of Workouts (November 2016)
- Saturday: Timed:Exercise Total Body Workout
I made it to two Timed:Exercise classes during my short trip to Jacksonville last week and loved the workout! I attended a Saturday morning class with my sister and brother-in-law and the three of us agreed Saturday’s workout was no joke! We completed as many rounds of the above workout as possible in 30 minutes. (Disregard the five rounds note at the bottom of the screen since a handful of people surpassed five rounds!) My sister and I got through six rounds and at the end of the workout I was cursing superman pushups! Just when you think pushups can’t get any harder…
- Sunday: Rest Day
Sundays are almost always a rest day around here! I love taking a day completely off of exercise and look forward to lazy Sundays at home with my family. We’ll still often get outside and take Sadie on a walk or something at some point during the day, but it’s never super strenuous. Last Sunday I was in Jacksonville, so I spent my rest day with my family and enjoyed a fun cookout at my sister and brother-in-law’s house.
- Monday: Upper Body Superset Workout
I wanted to squeeze in a quick upper body strength workout on Monday but didn’t want to spend a long time at the gym since I was sneaking away during Chase’s naptime and wanted to be back at my parents’ place by the time he was up. This upper body superset workout did the trick and worked my biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest and back less than 30 minutes.
- Tuesday: 10 to 1 Bodyweight Workout
(Sweaty post-workout pic from Snapchat – Find me at juliepbfingers)
On Tuesday, I hit up the gym in Florida and went through the 10 to 1 Bodyweight Workout I shared on the blog a few months ago. I warmed up with 15 minutes of incline walking on the treadmill before tackling the workout and my workout flew by! This workout is one of my all-time favorites because it’s fast, sweaty and doesn’t require any equipment. The perfect travel workout!
- Wednesday: BBC Stack Workout
After five days away from boot camp, I made my return to BBC on Wednesday last week and was handed a hefty serving of humble pie. Stack workouts are always challenging for me (possibly more mentally than physically) and Wednesday’s workout was called the “Beast Maker” stack workout and more than lived up to its name.
To do this workout, we began with one minute of renegade rows. We then progressed to one minute of push ups before we went back to one minute of renegade rows, followed by push ups and then mountain climbers. Then we went back to the top and began with renegade rows again, followed by push ups, mountain climbers and squats… And so on!
A new exercise was added to the bottom of the stack every time, but we had to go back to the top to make our way back down the stack before adding the new exercise. (Please let me know if I’m not explaining this well and I’ll definitely address any confusion!)
To conclude the stack workout, we combined all of the exercises for one “beast maker” exercise and repeated it non-stop for two minutes. We were all absolutely dripping sweat by the end of this one!
- Thursday: BBC Ladder Pulse Leg Workout
The pulsing included in this workout took me back to my pre-baby Pure Barre days with tiny movements that immediately made my legs feel like they were on fire!
To complete this workout, we went through three total rounds. The first and second rounds, we completed each exercise for 90 seconds each before moving onto the next. For the final round, we dropped it down to 60 seconds.
Now here’s where the fun begins! During each 90 or 60-second timeframe we had to work up and down a pulsing ladder. To do this, you’d complete one tiny pulse at the bottom or top of each exercise, followed by two pulses, then three, four and five. Once you hit five pulses, you started back at one and worked your way back up the ladder until time ran out.
Here are the exercises from Thursday’s Ladder Pulse Leg Workout:
- Kettlebell Squats
- Equalizer Bridges
- Alternating Lunges
- Stability Ball Hamstring Curl
- Bosu Ball Hop Overs
To better explain the pulses, let’s look at the kettlebell squats. To begin, complete one full squat, but at the bottom of the squat, pulse one time before raising back up. Then lower your body back down to a squat and pulse two times at the bottom before raising back up… and so on until you reach five pulses at the bottom!
- Friday: Biceps/Triceps/Shoulders Tripod Workout
HOORAY for arm dayyy! After chatting with some of my workout buddies, I think I’m in the minority when it comes to loving arm day at the gym, but it’s my favorite! Friday’s workout was a good one and incorporated two tripods that we completed in groups of three.
The first person was the pace setter and completed 15 reps of the first exercise in each tripod before signaling the group to rotate. The next person to rotate to complete the first exercise now took over as pace setter and counted 15 reps. We did each tripod non-stop for 10 minutes before moving onto the next one.
- Saturday: BBC Burst + Core Workout
After a brief warm up, Saturday’s Burn Boot Camp workout focused on burst training (plyometrics) and core exercises.
We completed three rounds of 20-second bursts of each exercise pair before moving onto the next. After two total rounds of the entire workout, we went back through and completed two additional rounds of 20 seconds bursts of each exercise pairing before moving onto the next for the third and final round of the workout.
- Grasshopper Burpees + Jumping Jacks
- In-and-Out Crunch + V-Sit Hold
- Touchdowns + Squat Hold
- Bicycle Crunches + Flutter Kicks
- Burpees + Butt Kickers
- Forearm Plank with Alternating Hip Taps + Plank Hold
- 180-Degree Squat Jump + High Knees
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nice week! i’ve been waking up at 5am to get my workout out in before william wakes up! 30 minutes, quick and sweaty! over the weekend i went on a five mile walk with my friend… i love switching it up though i do miss running!
I always love seeing your workouts so yes please do include these posts! I have been trying to get workouts in before A gets up or it’s always during nap time. I wish there was a Burn bootcamp around here, but sadly there isn’t.
I love all these workouts! I usually workout in the morning, so I love workouts that have lots of different moves to keep me awake, lol. I wish we had something like a Burn Boot Camp, I always love all your workout descriptions from there.
Yes, I love your “workout round-ups.” It gives me inspiration. I always tend to do more total body workouts instead of splitting it up with lower body or upper body ones. Thanks, Julie!
Yes, I love these posts! Sometimes when I’m in a rut (like now), I look through your posts for some inspiration. I’m about to go on a business trip to New Orleans, and I think a few of these will be great for the hotel. Thanks!
Yes, I definitely love these posts too because it gives me new ideas. I get bored with the same type of workouts so finding new ones is always helpful!
I always love to see what other people do and get inspiration from them as well. I’ll definitely share more in the future!
Love this post. Please make them regular. Your detail is so helpful and it’s great to see how you incorporate your own workouts into your week. I’m impressed you can fit in so many workouts with a little one. Way to go, momma!
Thank you, India! So glad you found this post helpful! <3
ooo that 10-1 body weight workout looks awesome. will need to try it next time im traveling.
Love this post! As a bootcamp instructor at a small town gym I sometimes look through your workout posts to get some fresh new ideas so this is great. What kind of tomtom watch is that? I’ve been eyeing the new Spark 3 as I train for a marathon!
Love this as a new version to your old posting style. Thanks for sharing!
Love these, so wish I had a bbc near me. Could I ask what activity tracker do u like best, I see that u wear a few. Looking to get one for Christmas?
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoy this kind of post! I do a bit about my workouts on my blog too!
Julie, I love this type of post! I love trying new workouts to keep me motivated. I also love when you post your daily meals because it inspires me to mix up my meals as well. Thanks for sharing!
Yes more of these!! xoxo
I love that you use both classes and at-home workouts to keep you going. As a Mom, I feel like I’m more motivated than ever to use the little time I have to get a workout in. It’s almost now or never!
Love seeing these posts!! I’m getting back into my gym routine and once I feel like I’ve got my running base back, I’m hoping to branch out and these are great ideas!
Love these posts! Could I also request you do a skincare post again? I remember you posting that you had to see a doc about your skin a while back and was wondering how things were going now! With working out and running after your son i’m curious what your skincare routine is like!
Thanks so much!!
Same here!
Here’s a question – I notice you did upper body strength training workouts multiple days in a row, just wondering about that in conjunction with the idea of resting a body part for one day before working it out again? (Example: push-ups every day, working the triceps every day, working the biceps…) I thought that was a no no, but I know you’re NASM certified, so wondering about this?
Please do them regularly! Love it!
This is great! I love seeing what other people do and getting ideas! You are so lucky that you have a gym with childcare. I would kill for that! I am relegated to working out during naps only, which is tough because that time is soo precious and I try to fit in a zillion things.
Not only do I love this post but I would to see one about what you eat on a typical day!
Love these exercise posts! Especially breaking it out into a weekly style so it’s all there in one place. I have two little so I’m struggling to find time to fit in workouts now.
I would love a food week every now again too. I know you are really good at eating healthy but also enjoying treats in moderation, so it would be great to see a full week versus just a day.
Last one! I also love when you review things and finding new products (your Friday posts are my favorite ones)!
Thanks so much for sharing with us! Love your blog. One of the only ones I still make sure to find time to read!
Oh, I have missed these posts! That would be awesome if you could post monthly!
Also, I agree on the upper body workouts. Love them!! Leg day is for sure my least fave. Not a big fan of squats 🙂
I love this… I began following you because I could do your workouts with a small group of friends at the gym if I missed one of our classes. This post is PERFECT!!! I currently can’t make classes on Tuesday and Thursday at my gym and I am so thankful for this because now I have NO excuse. Love it!!! Thanks.
Yay!! Glad you liked this post!! <3
Did you stop doing barre? Just curious 🙂
Looking totally cute btw post-baby!
i did right now because they don’t offer childcare :/ it’s a bummer for sure because i loveeed pure barre. boot camp is wonderful though and i’m glad i found something closeby that offers free childcare that chase seems to love!
Love this! Keep them coming Julie! Very helpful with giving me some variety in my home workouts. 🙂
I love seeing your workouts! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi Julie! Love your blog! I would love to see more of your weekly routine! Sometimes I have no idea what to do each day (what is too much/not enough?) Anyway, seeing what you do each week really helps! 🙂