I am continuing with my driveway workouts and managed to sneak in four this week. As usual the emphasis was on strength training since I feel like I get a lot of other movement in my day-to-day life thanks to motherhood and chasing after three boys.
Week of Workouts: May 2021
Monday: Burn Boot Camp Leg Workout
(Our Flippy iPad pillow stand gets a lot of use these days thanks to my driveway workouts!)
On Monday morning, during Rhett’s nap time, I streamed a Burn Boot Camp leg workout to complete in our driveway. Ryder was my workout buddy of the day and spent his time jumping off my workout bench, riding his bike and scooter in circles around me and racing his toy cars down the driveway.
There’s no moment to get bored during my workouts with him involved, that’s for sure! As for the leg workout, it was a good one! It incorporated three rounds of 45 seconds of three different supersets. I did some modifications and swapped out a few of the exercises so here are the supersets I completed: 1/2 to Full Squats + Stability Ball Hamstring Curls / Bulgarian Split Squats + Dumbbell Hip Thrusts / Deadlifts + Step-Ups. My glutes and hamstrings were definitely sore the next day after that one!
Tuesday: Biceps + Triceps Workout
Tuesday I had the driveway to myself during Rhett’s morning nap since the big kids were at preschool and I took myself through a biceps + triceps workout that left my arms burning. I really enjoyed the giant set format of this exercise since it broke all of the exercises up a lot and kept my interest the whole time.
Wednesday: Rest
No workout for me on Wednesday!
Thursday: Push/Pull Workout (Chest + Back + Shoulders)
On Thursday morning, I completed a push/pull workout that incorporated several sets of chest, back and shoulder exercises. It was actually the same Burn Boot Camp push/pull workout I initially shared last month. Clearly I liked it enough to repeat it!
Friday: Rest
Another rest day happened over here on Friday!
Saturday: Total Body Blast Workout
Saturday’s workout was a throwback PBF total body blast! I jammed out to Pandora’s Pop and Hip Hop Power Workout station and honestly had fun flying through this 30-minute sweat fest! I cycled through two rounds of each circuit before moving onto the next and loved this one so much.
Sunday: Family Hike
I didn’t do a structured workout on Sunday but we took the boys on a fun family hike and I feel like that counts as exercise even if our pace wasn’t too fast thanks to the kiddos. Hiking with our boys isn’t exactly a fast-paced adventure but it’s so fun to watch them run around and explore. Trails are a happy place for our family for sure!
Questions of the Day
What are your workouts looking like these days? Are you working out at home? In a gym? Following a program of some sort?
What is your favorite way to move your body lately?
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I stopped going to the gym when COVID hit. For awhile I was streaming a lot from YouTube, but in the past few months have fallen in love with the variety of options on the FitOn app. I try to workout with the app 4 days a week and walk whenever I can, but don’t follow a specific program. I find I get bored doing the same things on repeat, unfortunately.
I’ve been using the FitOn app as well, after a friend told me about it right after COVID started…I love it!
I love when you share workouts so I can get some ideas for things I can do in my garage while my kiddos nap 🙂 Any chance you could share what weights you use with these workouts for a frame of reference? No problem if not, I just find it helpful!
Gyms are still shut down here and I honestly wouldn’t trust going to them if they were open anyways. Been hitting the mountains for loads of hiking and mountain biking lately. It’s all about getting outside and trying to stay sane!
I have been doing Sydney Cumming’s Summertime Fine 3.0 and I am loving it! The workouts go quick and I love the variety she offers!
Your beautiful pup Sadie looks so thin—I hope she is feeling well.
Love your posts and look forward to them every day!
I know <3 she's definitely showing signs of aging. It can be hard to watch --I actually talked a little bit about it in last Monday's blog post. We took her to the vet earlier this week for some bloodwork and are just praying all comes back okay for our girl.
Yes Julie ,,,,, regarding Sadie.
I am definitely thinking the same thing as Annie.
Sadie’s bones are so bare.
Sure hope your Lil 🐶 girl is okay.
Let us know soon.
She needs some rib sticking food.
Gives me shivers.
Like I’d love to give her a plate of cut up chicken & rice w/gravy!!
Love your blog Julie.
The boys are so much fun!!
I haven’t been back to the gym since covid. I started doing Madeline Moves workouts and love them. Her app makes it so easy to follow and gives demos of the workouts. I also have a peleton and rower at home. I’ve always used your workouts in the gym. I love them also!
I started working out at home prior to COVID because the extra time not spent traveling to/from the gym lets me sleep in and be there when my son wakes up.
I love workouts from Caroline Girvan and Nourish Move Love (both of which I found because of you!). Both have lots of FREE! videos and also workout plans, so it takes the guesswork out of it.
I also have the ALOMoves app which I love for Yoga. They also have other classes besides yoga that are great.