For this week’s #workoutwednesday I wanted to share an at home workout you can try with no equipment required, here’s a full explainer of the workout! Also if you click the link below you can read up on a whole additional workout!
Workout 1: Cardio pyramid + 10-minute strength
For this example, the base is stairs or burpees. In a condo or apartment run the stairwell. In a house, run your home stairs. No stairs? Substitute burpees. The “add on” is jumping jacks. (To do a burpee, bend over and put your hands on the floor. Jump your feet back into a plank. Engage your core — no arching your lower back. Jump your feet back in and stand up.) Other options: high knees, skipping, or squat jumps.
Set details:
Run up and down one set of stairs (OR do five burpees). Do 10 jumping jacks. Run one set of stairs. Do 20 jumping jacks. Run one set of stairs. Do 30 jumping jacks. Run one set of stairs. Do 40 jumping jacks. One set of stairs. Do 50 jumping jacks.
Do 10 minutes of 10 squats, 10 push-ups, and 10 lunges — repeat the exercises as many times as possible in 10 minutes.
Then, repeat the above cardio add-on set. Enjoy!
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New blog is out! This time I discuss my thoughts on The Joy of Movement by Kelly McGonigal. I loved this book! Kelly manages to seamlessly weave together science and human experiences, illustrating how exercise is more than simply an obligatory checkmark on the to-do list—more than a way to burn calories. One podcast host described this book as a “love letter to movement.” I wholeheartedly agree. She managed to take me down memory lane while also inspiring me to make the rest of my life as active as possible!
Here’s the book in a nutshell
Moving aids our creation joy, forges social connections, helps to promote a more expansive sense of courage and possibility, and fosters an emboldened concept of self. Movement is a way we interact and belong in and with the world, a way we increase our capacity for love and friendship… movement is a privilege.
The rewards of motion don’t discriminate. You illicit these rewards whether you walk, dance, or plant trees. Find something you enjoy that you can do consistently. Do that and do it regularly.
If you want to know more make sure to check out the link below for the whole review!
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November 6, 2014Filming the “12 days of fitness” videos for Sears Canada.