After a relaxing weekend of painting, beers, and a spa day, I was ready to hit the gym yesterday. I think my gym’s going to have a bruise because I hit it hard!
I created a new workout plan that was somewhat inspired by this month’s issue of Oxygen magazine. I like to change up my routines every 4-6 weeks, and I was itching to try something new. I plan to follow my new routine throughout October, and if I’m still seeing gains by the end, I may push it a week or two into November as well.
Monday will consist of either this plate workout, which I adore, or this cross-fit style WOD workout. The WOD is pulled right from Oxygen magazine, so I can’t repost it for you, but I can say it’s three rounds of circuit-like training. That’s the workout I did yesterday, followed by 25 minutes on the elliptical, 10 of which included heavy intervals.
I also did 20-30 minutes of yoga on my lunch break. By 3 p.m., I was starting to feel the effects. I hope my legs aren’t too heavy my run today!
Hopefully I’ll squeeze in 2 or 3 miles on the treadmill before banging out some core work this morning. This core routine was also inspired by Oxygen, but I adapted it to fit my needs.
- Low-to-high cable wood chop (8 per side)
- Stability ball Russian twist (8 per side) – probably with cable, possibly with medicine ball
- Stability ball cable crunch (12 reps) – use rope pulley
- Hanging leg raises (to fail)
- Oblique Crunch (6 per side) – probably use a plate or dumbbell with these
- A few planks for good measure
Wednesday will be legs/booty, and Thursday will have more treadmill bonding and core work. I’ll finish up the week with arms/chest on Friday and a long jog or walk on Saturday. I’ll post those workouts once I have more time to review them. Since they are my routines instead of Oxygen’s, I’ll be able to post more details than I did today.
- How often do you change up your workout routines?
- Where do you find most of your workouts?
October 2, 2012 at 6:40 am
I’m in need of a change up to my workout routine! I typically just search through the internet for new moves to do at the gym. I’ve never actually followed a training plan, but it seems like a good idea! I should look into it!
October 3, 2012 at 8:38 am
I like to build strength & see gains/progress before switching it up. That’s my motivation to stick with it.
October 2, 2012 at 7:40 am
Oh. I’m. So. Plateau. McGee. These. Days.
Must mix things up
October 2, 2012 at 8:34 am
I think I used to change up my routine every 2 months. I’d find some program that was a bit longer, get super excited and say I was going to stay committed, but I could never stick to them because I would just get bored. Ahh well, whatever works right? And the Internet was pretty much my go-to when it came to finding new workouts.
October 2, 2012 at 8:36 am
I honestly cannot wait to change up my routine after my last race of the year. I want to focus more on crosstraining and some more weights (omg). Still running, of course, but less.
October 3, 2012 at 8:36 am
Next month I plan to increase the running a bit, but we’ll see if that actually happens!
October 2, 2012 at 9:35 am
I used to get a lot of my workouts from Shape magazine.. they had some good ones in there.
October 2, 2012 at 9:45 am
I really need to cahnge up my routines more often, but I get into a groove. I need to push through my comfort zone though for sure!
October 3, 2012 at 8:39 am
Same here! Getting out of the comfort zone is just so darn, well… uncomfortable! Ha
October 2, 2012 at 10:56 am
Yay for hitting the gym! I always read fitness mags but never actually use the workouts. I get so stuck in a rut with weight training/strength…
October 2, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I love Oxygen! the video on Melissa Hall and her comeback from having twins (With Tony LIttle!) online is interesting too!
October 2, 2012 at 2:42 pm
I have the Oxygen sitting on my table to read when I need a treadmill run – now I can’t wait to try this workout!
Love it! Thanks for the abs too!
October 2, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Dog-tired, lol!
I really like Oxygen Mag and their blogs on their website are awesome. I always get excited about magazine workouts but find myself doing what I’m use to. Need to expand my horizons.
October 2, 2012 at 7:56 pm
I get most of mine from blogs. Haha.
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