Hi Friends!
It’s Friday again. Time for some fitness!!!
This week I made a little challenge for myself. I’m constantly pinning workouts from my fellow Fitfluential Ambassadors because they look awesome and I want to try them. But then when the time comes to workout, I usually just end up looking at my pinterest boards for some inspiration and then making up my own workouts. There’s nothing wrong with that, but this week I wanted to actually try some of their routines to see what they were like!
Here’s what I did:
Friday
I did one round of Carissa’s 5-4-3-2-1 At Home Workout. For her workout, you’re supposed to do it 2x through. I was tired after one round so I know adding a second one would have given me a great workout! The only changes I made were to the timing. I was using my gymboss so I wanted everything to be in 1 minute sets. So I did 1 min of burpees instead of splitting it into two 30 sec segments. In the 3 minute set, I did one minute of each exercise and in the 2 minute set I did one minute of each exercise.
In an effort to try more new workouts, I stuck with one round of that workout and followed it up with Courtney’s 15 Minute Booty Burner. I did two sets of 15 reps for each exercise except the wall kicks, which I left out, mainly because I didn’t know what they were and was too lazy to look it up 🙂 My butt was SORE the next day.
After work, the hubby and I busted out our rollerblades and went for our first blade of the year! And I followed everything up with a 2 mile walk on the treadmill to hit my 10,000 steps. Then we took a nap 🙂
Saturday
I wasn’t really in the mood to do any sort of tabata or interval workout, so I did my go-to 4 miler. I’m not sure i’ve ever posted it, but I use it often when I want to cover 4 miles but am not in the mood to run particularly fast. It takes just over 45 minutes.
Sunday
Rest day!
Monday
I did this Tabata WOD workout from Jess! This one killed me. I guess I didn’t look at it very closely before I started but it was a lot of upper body. I was definitely feeling it the next day! I did regular bicep curls instead of TRX and just did my lunges holding the dumbbells at my shoulders instead of overhead. I finished up with a one mile run on the treadmill and a 2 minute plank. I looked something like this when I was done (ie a sweaty mess):
Tuesday
Rest day!
Wednesday
I tried out two more workouts that I had pinned. First I did one round of Lindsay’s plyometric pyramid to warmup. Then I did Katie’s Quads & Core workout. ROUGH! I was totally spent by the end, but I finished with a mile on the treadmill and topped it all off with a cookie 🙂
Thursday
2 fast miles on the treadmill. I ran one, walked 1 minute and ran another and finished in 17:53. This is the fastest i’ve run in a while, and that’s because it’s the first time I’ve pushed myself to run fast in a while. I got up to 7.5 mph…and I felt great the whole time. Maybe some more speed work next week? Remember this workout? I love it..and it’s been a while.
In summary, here’s a list of workouts you should check out:
5-4-3-2-1 At Home Workout from Carissa @ Fit 2 Flex
15 Min Booty Burner from Courtney @ Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life
Tabata WOD from Jess @ Blonde Ponytail
Quads & Core from Katie @ She Rocks Fitness
So what about you? Did you try out any good workouts this week? Anyone have one of theirs they want me to try next week??? Leave links!
Have a great weekend!
–Lindsay–
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OM so getting my yoga on today 🙂
it has been that kind of week.
xo
enjoy! you deserve it 🙂
Ahh I love rollerblading! I haven’t gone in forever!
i’m glad i’m not the only one whose hair gets wild while I workout!
oh gosh no! mine goes crazy!
Some nice workouts! I haven’t gone rollerblading in about 6 years. The last time I went I got a concussion and the ambulance had to be called (I was out on a trail system by the river so it was really embarrassing)
You look so cute in your ‘Race Ya’ tee! I haven’t been rollerblading in forever, but maybe I need to re-think that exercise. I used to have so much fun at our elementary school skating parties. I would probably have to wear full elbow to knee pads though lol. I can be a littly clutzy sometimes! 🙂
sometimes i feel like i should be in full pads as well. we always stick to flat surfaces 🙂
I am so guilty of busting out my last couple thousand steps on a treadmill late at night. LOL!
That Quad and Core workout was awesome – I did it yesterday. 3 min plank, FTW. 🙂
yay! i liked it too!
i love trying new workouts! i’ll definitely have to check out some of those links – they were obviously sweaty ones! this week i tried a new workout from tina, annette (fitness perks), & fitnessista! 🙂 🙂
Yay! So glad you tried that workout. I hope you enjoyed it! I’m pretty sure I would not be able to do all of those workouts in one week haha. We need to do some workouts together when I come home! Perhaps the stairs?! hehe
yes we do for sure! end of may right??
Yep!! 😀
I do the same thing when I’m not in the mood to run. Usually I’ll walk 1/4 mile and then run 1/4 mile and by the time I’ve done this for a full mile I’m usually feeling good and start running but then there are of course times when I just keep walking too 🙂 Have a good day!!
me too! totally depends on the day whether i’m feeling the running or not 🙂
Awesome workouts! I love that you are a workout guinea pig for all of us 🙂
I too love your Race Ya tank. Super cute!
i like trying new things 🙂
I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of this website: bodyrock.tv — they have some fantastic workouts! They’re pretty rough, but they’re only 12 minutes, and you feel on top of the world when you’re finished. I’ve been absolutely addicted since I stumbled onto it!
I totally feel you with the “pinning a million workouts, then doing your own thing, anyway.” I will definitely pin/try the workouts you suggested.
Thanks for the inspiration!
oooh i have heard of it. i’ve tried a couple but i always seem to forget about it! thanks for the reminder!
You sound like me – pinning tons of recipes but never trying any of them! For shame!! I must make a point to do just what you did – pick a few recipes and actually try them! Same goes for fun workouts I’ve pinned. I better get on it, huh?
PS I love the look of glee in your eye after that tabata workout. rock on!
So many workouts! Way to get your sweat on! Happy Friday Girlie
I should do this! Maybe next week when I’m pressed for time I’ll do some at home workouts instead of the gym. 🙂
Love your sweaty photos of yourself! What a awesome workout week! You go girl and sending you a high-five! 🙂
Love the workouts! Going to pin/re-pin them. Because I use Pinterest to quickly pull up workouts in time of need.
Lots of great workouts! I need to do another home workout today so I love the motivation to make it a good one!
Lindsay, thank you for the linkage! I’m linking you to my post today and have another at home workout you can try! 🙂 Yeah, buddy!
You look so so so fit and you make me want to roller blade again!
Those look like great workouts! Which was your favorite?
probably the quads and core. the tabata one was tough too.
Thank you for posting these every Friday Lindsay! I am def going to use some of your ideas. I’ve had some setbacks over the past few months and it seems like everytime I get back into a regular workout routine, I either get sick or hurt 🙁 My goal for May is to get some sort of regular schedule going and I’m hoping to be able to do a couple of workouts at home instead of hitting the gym really early or really late in the day! Happy Friday!
Talk about the hottest pic ever! I love you in your roller blade gear…awesome! Lots of great work out ideas here. Definitely sharing this one with the world (the twitter world at least)!
Did your 4-miler this morning and loved it!!!! Thanks so much for sharing
i’m tired just reading. does that count? haha. Nice work LINZ!
wow sweetie! always look forward to the link ups in these posts! <3
Oh my! That’s one incredible list of workouts! Thanks. & I admire you for rollerblading. I tried it before and totally 100% sucked at it.
Wow! Looks like you are having fun. I intend start hitting the gym again but I am a very LAZY person, but I promised my self, I will start next month. Time to work on the plan. Thanks for motivating me. -John
These are great! Thanks for introducing me to some new blogs, too!
Thanks for the workouts ideas! And your workout clothes are TOO CUTE!
i’m so glad you hear you joined the gym!! so glad you’re loving aqua aerobics. I love the pool!!!! good luck with your workouts 🙂 i’m off to check out your blog!