I am not one who likes to workout at home. I haven’t workout at home in a really long time. The something about the gym that motivates me to work harder than when I try at home. I also feel limited. While body squats and lunges do work your body, I like having the ability to add weight and use machines. Today was a scheduled leg day and last night when I went to bed the roads were clear and you could actually see the moon in the sky.
Getting up this morning was a different story.
When I got out of bed at 8 am I had every intention of getting to the gym, putting in some cardio and smash my legs. As fast as I could post that I was making coffee and heading out, I saw the fluffy, white snow falling nonstop. I still thought I could get to the gym though. I poured my coffee and starting texting my fit friends, Brittany and Sarah. After going outside and seeing how much had actually fallen, I decided there was no way I was moving my car from my parking spot. At this point the roads hadn’t even been plowed and the part of the city I live in doesn’t get a lot of attention from DPW.
Now I can tell you right now, that if I was 5 this would’ve thrilled me, as an adult I’m over here like “where’s the beach?”
But as you can tell, it was probably a good decision that I stayed home.
After getting back inside, I tried to figure out what I could do 1. without shaking the floor, 2. getting a good workout in. Brittany suggested weighted lunges since I had 5 pound dumbbells on hand. I looked on BodyBuilding.com’s web site to look at their exercise library. Here’s what I came up with:
- 1 minute jogging in place to warm up
- Side step squats 3 by 10( each side)
- Glute kick back 3 by 20 (each side)
- Step up with stairs 3 by 10 (each side)
- 6 sets of stair runs (jogging)
- Russian twists with medicine ball 3 by 10 (each side)
- Dumbbell rear lunges 3 by 10 (each side)
- Mountain climbers 3 by 20
- Rear leg raises 3 by 10 (each side)
- Split squats 3 by 10 (each side)
- Glute bridge 3 by 10
- Lying glute raises 3 by 10 (each side)
- Medicine ball chops 3 by 10 (each side)
On hand I had a 5 pound medicine ball and a pair of 5 pound dumbbells. The apartment I live in has two flights of stairs and the first set is a pretty sturdy set in this lovely historical house. I brought my dumbbells and medicine ball down to the main floor and set up camp. It took about 35 minutes to complete everything.
<3 Cristina