Used to be bench and legs . 😸

When I was younger, I exercised relentlessly spending a couple hours at a time in the gym a few times a week. The older I got, the more toll that took on my system - screwed with my hormones, increasing the stress hormone cortisol, among others which negated what I was trying to accomplish. etc. Now, my routine is much less punishing. Tai chi, yoga, gentle strenth training with free weights, combined with low impact cardio. It's been a good switch for me.

When I was at Planet Fitness, I used their "Circle Room". Filled with machines in a circle that target each muscle group. But then when I got home, I would walk my dog up and down the hills of Plymouth, and all round town.

I guess that was a combination of circuit training and weight training.

Earlier this month I hit a milestone - working out for 1500 straight days for at least a half hour.

My favorite? Every morning I workout on the elliptical. Average time 35-45 minutes. Average heartbeat 140-158.

Between June and October, after the elliptical I’ll do a cool down swim of 20-25 laps.

I also do martial arts 1-2x a week. I’ve done a bunch if different arts over the years, but my current passion is Kali. It’s a Philippino art that’s essentially stick and knife fighting.

Weightlifting= Dumbbells alternating days , Cardio= treadmill always.

Flexibility and mobility workouts= Alternating days of jumping jacks on cardio day.

Every single gym day= Mountain climbers.

Why mountain climbers? At one point my belly started very subtly protruding over my jeans. With mountain climbers not only did I lose my weight I not only have a slim stomach but a toned one too.

I do a bit of everything.

5 x a week of "Insanity : The Asylum", which is a combination of strength training, HIIT and Sports drills.

2 x a week of sprint interval training.

3 x week of Jeet Kune Do - Boxing, Wing Chung, Taekwondo and Jujutsu styles of fighting technique training.

Keeps me nimble. Keeps me fast. Keeps me strong.

Current favorite is bouldering, only been back at it in the last week or so.

The normal routine is a whole bunch of leg lifts to make my back pop, squats and variations of squats including pull down squats. Shoulder exercises, ankle exercises, weights and machine weights. A lot is to rebuild strength and range of motion in injuries I never dealt with properly.

Shopping at 3 more stores on the same day, my type of walking these days. I used to like to go on walks around the neighborhood one or more times a day.

Up until a couple of years ago it was weightlifting and power lifting.
Kettlebells for conditioning.
Now I need a new shoulder so the weights are off the table for now.

Yoga

I'm a qigong and kung fu girl but I too cycle, walk/hike and climb trees:)

Calestheincs 3X week, bike in good weather, X country ski in snow months, driveway hoops, etc. etc.

I sweat. But it smells marvellous 🥸

I walk several miles every day and do weights every other day.

Train Muay Thai. Full gym three nights a week. Walk.

An early morning run followed by yoga with my daughter.

I love Pilates

I love running in nature. I love the feeling of getting pumped up with weights.

Power walking with weights!

12oz curls

Coffee in one hand and bagel in the other.

Couch aerobics....

The one situp I do between waking up and getting out of bed.

Existing and breathing with my belly.

Kayaking or stand up paddle boarding