Exercise program!

Oh yeah! I can sense the excitement! :) Well, I found some really easy and quick exercises that I am putting into a routine, and I though I might share them with you!

So mornings! I am NOT a morning person! I would much rather stay up for all hours. One of the ways I have discovered to help me wake up (besides later classes) is a quick wake-up routine. Because you want to let your muscle groups rest a day in between the same exercises, I alternate between two or three routines. 

On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I follow this fun video I found here. I have a low fitness level right now, so this is a nice way to lightly exercise and work just enough to wake up and get a little sweat going. (Oh yeah, you might want to shower after you work out!) This video is by Andrea Orbeck, who has trained celebrities and models. I love that she combines ballet moves with regular exercises! And it only take 10 minutes!

On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday I work hard-core! Lol, I do a series of core exercises. Don't be frightened by the number of repetitions! Your core needs more repetitions than the rest of your body before it starts to respond. I like to have options so I have two different core workouts I choose from. One comes from here, it is similar to P90x Ab Ripper, or so I've been told. It is 300 different reps in 15 mins, like I said hard-core! The first week this is really hard, but you improve quickly and it is fun! If you are unable to do the exercises like the pictures, that is OK! Believe me, everyone has their limits! Push yourself, but do not hurt yourself! Just imitate the exercises as best you can. There are pictures at the link above if you are a visual learner, but here is the routine, it should take you about 15 minutes.

25 In-Outs

25 Bicycles

25 Reverse Bicycles

25 Frog Crunches

25 Cross leg/ Wide leg sit-ups

25 Scissors

25 Hip-ups

25 High Heels

25 Roll v-ups

12 Right Leg climbers

12 Left Leg climbers

25-50 Russians (kayakers)

Stretch!

Or here is the other routine that I like to do sometimes (I honestly use the first one more because it works more areas.)

On Sundays, I just do a bit of yoga in the mornings. It is a relaxing way to start the day. It allows me to reflect on more spiritual things, while still providing some activity. I have yoga instructors on youtube that I like. One is Dashma and the other is Lori Massad. They are both pretty good. I usually do this routine and another that strikes my fancy. 

At night I do some pushups! yippee! I actually like pushups :) I do about three sets, sometimes more. I would recommend 1 set of 10 regular pushups, 1 set of 10 triangle (triceps) pushups, and 1 set of 10 wide pushups. If you can't do 10, then do 5! do as many as you can pump out, push yourself! You may be sore the next day, but that means you are improving! After my pushups I do a quick yoga cool down. This helps to stretch and relax the body. I usually follow this one, or this one. The hardest part of nighttime yoga is not falling asleep in the middle of the routine!

I hope that these can help you! I sure enjoy them. There are more ideas on my Health Pinterest board located here.